Help us save the survivors

A few days ago, a Rhino with a beautiful intact horn was seen by anti-poaching teams walking among 6 previously dehorned Rhinos, making him an obvious target for the well organised Rhino poaching syndicates known to be operating in that area. STS Mozambique were contacted and Dr. Joao and Dr. Hugo quickly put together the

What a difference a year makes! 12 months ago Saving the Survivors celebrated a conservation milestone, little “Daniel” was born! The one-year-old Southern White Rhino was the first ever calf with both parents being survivors of poaching! His mother “Lucky” escaped a poaching attempt with a bullet wound and we rescued his father “Seha” after

A study has suggested that the red-billed Oxpecker, often found eating the bugs and insects from the backs of big game animals such as Rhino, Giraffe and Buffalo, actually alerts their host to approaching humans, long before the large mammal would realise alone. Scientists speculate that the African bird has evolved this reaction to protect

Saving The Survivors are proud to be supporting the New Big 5 project. Please take a moment to like and follow this brilliant initiative! The “original” Big 5 were the animals which hunters most wanted hanging on their walls. We want to make “The New Big 5” the animals everybody most wants photographs of on their walls!

We don’t just care for large animals! Africa’s smaller species are just as important to us. These 4 Leopard Tortoises were confiscated in Maputo by Administração Nacional das Áreas de Conservação. The Leopard Tortoise has seen recent declines in numbers across East Africa for many reasons. Loss of habitat to agriculture, fires and electric fences. But

Almost a year ago STS and Administração Nacional das Áreas de Conservação joined forces with Peace Parks Foundation and Elephants Alive to deploy the first ever Satellite collar on an Elephant in the remote Banhine National Park in southern Mozambique. The complicated landscape and dense forest made fitting the collar extremely challenging and unfortunately the Elephant went down in a life

Dr. Johan followed up on the healing of this Southern White Rhino bull that survived a poaching attempt. Although the wound has healed substantially, it appears that the Oxpecker birds are keeping the wound open and preventing it from healing fully. It was therefore decided to treat the wound with medical grade honey and cover

Last Tuesday at exactly 7.00am the Mozambique STS team immobilised the Lion for the last time in the 3 week long translocation process. With the assistance of Karingani Game Reserve staff the Lion was loaded onto a vehicle and taken to a nearby airstrip where a small Cessna 182 was already waiting and ready to take off.

18 months ago STS, Karingani and Endangered Wildlife Trust planned and executed the translocation of a pack of 12 endangered African Wild dogs from South Africa to Karingani Game Reserve, Mozambique. The dogs have been enjoying the beautiful and safe reserve and have already successfully adapted perfectly to their new home and even raised cubs! Last week Dr Joao

Remember the young adult male Lion STS vets in Mozambique saved from a conflict situation with a local community last week? We have now found a good safe home for him. The Kruger Dispersal Lion has been living in a state-of-the-art predator holding facility in Karingani game reserve for the past week while a long-term plan was

STS vets in Mozambique were alerted by the Niassa carnivore project ( Niassa Lion Project ) to reports of a Wild Dog in the Niassa Special Reserve with a nasty snare wound. Dr. Hugo was best placed to tackle this emergency, so he packed up the equipment he would need for this mission and headed to the

Challenge yourself, support wildlife conservation and get an awesome medal!! Run, walk, cycle, swim, skateboard! Whatever you like…. Enter the Saving The Survivors virtual 5km, just sign up, complete your distance and be rewarded with a beautiful bespoke Rhino medal! Just follow this link to sign up – https://savingthesurvivors.wlve.co.uk/event/rhino-run