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African Conservation Experience - Game Ranger Guide Course -
This course is ideally suited to people wanting an introduction to conservation in southern Africa and those wishing to pursue a conservation orientated career, as well as wishing to improve their personal knowledge of wildlife.
August 2010 Game Ranger participants study hyenas
It's definitely not all classroom grind on the Game Ranger Guide Course! The participants in the August course got stuck into the exciting life of a game ranger. The modules of the course include p...
A walk in the bush with mum
Tuli has the last wild roaming population of elephants in southern Africa
Porcupine Tracks
On the wildlife tracking course students use their new tracking skills to locate wild animals in the bush
Black rhino
The rhino is prized for its horn. Not a true horn, it is made of thickly matted hair that grows from the skull without skeletal support. The major demand for horn is in Asia, where it is used in traditional medicine and ornamental carvings. On Phinda Wildlife Research Project you can help monitor these magnificent creatures.
Tracking cheetah on foot!
Running at speeds between 112 and 120 km/h (70 and 75 mph) puts a great deal of strain on the cheetah's body. When sprinting, the cheetah's body temperature becomes so high that it would be deadly to continue; this is why the cheetah is often seen resting after it has caught its prey.
Wild Cheetah
The cheetah is a vulnerable species. Out of all the big cats, it is the least able to adapt to new environments.
Thirsty elephant
Elephants don't drink with their trunks, but use them as "tools" to drink with. This is accomplished by filling the trunk with water and then using it as a hose to pour it into the elephant's mouth.
Two warthogs stop for a drink
They are the only pigs able to live in areas without water for several months of the year. By tolerating a higher than normal body temperature, the warthog is able to conserve moisture inside its body that might otherwise be used for cooling. When water is available warthogs drink regularly and enjoy wallowing in muddy places.
Roan antelope
Between 1986 and 1993, the roan antelope population in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, declined from about 450 to 45 animals. At Hanchi and Zingela these animals are being bred. Volunteers monitor their densities, age and condition on horseback.
Cheetah at a kill
It is thought that cheetahs lose between approximately 10 to 15% of kills to the hyena.
The Male Waterbuck -a classic African antelope
As its name would indicate, the waterbuck inhabits areas that are close to water in savanna grasslands, gallery forests and riverine woodlands south of the Sahara. Such habitats not only provide sustenance but long grasses and watery places in which to hide from predators.
Tags
- animal care
- predators
- wildlife rehabilitation
- bush walks
- tracking
- south africa
- game drives
- wildlife research
- veterinary work
- khulula
- tuli
- projects
- veterinary
- moholoholo
- botswana
- phinda
- volunteer diaries
- shimongwe
- wildlife care
- game capture
- mauritius
- study trips
- zingela
- breeding programmes
- rhino
- hanchi
- cheetah
- gap year
- wildlife capture
- park management