http://www.daktaribushschool.org/

Phil and Annie from

England

Gwladys from France

Gina from Ireland Maureen

and Sammi from

Australia

Aaron from the US

This month we were happy to welcome a new banded mongoose to our…well, band of

mongooses! Brought to us by a family who had hand raised Weasel from infancy, he became a bit

of a problem when he would wander out of the garden and onto the road; he has been run over on two occasions! With a healing hip, his owners gave him to us with heavy hearts, but we assured them

that he would be well looked after at Daktari! He’s such a funny thing – Weasel loves to swim, and drags himself all over camp spreading his

smell, but ends up looking like a poodle with worms- very attractive! He is good natured and loved by all!

Welcome to Daktari Weasel!!

Congratulations to our dear donkey Caline! She gave birth to a beautiful and healthy baby girl on the 31st October, mid afternoon. Keeping with the

times, we all concurred to call her Halloween.

There is nothing scary about this black beauty, who was happy to let us near her and stroke her, as

unsteady as she was on her feet. Caline has been very patient, leading Halloween to her teats and

teaching her the ways of the donkey world!

We wish them all the best, and we will be updating you further with photos next month

Hello everybody! My name is Sonja, and I am the newest addition to the bunch of baby squirrels at Daktari! I was only a

week old when I was found and given to the volunteers to nurse, barely able to

walk, I am fed every few hours, and love to fall asleep cupped in people’s hands

and cleavage. My parents Phil and Sammie have been great, and I can feel that I am becoming more adventurous

and stronger by the day!

Marijn

Evans Noah Alex

Sonja

Moutique

YumYum!

Observation & intrigueWe got the go ahead to take the little

guy to the Primate

centre near Phalaborwa

Gently sleeping after all the drama.

On a Tuesday just as dusk was upon Daktari, the volunteers found a baby baboon lying lifeless on an outcrop of rocks. Something wasn’t right and the baby needed to be taken to a specialist centre to be looked at properly.

All the volunteers hopped onto the back of the bakkie and went zooming through the bush while the sun set over the Drankensburg. In all the excitement, Medelyn did not see the thorny branch ahead of her, and ripped a gapping hole in her head! We returned to Daktari to hand her and her bleeding head over to Michele and off we went again. A breathless hour later we handed the baby over to professionals and hoped for the best.

Unfortunately nature dictates who lives, and the baboon had extensive internal injuries and succumbed on the operating table after a 4 hour op. On a positive note, we did return to a giddy Medelyn, bandaged up looking like a war hero – Just another crazy day at DAKTARI!

We were clearing a mound of earth when we found that this female

baboon spider had made herself a home. Baboon spiders are an

endangered species due to the fact that they make one home in their life time, and cannot survive without it. Thus we had to abandon the idea of

building a sauna and leave her to her devices!

A fifth Leopard Tortoise was acquired while cleaning out

the workshop. He is contently eating and sunning himself

with his new siblings.

Aaron has bravely taken up the job as golf course renovator,

making the game more enticing and exciting for the kids!

Risette and some of the volunteers found a

Chameleon caught in wire at the workshop, and had a good giggle as it happily

climbed over bodies and on heads…

Jacob and the men undertook the backbreaking job of building a gutter by the lapa to stop

flooding as the rainy season approaches. As boys go, they enjoyed breaking out the big machinery,

mixing cement and making as much noise as possible – nevertheless the final touches have

been set and our feet will stay dry this summer!

Shiloweni is still looking for m

ore sponsors

to help keep up his feisty appetite at R200

a month. Your adoption, will help us to

give him the home comforts and lifestyle

this beautiful animal deserves.

Caline would really appreciate sponsorship

of R300 a month to keep her and her little

girl Halloween fed and warm each month.

Our cutie Weasel is also looking for a kind donor to sponsor him R200 a month!

Bank: Sparkasse Münsterland-Ost Bankleitzahl: 40050150 Konto-Nummer: 1350 88 888. Name: Spendensammelverein Münster e.V. Reference: DAKTARI-Südafrika – Busch-Schule & Wildwaisen - Station

Bank: First National Bank, Hoedspruit, South AfricaSwift number: FIRN ZA JJ Branch Number: 270652Account Number: Cheque Account (Non-Profit) 62044965129Name: Daktari Wildlife Orphanage, South Africa