Release of two remaining male cheetahs
On 9 July 2012 the two last remaining males from Mountain Zebra National Park were collected by Mr Anthony Peniston from Vision Africa Wildlife, They were taken to his facility…
Leopard release
The leopard prior to release In our blog post Leopard Conservation, we shared how on the 17th July 2012, a leopard - that had been trapped by a farmer in…
Leopard Release – 29 September 2012
On the 17th of July 2012, HESC‘s animal curator, Christo Schreiber, was contacted by the Leopard Conservation Project (LCP). They were bringing yet another leopard to the Hoedspruit Endangered Species…
Python intruder found at HESC
The python - safely ensconced in a cage Licia - one of our curators at HESC - found a large python in the cheetah camp of "Flenters" yesterday. Obviously the intruder…
Release of female cheetah and her cub
On 31 May 2012 the adult female along with her daughter (part of the original five cheetahs) were successfully collard and placed into a holding pen situated on Camp Jabulani’s…
Cheetahs released onto Blue Canyon Conservancy
Lente Roode (HESC Founder) and Christo Schreiber (HESC Curator) with one of the cheetahs Earlier this year HESC went to Mountain Zebra National Park in Cradock, Graaf-Reinet to fetch five…
Two male cheetah's released
We’re happy to announce that the 2 males were finally set free on Thursday 27 October 2011. The adult female that arrived at HESC on the 22nd of May 2011…
Two cheetahs released onto Blue Canyon Game Conservancy
Cheetah release by Byron Wright In April the Mountain Zebra National Park in Cradock decided to relocate eight of its cheetahs to new homes. This was in order to ensure…
Caracal Release – 8 July 2011
At the beginning of December last year HESC received a phone call from a farmer who was experiencing problems with a Red caracal on his livestock farm. Fortunately he decided…
Red caracal released onto Kapama Nature Reserve
The soon to be released Red caracal At the beginning of December last year HESC received a phone call from a farmer who was experiencing problems with a Red caracal…