This weeks adventure

The adventures of the week end behind me, it was back to buffalo on Monday morning. Becky joined me, despite he cold which is making her feel lousy, and we darted eight animals ranging in aged form 12 weeks to about 12 years. All went well although the last cow did break through the fence of the camp they were in and make loading very tough for the team – luckily she was well drugged by then and did not go far. The animals were being sold and went off in the truck after 3 darting and retrieving sessions.


Tuesday the action continues with some waterbuck being darted form the air first thing. They are being moved onto a nearby game farm and I hope all goes well – they are notorious for running and running after darting, but I ma using one of the newer drugs available and it seems to be working better. Later on Tuesday we have two guests arriving and I will be spending until Friday with them. Alan and Jane are American and reside in Netherlands Antilles and our four days will be spent focusing on rhino – their ecology, conservation aspects and the role that veterinarians play in all this. It promises to be a fun educational week, culminating in some work with rhino that we need to dart for various procedures…. I’ll keep you updated.