April 2011 Blog Posts (3)

This may be an unusual forum to discuss a World Heritage, but I received the following note about a battle that is worth joining.  If anything, it is worth 20 seconds of your time to vote..... please read on: 

The battle over the future of Vele colliery has come to represent the supreme example of the competing tensions between mining and conservation, of whether ecologically rich areas are more profitable conserved than…

Exactly three years ago today, 18 wild dogs were released onto the Northern Tuli Game Reserve (NTGR). Given the suitable habitat and abundance of prey, it was envisaged that re-establishing a pack would facilitate the formation of additional packs in the area over time, thereby contributing to the…

Lions

Good news on the lion- front. Three new adult male lions have moved into the reserve and are frequently seen. These males are around 4-5 years old and believed to have come from further down the Tuli Block. This is wonderful news as these males bring a whole new dimension to the Mashatu lion population, especially in the sense of genetics. On various occasions did we see one of the three new males mating with two single lionesses respectively. These males are spending…