The population of the park continues to grow!
A couple of days ago, Tongs, a rehabilitated cheetah, was found with four small cubs. Tongs was actually taken off her contraceptive implant last year, in the hope that she might have cubs, as when she was released she adapted to wild life very quickly, so should also have good mothering instincts. The father of the cubs is Bones, the same as Dizzy's cubs. I haven't seen them yet but hope to over the next couple of days.
This morning, I was told, along with the rest of the family, to be up at six, ready to drive to a mystery location for a big surprise. Absolutely nobody knew what was going to happen apart from Shanna, Janek and Dan. When I arrived to meet everybody else, near Bush Suite in the 2,000ha, I saw a large truck parked in the bush- inside of which were five giraffe. These are the first giraffe to be released in the 2,000; as far as I know, a bull, two females, a young male and a baby. (I did manage to take pictures but am not sure whether I can transfer them to my laptop yet). I have to say, I'm very impressed with Shanna, Janek and Dan for bringing in a truckload of giraffe without anyone finding out!
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