Today we were told there was no point coming into the vet practice as there was very little planned. So instead we went riding in the bush first thing. I was on a lovely horse named Titus. Then we went to see a giant baobab tree, though it was recently knocked down by a bug storm so is all crumpled. But good for climbing!!! There was also another smaller baobab there. We then went to the monkeyball factory which is basically a factory where they take a type...

Today we went to load 4 buffalo and 4 sable that were going off to auction. Firstly the buffalo had to be loaded, which was a task in itself even though there were only 4. It was very chaotic. Those buffalo did NOT want to go in. They tried to use logs to guide them but they were smashing them out or the way, it was pretty scary. I was scared they were going to break their horns, and then they would be almost worthless. At one point one even broke open the gate ...

Today the clinic isn't open. We went on a game drive and saw elephant very close, buffalo and black rhino. One of the black rhino had a young calf. It was very sweet, I miss Dela!! We also saw giraffe, wildebeest, zebra, impala and kudu.

This morning the man from the anti poaching unit came into the clinic. He said that someone told him the reason for the large wound in the lower abdomen of the pushed think. Apparently when the udder us developed and full of milk for a calf, the teats are larger and are also very valuable. So they would have cut them out to sell as well. So it is likely the poachers specifically targeted the rhino with a young calf in particular. Poor Rocky (that is the name of t...

Today we had an early start. Had to go and load some buffalo into a truck then sedate them for the journey. It took a very long time to load them and they were getting pretty angry too. We then had to climb on top if the trailer and the vet gave them sedative with a pole syringe. We then went to dart 3 wild dogs at the cheetah project which had been sold to another game reserve. We didn't exactly get to go a lot because they went off to dart them in a Bucky with...