Help Wildlife With Emergency Medical Treatment

Thank you for contributing to our emergency medical fund.   Recently we have had two incidents.

A territorial impala bull was unfortunately killed during a territorial fight with another male.

During our last report, we wrote about the beautiful but very old nyala bull known as Short Horn who had been coming up to our homestead to stand right outside my window. He had broken one of his horns many years ago. His age was progressing and we wondered if we may need to euthanize him as his teeth were worn. 

We decided that it would not have been humane to dart and capture him - we still urgently need to erect a boma  - but even so, to sedate him merely to prolong his life,  did not seem wise. Nevertheless, I did spray him with a wound healing spray where he had a slight wound on his back leg.  We decided to leave him a while longer. After he had not appeared for a few days, we sent our game guard to search for him. Should he have been suffering we would have euthanized him. However nature had taken her course and he had died under a large acacia tree, wild and free. We feel that leaving him to be free and die naturally was the right thing to do. 

However, we still urgently need to construct a secure medical area/ boma and your support would be greatly appreciated. It would help other wild that may need help in our area too!  Had Short Horn been younger and injured he would have needed to be kept safely sedated until he healed.

This was a reminder of how urgent it is for us to finally construct the boma and stables that are planned, as any orphaned or injured animal would need to be cared for by our veterinary surgeon and kept sedated in a secure area.

Please support our project to build this medical facility - it is only with your support that we are able to achieve the very best for the wild of our area! 

Thank you for caring!