KARIBA ANIMAL WELFARE FUND TRUST IN CONJUNCTION WITH ZIMBABWE
PARKS & WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
REMEMBER: When Driving or walking, Animals
always have the right of way
KEEP KARIBA CLEAN Keep litter to yourself, in
your vehicle or boat and empty only at designated points.
Tendai
from ZTA (Zim Tourism Authority) reported on Thursday that some guys in a mini
bus had told him they saw an elephant by the old mud pool just before the
Kariba 10 sign post with a baby ele that looked as if it was having
trouble walking properly.
Cavan
went to have a look on his way to picking up the Snare Patrol crew but
after spending quite sometime he found no sign of them.
PLEASE
if anyone sees the above contact any of the below KARIBA cell numbers or
email as soon as possible after having sight of them.
Also
be alert when there are Cow elephants with their youngsters. Remind people that
they are cheeky and must not be teased or intimidated in any way
1ST SNARE SWEEP
25 June 13 snares Kaburi Area. Small group of impala sighted and a few
water buck. Most of the snares were fresh. We believe Parks had also patrolled
here and recovered some as well.
2ND
SNARE SWEEP
26 June 9 snares Rifa area near Banana Farm. Shortly after being dropped
off, the patrol followed human spore and recovered 9 fresh snares. They then
heard a buffallo bellowing and contacted us.
The noise continued for over an hour. Parks and Andries were contacted.
Donna Scholtz rushed out with Andries's Equipment and our dart gun to
meet Andries who was in the area.
Parks & W/Life Nyanyana - Mr Khupa and several scouts also came out.
Mr Khupa then patrolled to the area where the buff was making a noise but could
find nothing. There was sign of a Hyena that had been snared but broke the
wire. Mr Khupa carried on to the power line road following the herd of buffallo
hoping to see a sign. Another scout had doubled back on the spoor of a poacher
which led up to the banana farm fence. Here he found 4 snares within 2 meters
of the fence. A very big thank you to Parks, Donna Scholtz, Andries and Mark
van Zuydam (andries's back up) These folks are always very quick to respond
when they are able! The snare patrol found 9 snares in the follow up and Parks 4,
bringing in a total of 13 snares in a small area.
3RD SNARE SWEEP
27 June 3 snares Main rd to Nyamasura/Zambezi. Bush fires had burnt most
of the grass. I ele (sorefoot) near the dumps and 5 Zebra were seen.
4TH SNARE SWEEP
28 June 3 snares North of the airport to rifle range. No animals
sighted, 8 snares removed.
5TH SNARE SWEEP
29 th June. Slight hiccup with collecting Parks Ranger so patrol was
cancelled. On returning from Parks to the house Cavan’s dog jumped out the van
near the turn off to Somerset Lodge so he got the guys to help find the dog.
Dog was ok but in the short distance they walked they found 4 HEAVY wire cable
snares, very fresh not far from houses on Baobab Ridge/Cutty Sark road area.
After finding the dog they received a call to say there was buffalo near
where the Mucharara crosses the road(now referred to as Hymie Cnr after
removing the snare from the Hyena, on that corner).
So they doubled back and placed the snare patrol guys in positions
where they could observe the buff to see if the 2 year old with the wire could
be seen. They all had binoculars. At midday it was called a day as
none appeared to be carrying wire/snares but all were looking fit and fat, with
a possibility that the herd has increased slightly since last year. HIP HOORAY
Our precious small heard of Buffalo would have walked into these freshly
laid snares if Cavan and the Snare team had not come across these whilst
retrieving the run-away dog.
30th June.
KAWFT recieved a call from a Kariba resident to say there was an injured
Baboon near AMC garage on the south side of the road. A search revealed nothing
and as Cavan returned to the car the bobo was seen resting against the rear
left tyre. Parks could not be reached so it could not be put out of it's
misery. A message was sent for a sack. The bobo was caught by the scruff of
it's neck and placed screaming like a banshee into the sack. It appeared to be
badly concussed. It was placed in a 4 mt cage for observation.
Shortly after this another Kariba resident contacted KAWFT to say
she had a stray dog in the back of her van that needed to be "put
down" It was in a very bad way and was euthanised and the carcass
immediately burnt.
ANYONE SEEING A SICK DOG, IN PARTICULAR A STRAY DOG, MUST NOT
APPROACH OR TOUCH IT.
RATHER REPORT IT TO THE POLICE. PARKS OR KAWFT. THE RISK OF IT BEING
RABID IS VERY REAL AND A BIT OF SALIVA ON A LITTLE SCRATCH IS ENOUGH TO
INFECT ONE WITH THIS DREADED DISEASE WHICH CAN THEN LEAD TO DEATH IF TREATMENT
DOES NOT WORK
4 Hydro bags have finally arrived from SA kindly donated by Mr. Mark
Vinjevold
ANTELOPE ISLAND – FEEDING STATION
We
have had all these amazing donations below.
Willie Swan - 1 ton beef food.
Glen Mac Robert Smith on behalf of Centra feeds - 1/2 a ton of cubes.vely nutritious!
PJ Moor - 50 bags mafuti
Johhny Campbell - Bales of Rhodes Grass
(12 Rolled bales.)
Profeeds - have just donated
approximately 2 tonnes of Game feed . This has been delivered to our very kind
feed holders at Odendaal Stables in Borrowdale who hold for us there
until we organize transport
Vago and Amanda Haritatos - 200
bags of wheat husk bran and delivered it to LLA at no cost.
LLA - Loading feed onto trailer
Odendaal Stables - James and Gail Odendaal who
are into their 2nd year of storing food as a base before it is moved
up to Kariba
Natureways & Hornbill Lodge - bailing
close on 2000 bales of hay at the airport.
David Mc Master - trekking the grass bales from
Kariba Airport to Kariba side where we are storing them and will be trekking
again this week !!!
500
Bales will be going across to Bumi Lodge for feeding on Starvation Island.
Thank
you so much AGAIN to all the above and our long standing “Givers” for all your
help in kind and donations that help for the care of our Wildlife
African proverb - If you think you are too
small to make a difference, you have never spent the night with a mosquito
For any donations, help offer, more info, or information on injured
animals please contact below
Phone numbers
Cavan Warran 0772 690 915 - KARIBA
Nick Grant 0772 607 214 - HARARE
Sonya Mc Master Land Home 061 2488 Cell
0772 874 352 - KARIBA
Debbie Ottman Land Home 061 2342 Work 2764
or 2443 Cell 0773 996 487- KARIBA
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