HI!!!
Hi I love Africa and it's people. Visiting it live on WE everyday is such a thrill for me with all the memories of my visit to Botswana Pete's Pond and Djuma South Africa in 2007. I miss it so much. I never in my wildest dreams thought I would ever step on the African continent. I met Pieter, Nick, Pippa. Charles was our guide while there. We had supper with them. What a thrill
I just turned 62,when did that happen? Married 43 years OMG when did that happen? Time flies.
I had colon cancer (I'm fine now), I had NO symptoms, so get those checkups. I tell you this only because as I was leaving the hospital a nurse charged me with a task she said "now go out there and be the poster child for checkups."
I love all the African cams, I think I have no life. That's ok I love it.
See you all on the drives. What fun this is!!!!!!!
"I believe that friends are quiet
angels who lift us to our feet when our wings
have trouble remembering how to fly."
~~Unknown
OMG Carol I love your page. I do not know how to do even half of what you have on here. Thanks for adding me as a friend. I never thought to much about colon cancer. I had my first colon exam about 6 years ago, and it came out just fine. My doctor kept saying you need to do another one, but I heard every 10 years was the waiting period before you do another one. One afternoon I was watching WE drive and chatting on the forum when I felt a pain in my stomach. I ended up in the hospital. After I got out I was told I had to have that exam. Sure enough I had 3 polyps which 2 of them were precancerous. I consider myself very lucky.
You know, I really feel badly for those members who have a job or for some other reason might have to miss a drive. And I know from my own experience, when you get home and only a couple of a drive's sightings are seek-pointed, you end up having to either plow through the whole thing anyway or, worse yet, just forget about it all together. :>(
Thinking of school teachers, wanting to show children an Impala, for instance - and even though WE have see the same Impala herd at the same spot every morning for the last 4 months - I think it's important to list out every sighting from each day and give its proper English and Latin name. Also, these archives are singular and spectacular. Having them thoroughly chronicled might even be important for some sort of research some day... who knows?
Of course, there are times when I can't be here to do them right away (like tomorrow), but I have had more time to do them the last few weeks and really enjoy it. It's not only fun to do, but I also learn a lot by doing it. So... as somebody we all know would say, 'My pleasure!' lol
You are very welcome Carol! Those videos were what I was able to record before I went to work. I sure miss those archives also and wish they would get it straight for those of us who can't watch 24/7! I didn't get much of the cubs or Karula from this morning. :(
Over the past years of watching the Hancock nests, we yelled & screamed at Vic at the Saanich nest when she unmercifully pecked por Syd. BUT her grew mighty strong. The same happened to the Delta 1 nest The pecked on one become strong. We always wanted to reach into our puters & save the wee one
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. Written by Will Fox
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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You know, I really feel badly for those members who have a job or for some other reason might have to miss a drive. And I know from my own experience, when you get home and only a couple of a drive's sightings are seek-pointed, you end up having to either plow through the whole thing anyway or, worse yet, just forget about it all together. :>(
Thinking of school teachers, wanting to show children an Impala, for instance - and even though WE have see the same Impala herd at the same spot every morning for the last 4 months - I think it's important to list out every sighting from each day and give its proper English and Latin name. Also, these archives are singular and spectacular. Having them thoroughly chronicled might even be important for some sort of research some day... who knows?
Of course, there are times when I can't be here to do them right away (like tomorrow), but I have had more time to do them the last few weeks and really enjoy it. It's not only fun to do, but I also learn a lot by doing it. So... as somebody we all know would say, 'My pleasure!' lol
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