Volunteer & Eco-Travel
GYC1839 - Moholoholo Rehabilitation Centre
People looking to get a very hands-on approach to African conservation. If you've ever dreamed of getting really close to Africa’s wildlife such as lions, hippos, wild dogs etc - this is the project for you...
The Moholoholo Rehabilitation Centre plays a crucial role in conserving many endangered species of Africa. The work at Moholoholo involves rehabilitating injured and poisoned wildlife, the facilitation of breeding programmes, and endangered species monitoring.
Nestled in a picturesque setting at the base of the Drakensberg escarpment in the Limpopo Province Lowveld of South Africa, Moholoholo has become a haven for the rehabilitation and care of abandoned, injured and poisoned wildlife.
Wildlife is brought to the centre from all corners of South Africa, and once healthy enough are re-introduced into their natural environments.
Those creatures who cannot be returned to the wild due to the nature and extent of their injuries, are cared for at the centre and are used to educate the many people who visit us each year, both from across South Africa and abroad.
Another important function of the centre is breeding. We have successfully bred and released into the wild the endangered Crowned Eagle, Serval and many others.
Moholoholo strives to conserve what man is fast destroying through the rehabilitation of African wildlife.
The aims of the project are:
- Reintroduce rehabilitated wildlife to their natural environments.
- Create homes for orphaned, poisoned or injured wildlife, which through their injuries will never be able to return to their natural environments.
- Establish breeding facilities for our wildlife, which cannot be reintroduced into the wild.
- To work hand in hand with any other conservation bodies, whose objectives are totally for conservation.
- Through our educational programmes we stress how sensitive our ecosystem is and how fast we are losing it.
The main projects that are undertaken by the Moholoholo team are:
- A very successful breeding programme for Serval Cats (a very rare feline species, which feeds mainly on small rodents and reptiles). Over 50 of these animals have been bred and released back into areas where they were previously abolished, such as Shamwari Game Reseve, where they are still
successfully filling their niche and breeding. - The Taita Falcon Project. The Taita Falcon (one of the rarest Falcon species in Africa) is to be bred at the centre. The conservation efforts of Moholoholo make a huge difference to many species, including raptors.
- A breeding programme for the endangered Crowned Eagle. Moholoholo is the only facility in Southern Africa to have successfully bred this Eagle species.
Other activities our volunteers may get involved with include:
- Hand rearing of orphaned animals.
- The care and welfare of the permanent residents
- Game capture and relocation when appropriate
- Wildlife veterinary work - occasional, and a mainly observatory role
- Attending call-outs to capture animals for relocation or to bring back to the centre for treatment
- The treatment and care of sick and injured animals, which can thereafter be released back into the wild
Because of the reactionary nature of the centre, these activities are both changeable and unpredictable, our volunteers should not expect to assist in all of the above activities, and none will be on a regular basis.
Please note that the volunteers work does not consist of the solely interesting side of rehabilitation work, our volunteers will be required to clean enclosures, scrub bedding mats, cut grass for bedding on a regular basis as well as many other regular activities.
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