Happy New Year!
We
wish you all the best for 2013! We welcomed a new baby giraffe late
last year. Noelle was born around Christmas and was first discovered by
our ranger, Quinton Hartung.
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Mother and baby giraffe, Noelle, born
around Christmas 2012. Photo by Quintin Hartung
Cheetah
release project
On the 13th of July 2012
three cheetahs where released by N/a’an ku sê
into a temporary holding camp on the NamibRand Nature Reserve. These
cats will spend the next few weeks in this 50ha camp where they will be
safely able to adjust to their surroundings and acclimatise to the
area. Our rangers will be feeding them suitable
“whole” carcasses to show them the type of prey
they can expect to encounter in the future. One of these days the gates
to the enclosure will then simply be left open so that they cheetahs
can wonder out and settle down in their new territory. At least one of
the cats is fitted with a satellite collar, which will allow staff to
monitor this animal’s movements and location for up to two
years.
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One
of the three cheetahs releasedinto a temporary holding camp
on NamibRand - photo by Peter Woolfe
