More baby hedgehogs!!
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Sep 18 2008 | By: zimbabwe7
Dear Readers,
It seems we have hit on a perfect technique for hedgehog breeding in captivity! We are pleased to announce another two arrivals to our hedgehog breeding program, born on Tuesday evening. What has really surprised us with this birth, is that it is our youngest and smallest female who has produced. She is definitely less than a year old and has been slower to grow than the other young hedgehogs we have.
What this indicates to us is that the artificial environment we have created for the hedgehogs is conducive to breeding. We have maintained the ambient temperature throughout our winter, and this is the key. What has also been interesting is that the manner in which the hedgehogs have moved themselves around in the enclosures - the males have done all the visiting and the females have stayed in their compartments! This is typical of the species - the females are more territorial. Remind you of any other species?
As soon as we can take more photos we will share them.
One of the spiky babies…….
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Sep 16 2008 | By: zimbabwe7
Dear Readers,
Just a quick note to tell you all that we got a rare opportunity to photograph one of the baby hedgehogs this afternoon. They are six days old today and are doing very well. Mother Jemima is an exceptional mother and we are very happy with the progress of this little family.
We discovered a hoglet out of the little house a fair distance away from where it was born. We are not quite sure why the baby was out, an unusual situation and normally not a good indication. However, with very careful hands-off inspection we could not find any problems, so baby was gently ferried back to the house where its siblings and mother were. Once at the entrance, the little hoglet crawled back in and all was fine. At this age the hoglet is still deaf and blind - but still very cute! Enjoy the pictures…..
Spots and spines…….
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Sep 15 2008 | By: zimbabwe7
Dear Readers,
In the time passed since our last blog we have experienced a rapid seasonal change here in Zimbabwe. Firstly, the August winds picked up which was to be expected, heralding the new season and blowing away all the dead leaves and dust. Whether it is the air of expectation or simply the noise, one thing is for sure the animals are not always comfortable in the wind. However unpleasant it may be to some, the winds always indicate that spring is on its way. Overnight temperatures rise, the sun seems hotter and the plants all suddenly burst into new buds!! Exciting times………
And no less exciting for us here at the Tikki Hywood Trust as we have had some rather early arrivals. Most unexpectedly and definitely early in the season, we are pleased to announce the arrival of 3 spikey little hoglets on Wednesday 10th September 2008! What is even more impressive about this whole event is that the hedgehog responsible is Jemima. She came to us on 27th Dec 2007 in a very bad state with a lot of spine loss and old scaring and had also just given birth prior to being transported to us. Sadly, the single little hoglet did not survive the journey and Jemima was depressed for five days after her arrival and was not eating. With a lot of TLC and the a course of antibiotics and vitamin B complex we managed to get Jemima to pick up and soon she settled in with all the other hedgehogs. Obviously she started getting on with the others a bit better than we expected!
She gave birth on 10th September 2008, which puts the conception dates approximately 6 weeks earlier : late July 2008. The birthing must have occurred around midday as when the hoglets were discovered at 4:30pm, they were all pink with little white spines apparent but still soft. The maintenance of mother and baby hedgehogs in a captive situation is extremely delicate. At any provocation, the mother hedgehog may be insecure enough to actually eat her own babies. Therefore, absolutely NO TOUCHING, no noise, no movement for at least the first 72 hours. So unfortunately readers we will only be able to show you pictures of these babies much later. But, to give you an idea what a hoglet looks like - here is a picture of one approximately one week old:
It is interesting that Jemima has chosen to give birth during the day as hedgehogs will normally give birth at night. She also changed her “accommodation” shortly before the birthing, having climbed into Moley Warp’s (one of the males) enclosure. Each hedgehog enclosure has two artificial houses which the hedgehogs can crawl into and this is where the hoglets were born. When she entered the house she was to give birth in, Jemima made an artificial door at the entrance with leaves so that no-one can peek in!
To date we are delighted, with hers and the hoglets progress. She is eating well and the babies are content as we have heard not even one squeek from inside the house. We are constantly monitoring for signs of distress – e.g. mother running around in an agitated fashion, or noises from the hoglets. If the hoglets are distressed we may have to remove them and hand-raise them, but this will only be a last resort.
The other exciting news we have is the first release of Large-spotted genets for 2008. Prior to the release, we had eight genet on the property. They are:
Munchkin – the first female that Lisa hand raised, She came to the Trust as an orphan in 2004.
Ragamuffin – arrived as an orphan in 2005. A young male approximately three weeks old on arrival, he did not tame down as much as Munchkin. When Ragamuffin arrived he spent a week in quarantine before being integrated with Munchkin and after an initial confrontational period, the two soon settled down together.
Rascal – another orphaned male who arrived at the Trust in late 2006. Rascal had been picked up by a dog and then rescued from the dog by the human owners. He was completely hand raised by Lisa.
Widget – yet another orphaned male that came in a month after Rascal. Due to the closeness of age, both the little boy genets were raised together and soon became inseparable.
On 3rd November 2007 – another pair of orphaned genets were brought to the Trust, a male and female. Christened Coco & Dior – these two little creatures have had a rough start to life but are now thankfully in the care of Tikki Hywood Trust.
In October 2007 Munchkin started showing signs of being pregnant. When a female is pregnant it is important that the male is removed as he more than likely will eat the off spring even though he may be the father. We remove the male as apposed to the female as female genets are terriorial. On 16th November 2007 Munchkin gave birth to two babies – a girl and a boy who are christened Estee & Lauder respectively.
Munch and the kids, Estee & Lauder have the largest enclosure, Rags has an enclosure with a hollowed beouganvilla tree, and Rascal and Widget have the enclosure nearest the hedgehog house. Coco and Dior reside in the cottage with Ellen.
At nearly two years old, Rascal and Widget have matured into beautiful male genets. But since our program already has a successful breeding pair, and since it is always the aim of the Trust to return animals to the wild where they belong – it was time to select the most suitable release site for the boys. This has not been an easy decision, as with all the turmoil in the country it is difficult to find a site that is going to be safe and one that is going to be suitable. After some investigating, we selected Gosho Park, in Marondera. This is a small game park which is a school conservation project being run to the east of the country’s capital.
The boys were relocated to this release site and held in care at a private home to allow them to adjust to the new surroundings. They were moved on 17th August 2008 and were then released on 6th September 2008. On the first night, Rascal dashed out to inspect his new surroundings, Widget beginning shy and a lot more reserved remained inside. After Rascal had inspected his surrounding and returned for food, the enclosure was closed. This way we hope that both the boys will know that there will always be food waiting for them if times get hard. The next night, they both went out and did not come back to stay only to eat the food. To date the boys are returning only to eat half of the food which is put out from them and the odd calling card in the form of urinating in their old sand box. What is wonderful is that the boys are obviously catching their own food.
Returning a captive animal to the wild is a very emotional step, both for the animals and people involved. There have been many years where both animal and human have connected and shared a large part of their heart and souls together. So many things can happen, once these animals are released. If nothing else I have learnt that being wild is hard! With predators, fires, poaching, human dogs as well as the environmental elements such as drought, these all affect the survival of animals in the wild. Each time we release an animal we realise once again how privileged we are to have had the time to share with there priceless animals.
Poachers Sentenced!
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Aug 14 2008 | By: zimbabwe7
Dear Readers,
Every so often a bright light flashes at the end of this very long and dark tunnel. We have received some encouraging news that we want to share with everyone. You may recall the harrowing tale of little Nyasha, the white rhino calf that was orphaned in the most brutual circumstances and then was mortally wounded. On the eve of 18 June 2008 , National Parks put up road blocks as soon as the scouts were alerted to the poaching. Four people were arrested on the poaching of Nyasha as well as his mother. In the days that followed, with the evidence which was uncovered, these four suspects were not only found to be the poachers of Nyasha and his mother, but of another 15 rhino, poached within Zimbabwe.
The four perpetrators have been sentenced to 28 years in prison! National Parks have worked extremely hard towards developing a case against these poachers and now to be rewarded with this prison sentence is paramount to their efforts. The Tikki Hywood Trust extend a huge thanks to the Department, on this successful operation
Nothing will bring those rhino’s back and in my way of thinking there is not a sufficient sentence which could justify their deaths. However, having said that this sentencing is a start!
Guardians of Our Planet
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Aug 09 2008 | By: zimbabwe7
“Will you ever begin to understand the meaning of the soil beneath your very feet? From a grain of sand to a great mountain, all is sacred. Yesterday and tomorrow exist eternally upon this continent. We natives are the guardians of this sacred place. Peter Blue Cloud Mohawk”
I recently read this quote from Peter Blue Cloud Mohawk. Tears welled up in my eyes when I re-read the quote.
How many times do we walk upon this earth? Each step we take, should be scared – yet we are so totally unaware of that. Each breath we breathe should be pure, yet it is us (humans) who continue to pollute it. In Zimbabwe it is winter and the sky is crisp blue just waiting to be touched, the grasses beneath are straw yellow, full of seeds waiting for the rains when they can germinate. With the lack of concern those seeds will soon burn in the fires which rage through out this country at this time of year. Each seed that is burnt reduces the graze which is required for the animals who survive from the land. With each action that we take there is a reaction. If we, this generation do not pay for the crimes we continue to make, then the next generation will.
Are we being the natives of this earth – this scared earth, are we truly nurturing it for the next generation? With each blink of my eye, I find myself taking silent Kodak pictures which will be stored in my memory. My horror is that those Kodak moments will be mine and mine alone as what the future brings – may exclude so many of those wondrous moments, herds of elephants drinking at a water hole. Pride of lions playing as a family, flocks of birds flying high above my head at dusk with the pinks, oranges alighting the sky.
If we are the natives or guardians of this scared place, are we doing what has to be done?
Atlantic - In Memory 2004 - 2008
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Jul 14 2008 | By: zimbabwe7
When a death occurs in your life, there is nothing that prepares you for it. When it is a senseless death the anger and outrage that you experience is incomprehensible. We at the Trust are extremely sad to report the death of Atlantic. Our four year old male African wild cat was found dead on the 30 June 2008, at the Bushman Rock Release site. There is just so much killing in this country right now and to know that one of your own animals who had been breed and raised in your care, had his chance of freedom but it was cut short by his unnecessary death – makes your heart very heavy indeed.
Atlantic was born on 31 December 2004, to Starsky and Hooch. He was from a litter of three males. His two siblings were named Africa and Kenya. Hooch is an amazing mother and this litter, which was her third, was not any different. She approached yet another motherhood experience with complete dedication. Where I am very fortunate is that Hooch and I have developed a bond which allows me to get involved with the feeding and care of her kittens. A litter of three kittens for an African wild cat is large and I did not want Hooch to dry up or reject her kittens due to lack of milk. So from the point of her giving birth, I interact with her, by feeding her twice a day, close to the kittens. This way Hooch knows that I am not a threat to her kittens and for her kittens to become familiar with my voice and smell.
Atlantic’s nick name was Chocolate box, as he seemed to pose for each photograph which was taken of him and always looked perfect. He had a very gentle and loving nature. Even when he matured and became a father he still was the most perfect gentleman. Asia and Atlantic were put together in the same enclosure in August 2006. After a ‘cat’ courtship Asia gave birth to 3 kittens, with Atlantic being the sire. Atlantic was removed from Asia’s enclosure when the kittens arrived and placed with Paris. It is the policy of the Trust to make sure that before any animal is release they are able to mate successfully, conceive and give birth before being released. As Paris was one of the next females who was due to be released, we put Atlantic with Paris to make sure she was able to do all of the above. On 22 November 2006, Paris gave birth to Versailles.
On 11th October 2007, Atlantic was anaesthetized so that we could measured and have blood taken for sampling. He was then relocated to Bushman Rock Estates, where his final release into the wild would take place.
Although he settled in well at Bushman Rock, Atlantic remained a shy and reserved cat. So it was decided to send Paris to Bushman Rock as well to give him some companionship and form a breeding pair at the release site. Paris was moved to Bushman Rock Estates mid December 2007 and the pair settled down together.
On 7th January 2008, after a very heavy storm, a large tree was found over the main fence. Paris managed to climb out over one of the branches, which were overhanging the fence. Even though she now was ‘released’ she did not go far and we continued to feed her by the enclosure. We had hoped to encourage Paris back into the enclosure but by late February we had still not managed to recapture her using passive methods and since she seemed comfortable remaining around the enclosure we decided to collar Atlantic and let him join her. (See March 2008 Newsletter for details)
On 22nd February 2008, Atlantic was collared. He was left in the enclosure for a further two days to make sure he was fully recovered from the effects of the drugs. On Monday 25th February 2008 the gate was opened. Atlantic, in his quiet and enigmatic way decided to stay a few days longer at “Hotel” Bushman Rock before venturing out. But when he finally left the enclosure, everything went very smoothly and the post release tracking was also yielding positive results. Both cats had joined up and were seen together on more than one occasion.
On the morning of Monday 30th June 2008 we received some shocking news. Whilst on patrol that day one of the game scouts at the Bushman Rock Estates Release site had found Atlantic dead on a pathway in the bush. He had been tracked that morning and the signal was traced back to the enclosure area which was considered normal.
There were several unusual circumstances surrounding his death:
1.) He was lying on a pathway which is highly suspicious – if a wild animal is sick for any reason it would seek refuge, even if it were dying.
2.) He had been tracked at the enclosure that morning, and his position of death in relation to where he was is a distance of approx 1 – 2 km away. Again, a sick animal would not travel that far.
3.) We suspected a snake bite, but several factors could rule this out. Firstly, at this time of year most snakes are still hibernating (as we are in winter), and even if they were out they would be sluggish due to the cold weather. There were also no marks on his body to indicate a bite or struggle of any kind.
This left us to draw a very nauseating conclusion: was he poisoned?
Atlantic’s body was brought to the Wildlife Veterinary Unit the following day (1st July 2008) and Dr. Chris Foggin performed a post mortem, whilst Ellen observed. Atlantic was physically in good condition for a four year old cat who had been released, apart from a mild tapeworm infestation (entirely normal in a wild felid under these circumstances). Through his previous experience, the only conclusion that Dr. Foggin could draw was that this was a case of poisoning. Unfortunately in Zimbabwe we do not have the available equipment or technology to determine exactly what chemical was used.
Africa is most certainly not for the meek and mild, or fair at heart. Poaching and poisoning are happening on a daily basis here in Zimbabwe and it is an issue which we have to over come. How? Is the challenge. We can only hope that through further education and awareness we can stop the poisoning. The poaching is pure and simply economics, need I say more.
Thank You For Your Concerns
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Jun 28 2008 | By: zimbabwe7
On behalf of us at the Tikki Hywood Trust and the wildlife in Zimbabwe, we would like to sincerely thank you for your support, concerns and prayers. We all await with baited breath as to what the future will hold for all of us here. No matter what the road, we will continue with the plight of Zimbabwe and the survival of her wildlife. The task is mammoth and seems to be growing on a daily basis with the demand for bush meat. Economics and politics - there are no words.
Right now it seems as though Zimbabwe has become an island to the rest of the world, however thanks to the tremendous support which has been shown through our blog, we know that we are not alone and that the support from all of you will be the boat that carries us to land.
What this spot - we are here to stay!
Eve of Zimbabwe’s Elections
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Jun 26 2008 | By: zimbabwe7
It is the eve before elections or should I say re-elections here in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe, a country whose soils run red with the blood of so many animals and humans lives wastefully taken. I struggle to understand, the purpose, of all of this blood shed.
A week ago, I was told “that nature is forgiving”. Yes she is. Given the right environment and protection – she will burst into life once again. Colours will splash her canvas, and births will litter her land. I sit tonight with a heavy heart and in anticipation as to what might take place after tomorrow. Will it be a fairytale ending or the beginnings of something which none of us here in Zimbabwe have the strength for? There is so much indecision in the air. Hope that God might just turn his light towards us and end this suffering.
I have dreams of seeing areas which once had an abundance of wildlife, now having those animals back again. Walking and grazing without fear in harmony with their surroundings. Not running scared. Trees growing skywards, and not just stumps. Rolling lands full of grasses, not charred land burnt to a cinder. A land where your heart jumps with the sound of the fish eagles calling and the bark of an impala. My childhood memories of filled with different scenes taken around this land I call home – Zimbabwe.
On this eve, may there be a prayer from each and every one of you who read this. May we pray for the lives lost, for the sadness and despair to end. For those who are guilty of sins to be made accountable for those sins. For hope to return to this land. She is tired and wishes to once again be the mother of hope, love and mercy. Her heart waits to sing once again.
I bow my head in prayer and with sadness ask for humanity to once again reign over us. After tonight, may the sadness and fear, be replaced in our hearts with hope and sing with joy.
To all of those who pray for our land – I thank you.
Nyashe - Thank You
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Jun 24 2008 | By: zimbabwe7
On behalf of both myself and all of us who were involved with Nyashe, we would like to sincerely thank you, the readers of our blog, for your amazing concern and kind words toward our very sad story, regarding Nyashe. We can only hope that through this sadness, there will one of these days (hopefully sooner rather than later) be stories of happiness.
A huge thank you to you for your support and encouragement towards our plight here in Zimbabwe.
May God forgive us.
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Jun 21 2008 | By: zimbabwe7
This story is one of true sadness. On Wednesday 18 June 2008, I received an urgent call from The Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, saying that yet another white rhino mother had been poached and had left a young orphan calf behind. Instantly Dr Astrid Huelin and I collected all the drugs and necessary equipment to address the possible situation we would encounter once we were on site.
With a multitude of emotions, such as anger, anxiety, sadness as well as a glimmer of perhaps hope that just maybe we could do something for this little innocent who now lying dying beside his dead mother.
It was an hour’s drive to where the mother and baby were being kept. From the reports the baby’s situation was not good. He was motionless and the parks officials did not think he would make it due to the severe injuries. But there was nothing to prepare me when I arrived on the scene and saw this helpless, motionless freezing little body. There lay this perfect body covered in blood. When kneeling down, I could feel that this little baby’s body was ice cold – but there was a slight pulse. We filled hot water bottles; cover the body with blankets and a space blanket in the hopes of bringing up his temperature. One of the biggest problems with orphan animals is shock and hypothermia. A baby will die due to hypothermia.
Gently rubbed his body, talking to him softly all the time in the hopes of bring him some support and comfort. His face was covered with blood! On the front of his face there were four axe marks, which zigzagged across his face. Two of these cuts were at least an inch deep. He had lost a fair amount of blood due to these injuries. We administered a drip to increase the fluids and in the hopes of giving him energy to fight. He was injected with a pain killer. This little body was not warming up!!!!
“Please help anyone!” this cannot be allowed to happen – he has done nothing he is innocent!! – kept going through my mind. If only I could wave a magic wand and take all his suffering away. What man continues to do for his own greed is something I will not ever understand – when you see this helpless creature fighting for his life or in this case this little baby wishing to join his mother, your heart can only but break!
The Parks scouts were with us and they too were angered by what had taken place in their park the night before. One saving grace is that the poachers – all four of them were apprehended and are now in jail awaiting the charge of poaching one of not only Zimbabwe’s rarest animal but the world’s!!! Mr Elson Gwanyanya, the head Warden, helped us to get the baby who had now been named Nyasha by the Parks scouts, into our vehicle so that we could get him the care he needed. Nyasha in Shona means hope, peace and mercy. This little baby boy rhino could not have been more aptly named.
After trying to stabilize Nyasha we got the necessary approval to take him to where we would try and raise him if he were going to survive. Imire, it was decided was the most appropriate place to take him. Imire is a game park and sanctuary to wildlife and some of Zimbabwe’s remaining black rhino. It is owned by John and Judy Travers. Late last year four of their rhinos were poached or rather slaughtered, leaving behind Tatenda yet another male orphan calf.
Another 1 ½ hour road trip lay ahead of us. The heater was on full ball to try and get Nyasha’s body temperature up. He was now onto his second drip which was feeding into him via a vein in his ear. Nyasha and I shared a warm moment when I called him as if I were another rhino and his ear moved. This was hope and that is all any of us needed. The wounds keep bleeding, but at this point they seemed clean and I had put antiseptic ointment into them which was all I could do. How can I watch this baby lying in front of me, in pain, terrified and on the verge of meeting his Maker! This is all wrong. Wrong so wrong!
As part of the human race my heart cries for all of us. What lay before me was only a picture of perfection, defaced by the hands of man. Yet now in the hopes of saving him, there was only so much we could do – was that going to be enough? After an hour on the road, we had a blow out! Astrid drove us to safety and there we all sat, just for a moment. Then, it was action stations and Astrid, Star and Gabrielle (Gabrielle and Star are vets wanting to learn more about wildlife) jump out to quickly change the tyre. The car was left on so that the heater remained on to keep Nyasha comfortable.
“What – no jack?”
It was getting dark and we were on the side of the road in Zimbabwe ten days before the elections. Let me tell you it was not the most comfortable feeling that I had ever felt before. Astrid literally jumped into the road to stop the first car! Visions of a critically wounded rhino together with a wounded vet did pass through my mind. But thankfully two cars stopped to help us and there was only complete and utter concern on everyone’s face and minds as soon as they had heard our plight and situation. 30 minutes later we were off. Silence fell on the vehicle, I am sure we all were in our different ways praying for this baby’s survival.
We had contacted Imire before leaving Harare, to warn them that we were coming with an injured rhino. On arriving at Imire, we could see that they had worked most of the afternoon erecting a manger where Nyasha was to go. Due to his critically low body temperature, there was no way he could stay outside – it would kill him. We arranged a mattress with duvets and blankets in front of the fire in the sitting room. Then four people carried Nyasha from the vehicle to inside, to be by the fire. Once he had settled we explained what we had administered to Nyasha and what would be required over the next 48 hours. As he was only a month old, we decided to try and feed him milk. You must realise however that Nyasha was so weak that to do this was not going to be easy. With Judy holding the bottle of milk, another person holding his head and with me trying to massage his throat gently, to make him swallow. After about 10 minutes, he had drunk 100 mls. Exhausted - we let him sleep. Talking softly and rubbing his little body in the hopes that he would start to warm up.
This is what Nyasha faced in order to recover from his injuries;
He had a head trauma and more than likely the axe had reached his skull if not his brain. With any head injury there is a possibility that his brain would swell.
He had lost a lot of blood.
His body temperature was critically low.
Due to the wounds, which were made with a dirty axe this would create an infection which he did not have the strength to fight without antibiotics.
These are only the physical injuries. I ask you readers, for a minute to stop and think to yourselves how you would feel as a month old, innocent creature with no knowledge of pain or suffering and in one foul blow your mother is murdered in front of you! You are hacked at with an axe when trying to help your mother? There is no scale of measurement for this kind of trauma and this is something which will not help Nyasha’s recovery.
At 10 pm that night, I handed Nyasha’s fate over to Judy. With a heavy heart, I left Nyasha. Before leaving I whispered my sincere sorrows for his pain and asked for his forgiveness for what my kind had done to both him and his mother. But there is no forgiveness! This could be the last time that I was to see this battered and broken soul. If he was to go I could only wish and pray that it be quick.
Nyasha died on 19 June 2008, at 4.15 am. Peace at last, reunited with his mother!
Many tears have been shed over this injustice. Many angry words spoken over this merciless killing – murder! Yet no amount of tears shed or words spoken will bring this baby back to this world where he was first born. There is no action that can be taken which will ease the pain with which that baby died. I ask myself if there is anything which can be done, so that these murders were not wasted? No - is the answer. For these rhinos who have been murdered in Zimbabwe, there will never been enough justice done to account for their loss. Animals continue to be murdered, struggled to death in snares, rotting carcasses! To die without dignity is a sin and it is our sin. And yes I am sad, and I am angry, my heart is heavy with no end in sight as no matter which way I turn there are no more answers.
In memory of Nyasha;
“Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the song of angry men
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
- Les Miserables
- Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer
The poachers remain in jail and bail has been denied. This is the first case of poaching where bail has been denied. We will keep you posted to the outcome of the poachers!
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Lisa Hywood & Tikki Hywood Trust
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