The Moholoholo Animal Rehabilitation Centre in Hoedspruit has many of the problems which are common to centres which rehabilitate wild animals anywhere else in the world. One of these issues is finding a suitable place to release animals that have received care at the center once they're ready to leave.
Urban sprawl has led to humans encroaching on the native habitats of many wild animals; for instance, the Moholoholo Centre recently responded to a call from an area farmer regarding an injured leopard on his property that needed to be removed.
Luckily for the leopard, its injuries were relatively minor in nature; a broken tooth and minor wounds to its face. After a short period of convalescence and care at the centre, the animal would be ready to return to the wild. A release date of June 18, 2012 was set, but the staff of the Moholoholo Centre then had to face the challenge of finding a safe place to release the leopard.
An idea was proposed by Brian Jones, director of the Moholoholo Animal Rehabilitation Centre. Having lived in the bush of the Timbavati in the 1990s, where he would regularly encounter wild animals passing by his hut, Jones decided that the area would be perfect to release the animal.
Moholoholo staff members and a group of students brought the animal to the Timbavati, where students Faye Walker and Jamie Traynor had the honor of opening the door of the leopard's cage to release the animal - once the group's cars were parked, with doors and windows shut tight. Without even a moment of hesitation, the leopard took off across the river and into its natural habitat of the veld.
It was the perfect ending to another successful wild animal rehabilitation by the staff of the Moholoholo Animal Rehabilitation Centre. The centre's mission is to rehabilitate injured animals and to preserve the wildlife of South Africa - and this release serves as a perfect example of the hard work of the staff and students at the centre.
Urban sprawl has led to humans encroaching on the native habitats of many wild animals; for instance, the Moholoholo Centre recently responded to a call from an area farmer regarding an injured leopard on his property that needed to be removed.
Luckily for the leopard, its injuries were relatively minor in nature; a broken tooth and minor wounds to its face. After a short period of convalescence and care at the centre, the animal would be ready to return to the wild. A release date of June 18, 2012 was set, but the staff of the Moholoholo Centre then had to face the challenge of finding a safe place to release the leopard.
An idea was proposed by Brian Jones, director of the Moholoholo Animal Rehabilitation Centre. Having lived in the bush of the Timbavati in the 1990s, where he would regularly encounter wild animals passing by his hut, Jones decided that the area would be perfect to release the animal.
Moholoholo staff members and a group of students brought the animal to the Timbavati, where students Faye Walker and Jamie Traynor had the honor of opening the door of the leopard's cage to release the animal - once the group's cars were parked, with doors and windows shut tight. Without even a moment of hesitation, the leopard took off across the river and into its natural habitat of the veld.
It was the perfect ending to another successful wild animal rehabilitation by the staff of the Moholoholo Animal Rehabilitation Centre. The centre's mission is to rehabilitate injured animals and to preserve the wildlife of South Africa - and this release serves as a perfect example of the hard work of the staff and students at the centre.
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