Orphaned baby elephant successfully introduced to Jabulani herd
A baby elephant that has been in the care of the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) for the past 16 months, was successfully introduced to the resident Jabulani herd early…
Orphaned elephants, Shawu and Timisa, get blood transfusions
The youngest elephants in our care both recently underwent blood transfusions. Shawu is a young orphaned elephant that was brought to Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) last November, after he…
HESC STUDENT PROGRAMME – FINAL BLOG UPDATE: 14 JULY 2014
At the elephant back safari Last week, four new students arrived at the Centre to join our group. They are Victoire Laurier and Paul Laurier from France, and Nicola and Patric…
Genet release
Large spotted genet Victor van Wyk recently found two large-spotted genet babies in his garden. After a thorough search, he was unable to find the mother. He lives in a…
Our canine anti-poaching team
In an effort to combat poaching, we at Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC), together with our sister property, Camp Jabulani situated on the Kapama Reserve, have been using dogs as…
Student Blog 27 December 2012
Joao Victor Alverenga This was the last intake for the Student Programme for 2012, and we only had one student. Here he introduces himself: My name is Joao Victor Alverenga…
Student update – 1 September 2012
Students with the learners from Paulos Ngobeni Primary School We've had another busy week - moving cheetahs, catching and releasing a porcupine, as well as feeding and cleaning for the…
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…
February Students – Final Update
Since introducing them on the 7th, our intrepid students have been so busy that they've barely had time to sleep and eat, let along write interim blog updates! Their two weeks…
They came, they saw, they got their hands dirty
The finalists doing a photo shoot at Camp Jabulani Recently we promised that the Miss Deaf SA 2011 finalists would be coming to visit the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC).…