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Animals currently at HESC

The animals at the Centre can be divided into the following two main categories:

The first group comprises all the animals incorporated in the breeding programmes and include cheetahs, black-footed cats, African wildcats, African wild dogs and blue cranes.

Summary of the animal numbers in the breeding programme:

Species

Males

Females

Juveniles

Total

Cheetahs

24

19

0

43

African wild cats

1

0

0

1

  No African wildcats were released as bloodtests indicated that they were not pure bloodlines

Black-footed cats

2

1

0

3

African wild dogs

16

8

    

22

 

The second category includes all the other animals that are in the care of the HESC. This group includes animals that were brought to, or referred to, the Centre as injured or orphaned individuals and animals confiscated by Environmental Conservation Authorities as well as Animal Welfare Organisations. Some of the animals at the Centre form part of formal agreements with the National Zoological Gardens and Animal Welfare organizations and are thus only in the custodianship of the HESC by mutual agreement. The cheetahs that form part of the National Cheetah Management Programme (NCMP) are also taken into account as far as animal support is concerned. These cheetahs are in temporary custodianship of the Centre until they can be transferred to suitable destinations and do not form part of the breeding programmes at the HESC.

Summary of the numbers of all the species that are currently at the Centre


Species

Males

Females

Juveniles

Total

Herbivores

    

    

    

    

Sable Antelope

4

3

-

7

Buffalo

1

1

-

2

Tsessebe

5

5

4

14

Nyala

3

6

1

10

Bushbuck

1

1

-

2

White rhinoceros

-

-

-

0

 

    

    

    

    

Carnivores

    

    

    

    

Cheetah

24

19

    

43

African wild cat

1

-

    

1

Black-footed cat

2

1

    

3

African wild dog

16

8

    

22

Bat-eared fox

-

-

-

-

Lion

2

2

4

8

Bengal tigers

-

-

-

-

 

    

    

    

    

Birds

    

    

    

    

Ground hornbill

1

1

-

2

Blue cranes

 

16

Grey crowned crane

1

 

You can read more about each of the animal species through the drop down menu in this section.

 

 
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