The Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) has released two white rhinos back into the wild that were brought to the Centre in September 2013 after a brutal poaching attack on a neighbouring reserve left them severely maimed and barely alive. The two beauties that ran off into an undisclosed location
The Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) released a captive-bred female cheetah in the Pidwa Wilderness Reserve yesterday, Tuesday 29 January 2019. The release forms part of the Southern African cheetah meta-population programme facilitated by the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), and entails selectively releasing captive-bred cheetahs to enhance the genetic diversity
Persverklaring Die bewaring en rehabilitasie van renosters is ekonomies noodsaaklik Twee renosters wat vyf jaar gelede as gevolg van stroping wees gelaat is, is deur die Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) vrygelaat nadat hulle deur die Sentrum gered en gerehabiliteer is. Gertjie en Matimba is hand-grootgemaak en versorg deur ‘n
HESC maintains a strict policy of no contact or interaction with animals kept on the property. Our policy is aligned with international trends based on animal ethics and welfare and is aimed at ensuring the safety and health of both animals and visitors. Our policy further endorses the right of animals to live a life without fear, which is often the consequence of close contact with humans with whom they are not acquainted. We avoid human-imprinting, whereby the cheetahs will identify more with humans than with their own species and cause them to become problem animals once released.