At the wildlife centre we do not only take care of the animals that are here and that newly arrive for care, but we accept them into a family of care takers and animals that have formed a bond of trust. We have two new members with us that have arrived recently and one of them being a first for the centre:
Baby Eland
He does not have a name yet but he is a young strong male from another farm that could not care for his needs like our establishment can. He is not tame so it took some time for us to get a way of feeding the young guy seeing that he could severely hurt you if he felt the need to. He got used to the way we walk into the enclosure very slowly and how we just stand there with the bottle of milk stretched out to him. Eventually he got hungry enough to start getting closer by himself. He now walks up to you when you are in a halt and he sucks the teat finishing all his milk. He is becoming quite the young bull and who knows, maby one day he will even let us touch him.
The other newly arrived animal is much smaller and loves to make a lot of noise. She is a juvenile mongoose female with a handy capped front and back paw. She has been hand raised and the people that raised her felt that she needed a better life and so they brought her to the wildlife centre. She is a very sweet character and she loves the attention that we can provide her. She is taken to sleep inside during the night and she loves to eat meat and fruit pieces. Her name is Rosie and if she will be released on the farm one day is still undecided due to her physical disability.
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