http://zimbabwe7.wildlifedirect.org Awareness and conservation of lesser known species Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:40:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Readers This post is not for the meek and mild.  As a follow up on the wounded bull elephant who was shot in the CRC, this was his unfortunate fate.  I have been working in conservation for the past 15 years and there is nothing that will ever prepare me ... http://zimbabwe7.wildlifedirect.org/2008/11/18/final-chapter-bull-elephants/ Dear Readers Every time I seem to get a moment to write a blog – I feel bad that the news always is so heart rendering. Today’s blog is unfortunately no different. In fact, it is devastating and marks an end of yet another chapter in what once was ... http://zimbabwe7.wildlifedirect.org/2008/11/11/elephants-who-made-history-and-will-be-remembered/ Dear Readers, Snaring of wildlife is a daily occurrence in Zimbabwe, under these very trying and hungry times. There are many animals who manage to break away from snare’s anchor, but are then left with the snares wires attached to one part of their bodies or another, causing unbelieve pain ... http://zimbabwe7.wildlifedirect.org/2008/10/27/operation-kariba-de-snare/ Dear Readers,  Agy wrote into us via the blog requesting assistance & advice on hand raising two week old serval kittens. We have posted the response here as well for the benefit of all our readers. Hi Agy, Thanks so much for referring to us – hopefully this information we are going to ... http://zimbabwe7.wildlifedirect.org/2008/10/23/agy-your-serval-question-answered/ Dear Readers Firstly I would like to thank you all for the incredible words of kindness and sympathies towards the tragic loss of Twiza.  To know that her death was for nothing would just been even harder to bear.  As an outcome to her and her son's snaring, I had a ... http://zimbabwe7.wildlifedirect.org/2008/10/21/twiza/ Dear Readers and Friends of Zimbabwe Today is yet another sore day, in Zimbabwe's history.  I received the below photos of Twiza a giraffe who had been part of a family for the past 11.5 years and of her son who only reached the age of six months old.  Both giraffes ... http://zimbabwe7.wildlifedirect.org/2008/10/19/mourning-zimbabwe-yet-again/ After playing a waiting game of hope for nearly a year, we have woken up once again to find that what lies in front of us  is not a pretty picture, the hope and the ideas of development, have all but gone.  Instead, there is poverty, hunger, fires, hyper hyper ... http://zimbabwe7.wildlifedirect.org/2008/10/13/zimbabwes-horizon-bleak-once-again/ 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 ... http://zimbabwe7.wildlifedirect.org/2008/09/18/more-baby-hedgehogs/ 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 ... http://zimbabwe7.wildlifedirect.org/2008/09/16/one-of-the-spiky-babies/ 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 ... http://zimbabwe7.wildlifedirect.org/2008/09/15/spots-and-spines/