On the hunt!

This morning, we spent a blissful 45 mins with Ben the tiger and her 4 lion cub friends :-) Of course, I got bitten, scratched and nibbled but I also had lots of cuddles and it was great! Ben now has a bath in her enclosure so she can have a soak but the lion cubs are not keen on the water at all!

We then went with a couple of the reserve staff to finish off fixing the fences we started yesterday and to help clear the weeds around the wild dog enclosure. After our morning break, we went to the local school again to give the kids lunch. I also took along some badges for them which I bought at Port Elizabeth market and gave them to the Head Mistress to distribute. The kids were so pleased to see us and after they had eaten, we showed them the pictures we had on our cameras and they loved that!

After lunch, we went to the elephant sanctuary and helped gather branches for the elephants’ dinner as well as helping to unload bags of food which had just been delivered. And to finish off our day, we went out with the ranger to hunt a sick/wounded/old animal to shoot for the tiger and lion cubs’ dinner. We did find an injured antelope and the ranger shot it in its already injured hind leg but unfortunately, it fled into the valley and they will have to go and find it tomorrow.