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A place to ask WE management questions.
Many of you have questions that you would like answered. WE have a way for you to ask the presenters questions by emailing Final Control (finalcontrol@wildearth.tv) The director chooses which questions to ask and reads them to the presenter. However, sometimes the questions are a little difficult for the presenter to answer or they have nothing to do with what is happening on the screen. This is the place to ask those sorts of questions of the WildEarth management.
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What ever happened to the bracelets that Pieter said the women of Dixie were making for the WEAngels. This was back when we were asked to donate for the kids at Dixie Christmas and it was said that those that donated would receive them.
Thanks for answering
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Sully here. I have a question. I have changed my password and saved it sereral times but when I go to sign in
I am told my password is wrong ??? I can get in here now only because my other browser remembered the old
password. It seems the system hasnn't accepted my update. Very strange.
Also I added several photos yesterday that appeared yesterday but today have been deleted by someone or the
system. What's going on ???
I really enjoy what you people are doing and I would like to join in too, provided I am not deleted at every attempt.
Sully
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Permalink Reply by RavenLunatic on
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Sully
this may be questions that an admin can answer and you will probably get a faster response if you send a PM to one of them.
Hope you get it solved
Sully said:Hi
Sully here. I have a question. I have changed my password and saved it sereral times but when I go to sign in
I am told my password is wrong ??? I can get in here now only because my other browser remembered the old
password. It seems the system hasnn't accepted my update. Very strange.
Also I added several photos yesterday that appeared yesterday but today have been deleted by someone or the
system. What's going on ???
I really enjoy what you people are doing and I would like to join in too, provided I am not deleted at every attempt.
Sully
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Hi everyone,
I really enjoy your site but I have one problem. I changed my password and tried to sign in again using another
browser and I was told my password was wrong. So I reset my password but still I can't join in the chat room.
I can only get back in using the first browser that has remember a password that now is a mystery to me. I just can't
seem to reset my password from within your site. Only the temp password you gave let me back in.
Sully
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Permalink Reply by RavenLunatic on
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did you message this to an admin?? they will be glad to help I am sure
Sully said:Hi everyone,
I really enjoy your site but I have one problem. I changed my password and tried to sign in again using another
browser and I was told my password was wrong. So I reset my password but still I can't join in the chat room.
I can only get back in using the first browser that has remember a password that now is a mystery to me. I just can't
seem to reset my password from within your site. Only the temp password you gave let me back in.
Sully
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and to add to that....what about an update on the water for Dixie. At that time it was the only thing ever talked about. Both things (water for Dixie and the Donations for Christmas) were talked about every day, every drive, every conversation in the chat rooms (if a conversation was started on something else a mod would come in and put it right back to the Amazee project) and now the promise is broken and have not heard a update on the water for Dixie.....an update on both would be greatly appreciated
RavenLunatic said:What ever happened to the bracelets that Pieter said the women of Dixie were making for the WEAngels. This was back when we were asked to donate for the kids at Dixie Christmas and it was said that those that donated would receive them.
Thanks for answering
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Permalink Reply by Peter Braat on -
Hi,
Water for Dixie is still on the cards and WE are working behind the scenes on making this happen and on creative ways of getting the required money AND gettng our viewers involved.
This is all taking much longer than WE'd hoped, but it's certainly not off the map.
blueeyedlibra said:and to add to that....what about an update on the water for Dixie. At that time it was the only thing ever talked about. Both things (water for Dixie and the Donations for Christmas) were talked about every day, every drive, every conversation in the chat rooms (if a conversation was started on something else a mod would come in and put it right back to the Amazee project) and now the promise is broken and have not heard a update on the water for Dixie.....an update on both would be greatly appreciated
RavenLunatic said:What ever happened to the bracelets that Pieter said the women of Dixie were making for the WEAngels. This was back when we were asked to donate for the kids at Dixie Christmas and it was said that those that donated would receive them.
Thanks for answering
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Permalink Reply by eiguoc on -
I have been trying to add pics to my albums, when I hit edit, both of the white sQuares come up blank, no pics shown, Did something change or is there a glitch.
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Graham Wallington said:Hi Lily, thanks for a great question.
Djuma, and the rest of the Sabi Sands, is undoubtbly the best place to 'do' game drives. There are a couple of reasons for this but they all relate to the fact that you will see more big iconic animals, more regularly and more consistently than anywhere else. Also, because there are (relativley) so many lodges, game drive vehicles and people; the animals (and in particular the cats) are far more relaxed with people and so, not only do you see them more often. but those sightings are better because the animals don't flee.
As a result of this, the Sabi Sands has become extremely populair with international tourists and this has made the land imensley valuable. The cost of 'using' (traversing) this land has therefore become quite high. WildEarth is a young small company and we are lucky to have been allowed to begin and grow in such a place that we otherwise could not afford. In other words WE get to drive on Djuma because our friends, Jurie and Pippa Moolman (the owners of Djuma) are kind enough to give us an easy (read: 'free') start in life. They can also see the potential of what we can become and might also have become a little addicted to broadcasting wildlife LIVE to the world over the past 10 years.
However, it is the geusts that physically visit the camps of Djuma that pay for all the staff and monstrous running costs of the three camps and reserve ... not us. Therefore it is only right that we respect those geusts and give way. Nobody has ever asked us to do this, but WE feel this to be right.
In answer to your second question ... Yes! One day, hopefully, WE will be making enough money to rent the traversing to be able to follow a pride of lions no matter where they go. Or to go and find a leopard WE have not seen for a while even if she is miles away. I am sure that that day is not so far away, and we will keep on working towards that objective ... its in our nature.
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Thanks Lily for the question and Graham. I think WE viewers understand that paying guests should have the right-of-way. It is just a few not so polite guest drivers that wheel their vehicle directly in front of WE TV camera abruptly cutting WE off.. Usually WE can move slightly, but it is quite disconcerting for the presenter and viewers to be "shoved" out of the way.
Incidentally, does Djuma Lodge know that numerous paying guests are coming there because they've learned of it from WE? Offhand, I know nearly half a dozen and I've only been active a few weeks!
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eiguoc said:
working nowI have been trying to add pics to my albums, when I hit edit, both of the white sQuares come up blank, no pics shown, Did something change or is there a glitch.
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UK tour raises some great questions
Some great questions have been raised by University students during my recent lecture tour in the UK, which have focused our thoughts on the direction of the ILP for the next years. Sure, we’re growing rapidly but it’s important to ensure that we focus on our core aims first and foremost. The object of our research is to gather data on the density and behaviour of leopards (and other carnivores) outside of formally protected areas. And why? Well it is in these areas (the largest land mass of South Africa) that leopards are in conflict with humans and in these areas where they are the last of the big five remaining truly wild.
So how can we conserve the dwindling leopard population. As said, first we need data, but also we need to develop wildlife management methods and techniques. Within this we need to become more than a pure research project and tackle some of the other issues. Education is undoubtedly a major factor. We need to get the message across in the right way. But we also need to develop and employ pragmatic management solutions. We will need a holding facility to temporarily detain problem animals, sufficient to give us time to ensure that any relocation does not compromise the genetic dynamics of an area and importantly that we do not create a problem in that area. Whether that be with local livestock, people, or other leopards.
All of this will mean we need more staff. Dedicated people who have a passion for wildlife conservation. We’ll also need more funding. But here is where we can offer something a little different. We want to create an ILP membership scheme (say$8 annual fee). However rather then just ask for a membership fee, in return we want to offer something more than a badge or membership card. Membership will then entitle folks to a 10% discount off an African Conservation Safari. As with everything we do, we look to our friends to give us their input and feedback, so if you have any thoughts on this concept then I'd love to hear from you.
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Honey Badgers - You have to love them
Finally we have some news on our Honey Badger project. As you may know we have been holding two troublesome honey badgers, that were killing Geese on a farm and removed before they could get into even deeper trouble. Of-course we have been waiting for permits but (in this case), that is no bad thing. It has provided time for the badgers to loose their homing instinct to that farm (otherwise they would just head home and into more trouble). It's also given us time to arrange for tracking equipment. In this regard, we took lots of advice from badger specialists before deciding on a two pronged approach to tracking these animals that roam in very large areas.
Firstly, one of the badgers had a radio transceiver implant yesterday (unobtrusive low range device placed under the skin by a vet), and second they will each be given VHF collars before release. Of-course with such tenacious animals the collars won't last long before the badgers have destroyed and discarded them, but by that time we hope to have logged their new home range and have an idea of where to find them. Thereafter the implant (which has only a small range) will help us to monitor the badgers for the next year or so and gather much needed data on Honey Badgers living outside of formally protected area's. You've heard it before, but these are the area's where all carnivores at the biggest and imminent risk from human conflict. So we very much hope that these two will be only the first of many, so that our study results can hep formulate pragmatic conservation policies.
For now, the badgers will be monitored at Moholoholo wildlife rehabilitation centre for another twelve days and then we'll release them into a wild area. Where we hope they'll stay out of trouble. Yea I know, fat chance of that. Badgers just seem to look for trouble. I have to be honest, it's why I love them.
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