| It has been a busy year and a particularly busy winter here, hence our silence, but we plan to be in touch more regularly with our new newsletter format, so please enjoy this first edition. We are also in the process of designing a brand new website, which should be up and running within a few weeks, so please visit regularly to check out the new site, since it will be fun and far more interactive |
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| | Recent AVS Safaris | | | In June we hosted a group of 23 veterinarians and staff from Boehringer Ingelheim in Holland. The veterinarians were guests of this veterinary pharmaceutical company and were all in South Africa to attend an international pig conference. Before the conference they spent a few days with us, during which we enjoyed some game viewing in northern Kwazulu-Natal Province and immobilised an elephant! The elephant cow needed her tracking collar replacing since the batteries were running flat, and the herd’s movement and behaviour need to be monitored. “Boga”, as this fearsome matriarch is known, has quite a reputation locally, but luckily Peter was darting her from a helicopter. After locating the herd and getting Boga into a suitable area, she was darted. All proceeded well and the guests and staff of Boehringer Ingelheim all had a fantastic hands-on experience. On recovery Boga did not hold true to her reputation, thankfully, and instead of chasing off after us, quietly retreated into the bush to link up with the rest of the herd again. A very special word of thanks to Boehringer Ingelheim for sponsoring this procedure and also donating a substantial sum of money, on behalf of each participant, to the Space for Elephants foundation and the Black rhino conservation programme in this reserve (run by WWF and KZN-Wildlife). | | | | |
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| | AVS Wildlife Immobilisation & Conservation Course | | We have run two AVS Wildlife Immobilisation & Conservation Courses and an AVS ADVANCED Wildlife Immobilisation & Conservation Course this winter. The courses were well attended with students from the USA, Australia, Taiwan and Brazil attending. It is the first time we ran the advanced course and it went very well with delegates getting even more hands on experience than before, loading and firing darts at patients under our supervision, and vaccinating giraffe from a helicopter! This year we moved a section of the course to the northern Cape and delegates on all courses had the opportunity to fly and dart (with a paintball gun on the Standard Course) from a Robinson 44 helicopter, which of course was a major highlight for them! On one of the courses students participated in nearly 50 immobilisations in the 16 days they spent with us, and species they worked with included cheetah, lion, buffalo, oryx, blue wildebeest, sable and roan antelope – not too bad for a first visit to South Africa… We have spread our dates for the courses a little better next year and have 4 Standard Wildlife Immobilisation & Conservation Courses (one summer and three in our winter) and one Advanced Wildlife Immobilisation & Conservation Course (for vet students that have attended the standard course before and for veterinarians already in practice). The courses already have over 40 delegates provisionally booked on them so if you are interested in attending, best be quick and get your name to us/book a spot!
Use this link for more information and dates:
http://www.brotherssafaris.com/wildlifeandimmobilsation.htm Remember that our veterinary courses have been submitted to the South African Veterinary Council and approved for continuing education/continuing professional development by the council, reflecting the quality of the course and tuition offered. | | | | |
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| | SYMCO 2008 | | | This year Brothers Safaris once again assisted the students of Onderstepoort Veterinary Faculty in hosting their bi-annual symposium on the Sustainable Utilisation of Wildlife in Southern Africa. 60 foreign delegates and 20 South Africa delegates, representing 25 countries, had a very busy 16 days early in July and participated in multiple immobilisations, involving cheetah at the De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre, white rhino and buffalo in Kruger National Park, and white rhino and lion in Pilanesberg National Park. The program was jam packed, but as always the veterinary students found time to socialise too, and a good time was had by all! Due to the soccer world cup being held in South Africa in 2010, it has been decided to hold the next symposium in 2009, and Brothers safaris are proud to once again be associated with the planning and running of the symposium. | | | | |
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| | Goodbye for now....... | | Brothers Safaris has certainly moved up a gear again this year, and we expect the same for 2009. Please enjoy the journey ahead with us and give us a chance to make your visit/return to Africa unforgettable!Please feel free to give us your comments on the newsletter so that we can keep it relevant - whether you find it interesting, what you want to see more of, suggestions to improve it, etc. Always good to hear from you and appreciate the feedback, thank you, even if we don’t always get to reply to all the wonderful emails we receive.Warm African regards,
Peter, Becky & William | | | | |
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For text only email click here | | 2009 is shaping up to be an even busier year.......We have our Wildlife Immobilisation & Conservation courses planned for January/February, May, June, July (advanced course) & August.Big Cat Safaris and Elephant & Black Rhino Safaris planned for March, September & October.Veterinary Science in Wildlife Management & Conservation Safaris planned for April & October.Lion Immobilisation planned for March & April.Elephant Immobilisation and Rhino Immobilisation Safaris still need to be scheduled for 2009 but we will definitely have some safaris planned. Please remember that we also tailor make private/exclusive depatures to suit your needs, where possible. Many deposits have already been paid and bookings are coming in fast, so if you plan to join us in 2009, don’t delay your booking request for too long… | Traditional Tours
We have run several leisure safaris/made arrangements on clients behalf for traditional tours during the first half of this year, and continue to offer this service. Please don’t forget to call on us for a quote if you plan to visit ANY part of Africa – you’ll be surprised by what we can offer you through our associations with various partners across the continent. | Contact Brothers SafarisP O Box 59311
Karen Park
Pretoria
0118
South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)12 549 5169
Fax: +27(0)86 550 2607
E-mail: info@brotherssafaris.com
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