RHINO WARS…Countdown to rhino extinction……………..

Countdown to Rhino Extinction….. Here are the #s and here are the facts… 2000 – 7 animals  2001 – 6 animals 2002 – 25 animals 2003 – 22 animals 2004 – 10 animals 2005 – 13 animals 2006 – 24 Continue Reading

Stories From the Bush: A strange encounter at the Wilddog den…..

On February 7th while guiding some guests from the Fort Worth Zoo we decided to explore a nearby rocky outcrop where our local wilddogs have a den. We have an excellent rock outcrop that allows us to observe the den Continue Reading

Flying Rhinos….Protecting the last of their kind….

South Africa has been hit the hardest by the Rhino poaching epidemic. Just last year over 628 rhinos have been poached for their horn. Its an average of 1.72 rhinos killed everyday….. The trend is going up and its estimated Continue Reading

The Last Lioness……..Meet Lady Liuwa the only known resident lion surviving on Zambia’s Liuwa Plain

A haunting call echoes across the Liuwa Plain. There is no answer, there hasn’t been for years. She has no pride, no support – she alone must safeguard her own survival. Her name is Lady Liuwa, and she is the Continue Reading

Nowhere in Africa are elephants safe…Poverty and Greed are killing the last Africa’s elephants…

Article by Jeffrey Gettleman. Published in the NY Times In the past several years, 10,000 elephants in Gabon have been wiped out, some picked off by impoverished hunters creeping around the jungle with rusty shotguns and willing to be paid Continue Reading