Wry Face – Incredible Survival of Giraffe with Malformed Face
Giraffe with Wry Face Congenital Defect Survives to adulthood! Wry Face or Wry Nose is a congenital condition (birth defect) which affects certain species of animals, and is most obvious in species with long faces, such as horses and cattle. The condition is normally associated with a cleft palate, which makes suckling a huge challenge […]
WHWF 6th Annual Xmas Support – The Rhino Orphanage
Xmas Happiness for the Rhino Babies and their Carers: As always, we do our best to make Christmas extra special for the #WildBabies and caring Staff at The Rhino Orphanage. This year was our 6th Annual Xmas Supply Drop. With the loving care and help of our local community and our valued donors, we were […]
Harpo the Harties Hippo โ Countdown to a Cull?
Rumours are increasingly gaining substance that the famous Harpo, the resident Hippo at Hartebeespoort Dam, is in line to be culled (shot). According to the Kormorant Newspaper, reliable sources have indicated that a permit for the killing of Harpo has been issued by the North-West Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDECT). Harpo has become […]
Paradise is closing down – Fracking and Oil Drilling in Okavango Delta
The ghastly spectre of oil drilling and fracking in fragile Okavango Delta For a distance of some 150km, Canadian company ReconAfricaโs oil and gas prospecting concessions border the Kavango River, a crucial source of water in a semi-arid area and the lifeline for one of Africaโs greatest concentrations of wild species in the Okavango Delta […]
Rhino Poaching – 17 Rhino Horns Confiscated
December 15th, 2020 Kempton Park, South Africa: 17 Rhino Horns were seized in sting operation when the authorities acted upon a tip-off at a warehouse in Kempton Park, close to O.R. Tambo International Airport. The consignment seized was marked as chicken feed, with the destination listed as Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). A wooden shipping container was […]
Rarest of Scavengers – The Brown Hyena
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข (๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐ช๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐) ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข “๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ง” ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฌ๐ข๐ข๐ฏ๐ด (๐๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ง); ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด, ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข. Brown Hyenas occur in the southern African sub-region: Angola, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Republic of South Africa and Namibia. The […]
WHWF Limited Edition 2021 Calendar
Now Available! Be one of the lucky few to proudly display this beautiful Wildlife Calendar in your Home or Office. Only available in South Africa, printing has been limited to 100 Calendars. The WHWF 2021 Big 5 Calendar is A3 size, 7 beautiful full-colour pages, Wire-bound with hanging hook. All photographs in the Calendar were […]
How to help Rhino Orphans this December – Updated
Little Falls & Surrounding Areas, Roodepoort: Our Local Community has been invaluable in their support to help us do what we do best – Helping the Animals most at Risk. If you’re a local resident and passionate about our Wildlife, see below how you can help right now! “During the Covid19 Pandemic Lockdown, WHWF has […]
Captive Lion Breeding Damages SAโs Tourism Reputation
Despite overwhelming worldwide opposition, including aย parliamentary resolutionย to close down the captive lion breeding industry, SAโs government is ignoring red flags that the industry is damaging the countryโs reputation and deliberating a 2020 annual trade quota for the export of lion bones. The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) said in April that the decision […]
Rare Win for Rhinos โ Justice for Poached Animals
Three convicted poachers of the notorious Ndlovu gang failed in their bid to appeal their 25 year sentences. ย The High Court in Makhanda (Grahamstown) dismissed their appeal on all counts on Tuesday, 24 November 2020. Conservationists and Wildlife lovers are celebrating this win for the Rhinos the world over. In April 2016, Jabulani Ndlovu, Sikhumbuzo […]
๐๐๐๐ ’๐ฌ ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ – ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฌ.
Supplying The Rhino Orphanage with everything they could possible need, is an on-going project which we work on continuously, and with the greatest of love. ย To look at some of the work that weโve done in the past for The Rhino Babies, click here: Rhino Orphan Care. To support #RhinoOrphanCare, you can Donate here. (Ref […]
Life 4 Lions
#Life4Lions #Life4Lions Our comprehensive, ongoing #Life4Lions Project will run for the next several months, as we await permission from the Government to move through each stage. The attached pictures and video show the latest completed section of work. Please continue to support this endeavour – we have a long road ahead of us, with extensive […]
Emergency Wildlife Rescue Fund
Emergency Wildlife Rescue Fund needs a Boost! Our WHWF Emergency Wildlife Rescue Fund needs a Boost! The ability to be able to act quickly when confronted with a Wildlife Emergency, is invaluable. At Wild Heart Wildlife Foundation we have, over the past few years, successfully completed numerous Wildlife Rescues, often without having adequate resources. […]
2 August 2020 Primate Rescue & Rehabilitation
2 August 2020: Focus Area: Primate Rescue & Rehabilitation Another successful #WHWF Project completed! When we received a call from Bambelela to help with food and meds for the rescued monkeys in their care, we immediately jumped into action. Home to almost 400 Vervet Monkeys being rehabilitated for freedom and wild living again, Bambelela was […]
13 May 2020 Primate Rescue and Rehabilitation
13ย May 2020: Target Area: Primate Rescue and Rehabilitation #Rescued #VervetMonkeys get Emergency Food during COVID-19 #LockDown: At Wild Heart Wildlife Foundation, we strive to always help where we can, and we’ll never ignore an animal in need. With the Covid-19 #LockDown entering its 7th week in South Africa, the future is looking very bleak […]
African Wild Dogs – Spotted Phantoms
Highly Endangered โ Effective Predators โ Stunningly Beautiful The African Wild Dog, Lycaon pictus (means โwolf-like, paintedโ), is without a doubt one of the most fascinating animals that roam the African wilderness. They are highly endangered, with only around 450 truly free-roaming (wild) animals in South Africa today. Sadly, they have disappeared from most of […]
Pangolin, The most Trafficked Animal in the World
Pangolins are officially the most-trafficked animal in the world. In October of 2016 at the CITES convention held in Johannesburg, South Africa, all eight species were upgraded to Appendix 1. This means that international trade in animals is strictly prohibited. In addition to this there are some amazing people working tirelessly to save this exceptional […]
Raising Awareness For African Wildlife In Picture Quotes, by Wild Heart.
A collection of photography and picture quotes created by Wild Heart that highlight African wildlife and our willingness to save its beauty. “We must be the voice of the voiceless”.. ย ย ย ย ย
A KING WITHOUT A COUNTRY
In 1975 there were an estimated 250,000 Lions on the continent of Africa. In 2014 the numbers of these gracefully majestic African lions, have plummeted down to an estimated 25,000 on the whole African continent, A loss of 225,000 in only 39 years. The estimatedย 2,500 Lions that areย left in the wild in South Africa does […]
One Elephant killed every 15 minutes
Poachers have killed over 100,000 Elephants in three years. The insatiable demand for ivory is causing a dramatic decline in the number of African elephants. Poachers are hunting the animals faster than they can reproduce. In the early 1970s, demand for ivory rocketed with 80% of traded raw ivory coming from poached elephants. A ban was […]
Trading Rhino To Extinction
Rhino Horn is not medicine nor a status symbol for the wealthy. The removal of rhino horn powder from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the 1990’s had largely reduced demand. During this period, horns sold for very little on the illegal black market, and on average, only around 15 rhinos were poached in South Africa each year from […]
“The Big 5” Is “Big Money”
“THE BIG 5โณ is โBIG MONEY” and WORTH FAR MORE ALIVE. South Africaโs Big Five is much better for the country than previously thought. A leopard that lives for 15 years contributes more than R85 million to the state coffers. Thatโs the finding of a study conducted by the research institute Tourism Research, Economics, Environment and Society […]