Animal injuries

Dear readers.

The past couple of weeks have been sort of hectic considering the different activities we have had at the centre. Amongst those activities here are the injuries and medical attention we had to take care of and distribute:

1. Firstly the Nyala's that we have been keeping in the boma had to be darted and released on the farm so they could breed with the others and bring new genes to the gene pool.
2. We had an Eland ewe that lost the half of her jaw due to unknown reasons and she was pregnant. We had to dart her and her with the birth of the baby. She was so severely hurt that she had to be euthanized and due to the premature birth the baby unfortunately did not make it either.
3. The 3rd picture is that of Alley with her drained apses. She has broken teeth and by eating she gives the open spaces the bacteria needed to form an apses. The teeth that are broken are luckily the milk teeth so as soon as they fall out and the new ones grow the problem will be solved.
4. This Nyala was part of the game capturing on another farm and as he jumped the net, he got caught and broke his leg but in such a way that it had to be pushed back in to place and it needed a cask but unfortunately after hours of struggle he had to be euthanized because it could not be done.
5. And last but not least, here are a couple of pictures of the burnt animals we had to treat and take care of as good as we possibly could.



In this picture Karen is prepping for the darting so we can tag the Nyala's and set them free on the farm.

The baby that they had to help by applying a c section.

 The apses after it has been drained.

 The broken hind leg of the Nyala bull.

A large spotted Genet that had damage to his eyes and ears and could not be treated.

An Nyala ewe that was treated by the vet from town and put on a drip for her body to rehydrate. She unfortunately was so severely injured that she did not make it.

Gracie, the duiker that stole every ones hearts. She has 4 hooves burnt and bandaged but they are looking good and she is doing very well with everyone visiting her.