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Happy days! It’s raining cats and dogs (or is that leopards and wild dogs?) out here in the Okavango Delta. What a pleasure to smell the rain as it hits the hot parched ground and to see the Earth soaking it all up. It is a huge relief to see the fresh grass and leaves sprouting, and water all around for our precious rhinos and all the other wildlife and livestock that have been struggling with the extreme heat and lack of food. Water is life.
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Today is Wildlife Conservation Day - a day that speaks to our work here at Rhino Conservation Botswana. Sadly, poaching in Africa has reached alarming rates and the black market for wildlife trafficking is rivalled in size only by the illegal arms and drug trade. This year, an estimated 1000 rhinos will be shot down for their horns, 30 000 African elephants killed for their ivory, and 50 000 pangolins murdered for their scales. And these are just a few of the magnificent species that are relentlessly slaughtered to feed the increasing illegal demand for their body parts. The carnage robs communities of tourism opportunities, reduces biodiversity, encourages corruption and undermines security. We will not stand by while these beautiful creatures decline to extinction in the face of greed and we ask you all to join us in the fight against illegal wildlife trade. .
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Tsodilo Hills is Botswana’s very own Ayers Rock. Rising unexpectedly from the northern Kalahari Desert, these hills are sacred to the indigenous San people who believe it to be the site where creation began - a San Garden of Eden. Humans have used this site as a sacred place to meet with ancestors and perform religious ceremonies for an estimated 100,000 years, and the prehistoric cliffs are adorned with more than 4000 rock paintings (the highest concentration of ancient rock art on Earth). The red paintings depict the magnificent rhinos, eland, giraffe and elephants that were so revered by the ancient people.
Photo: Joachim Huber
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Our rhinos love a vegetarian sausage! The fruit of the sausage tree Kigelaria africana looks just like a giant sausage and is eaten by black rhinos and other mammals, especially during a drought. This amazing tree is always alive with activity as birds, bats and small mammals gather to drink the nectar that literally overflows from its huge red flowers, antelope gather to eat the fallen flowers, and browsers munch on its leaves and fallen fruit. But we do advise you not to set up camp beneath a sausage tree. Those sausages grow huge, weighing up to 9kg, and you may find yourself knocked out in the African bush.
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Malaysia’s last Sumatran rhino died over the weekend leaving fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinos left on Earth - scattered across the islands of Sumatra, Indonesia. The Sumatran rhino, one of five rhino species in the world, is now close to extinction having been hard hit by poaching and habitat loss. At Rhino Conservation Botswana we are doing everything we can to make sure our two African rhino species do not meet the same fate. Copy the link below to read the full story via BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50531208 .
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Eight hundred years ago, at the Late Iron Age archaeological site of Mapungubwe, a member of the royal family was laid to rest, and within the grave was placed this little gold rhino. It may be small enough to sit in the palm of your hand, but this little rhino has powerful symbolism, as it was not a horn or body part but a golden replica of a complete rhino. This reflects a deep connection with, and reverence for, this magnificent animal and is a reminder to so-called civilised man to ensure that this sacred species survives our modern world.
Photo Credit: University of Pretoria Museums
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If you are up very early, like our pilot who flies sunrise surveillance flights over the Okavango Delta, you may be lucky enough to see the nocturnal brown hyaena. These are one of Africa’s largest carnivores and are easily identified by their long shaggy brown coat and pointy ears. In the day, brown hyaenas are asleep, out of sight in aardvark burrows or under trees. Brown hyenas have a social hierarchy comparable to those of wolves, living in groups called clans with an alpha male and alpha female. The clan defends their territory and all members cooperate in raising cubs. All members bring food back to the cub den, which is also the social meeting point of the clan. Brown hyaenas are aggressive scavengers and only hunt small animals when there is no kill to scavenge. They have powerful jaws for breaking open bones to access the nutritious marrow inside. Hyaena pups can crack leg bones within five minutes of being born!
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Our field rangers are sometimes lucky enough to see the rare and highly endangered African wild dog. While these beautiful animals may look almost tame they are one of Africa’s most voracious predators. Their teamwork and communication makes them Africa’s most successful hunters. Wild dogs have an amazing social structure led by an alpha female who leads her pack until she dies. The pack looks after its sick and injured members and there is no fighting over the kill – the pack feeds according to strict rules with the pups feeding first. Wild dogs are nomadic and can cover 50 kilometres a day - so they need vast territories like the Okavango Delta, which is one of the last refuges for this special species.
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