What Have Our Rhinos Been Up To? You Ask…
It has been so heart-warming to witness the changes among our incredible crash of rhinos at HESC and to see them all going from strength to strength. Watching their unique…
HESC | WCT THANK YOU BLOG FEBRUARY 2019
We would like to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt gratitude to all of our February supporters. Their contribution is invaluable to the day-to-day operations at the centre. BOWES…
MISS PIGGY, OUR BUSH PIG PATIENT, GET'S RELEASED
Miss Piggy, the little bush pig that joined us in July 2018, has fully healed and are stronger than ever. After being seriously injured, our team assisted with the amazing…
Moose and Mickey, Two White-Tailed Mongooses in our care at HESC.
We have two new friends at HESC, Moose and Mickey, two White-Tailed Mongooses that were brought into our care within a month of each other. Moose, (a female), was the…
Ride for Rhino's – the Telkom 94.7 Cycle Challenge – 18 Nov 2018
HESC was proud to be selected as a supported cause, in the Telkom 94.7Km Cycle challenge once again this year. The event saw 28 000 cyclists take to the roads of…
A Blue Crane love story – two eggs have just been laid!
We have such exciting news from HESC, this monday morning! Donsie the female blue crane at HESC, has officially laid two eggs, for the first time. John and Donsie are…
A little Bushpig Patient at HESC
We took in a new patient at HESC recently, the sweetest little female Bushpig, who was not more than three months old, when she arrived. Our centre got the call…
Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre sinks borehole to outwit elephants
The Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) has found a solution to provide in its daily water needs that elephants and other wild animals on the neighbouring reserve cannot jeopardise. The…
An unusual romance between our Southern ground hornbills
In the wild, the romance between two Southern ground hornbills involves a quick courtship. The male almost immediately chooses his mate for life, and lavishes her with gifts until she…
Our baby rhinos’ mud bath gets an upgrade
The mud bath that our four young orphans - Gertjie, Matimba, Stompie and Balu - share was getting a little ‘tight’, and rapidly become too small for their formidable frames.…