Cango Chronicles - Page 15

WARNING: CONTENT NOT FOR SENSITIVE VIEWERS The #Trashtag challenge is an initiative that has gone viral calling on teens to help clean up ‘our’ mess. Quite literally, the campaign is sweeping the globe by getting young enthusiasts to clean up littered areas. Our amazing Wild Animal Volunteers took on the challenge - and got more than they bargained for.

Hoot-Hoot Hooray! Another successful owl release

Less than 10km from Kimberly’s famous Big Hole, lies the Kamfers Dam. It has been one of only 4 vital breeding grounds in Africa for the lesser flamingos and is sadly experiencing a drought which has led to the once 400 hectare dam, dropping far below it’s normal magnitude.

6 years ago, Venus a female cheetah from Cango Wildlife Ranch, made headlines as one of few animals in the world to under-go eye surgery for bilateral cataracts. Donations came from the world over to help save her deteriorating eyes from only seeing darkness. Doctor Anthony Goodhead (Cape Town) removed the cataracts and large amount of scar tissue from Venus’ corneas. Venus’ surgery was a massive success and transformed her from a...

An exotic seabird found in the semi-desert

Due to popular demand we have decided to include our visitors in our Nile Crocodile's daily feeding and enrichment requirements!

It truly is the season to be jolly. Summer has brought with it, new hope, new energy and most-excitedly, new life! We’ve welcomed fluffy cheetah cubs, a flawless baby brown-lemur, Egyptian geese and a baby Flying Fox to the Cango Wildlife Ranch family!

Vultures, though often depicted as mean or dangerous, are actually exactly the opposite. Romantics at heart, they pair for life, and unknown to most public, they are natures hygiene life-line. They play an extraordinary role in keeping deadly diseases like botulism, cholera and anthrax at bay, not only for animals in the wild, but this limits the spread of disease for communities the world over. Southern Africa is home to nine irreplaceable...