Collaring the Cats!

I have been waiting for the day we collar Askari, Bukeka and Thulile for a while now - waiting in anticipation for their SirTrack collars to arrive and eventually the day came!

Tiny compact Cheetah Collars

The three cheetahs were darted by Peter Caldwell from Old Chapel Veterinary Clinic. They were darted one at a time and then we carried them out of the boma to be collared. We had 45min to check, measure and collar them before they woke up.

Askari

Bukeka

Thulile

Deon Cilliers from the Endangered Wildlife trust and myself collaring and measuring the cheetahs. The EWT runs a Carnivore Conservation Programme, their mission is to "promote research on carnivores with special emphasis on those aspects that will improve their conservation status through the implementation of sound management strategies." 

Myself and Deon collaring and measuring the cats

Sitting with Thulile waiting for her to wake up

A very successful morning and three collared kitty's!

Mini May Update

In the month of May we had visitors as usual! All popping in to say hi! It's the little things that count if you ask me.........

Tiny Chameleon

A beautiful Shikra flew into the office window one morning

A baby White Throated Monitor (20cm from head to tail) was in the Lodge car park

The rangers even made time for a photo shoot! Can we add model's to our CV's? :)

Solly, myself and Roux

Or how would "Butcher" look on our CV's? Nahhh! I don't think so!

Armand cutting meat to make venison biltong!

Me giving it a try... who would have thought!??

The 15th of May marked my 7th month at Monate - wow, how time flies!