Volunteer Story: So like a chicken?
This was the response of the Botswana Customs and Excise official when presented with an export permit to convey a Lappet-faced Vulture across the border to South Africa. In early March 2023, VulPro made history by successfully importing a non-releasable Lappet-faced Vulture from Botswana to his new home at VulPro. For the past few years, […]
VulPro Flies High In Germany
By Bettina Boemans In July of 2022, I got a message from Kerri that she was invited to represent Vulpro at the Species Conservation Day at Wilhelma–Zoologisch-Botanischer Garten, Stuttgart, Germany, on 4 September. Travelling from South Africa to Germany just for one day would be a would have been difficult, so she asked me if […]
Why VulPro Is My Happy Place
By Dr Sarah Woodhouse I am a specialist Zoo Veterinarian from the USA and currently volunteering in South Africa at VulPro. While it is amazing to work with gorillas, stingrays and chameleons every day, I find my true fulfilment working with vultures at VulPro. Using the veterinary skills I’ve developed with birds of all shapes […]
A Rescue Story
By Laura Nelson Doing vulture rescues can be exhilarating, heartbreaking or hilarious, or really fun and games. It all depends on the day and the bird. Volunteers have to be ready to do anything to get the birds to Vulpro alive. On 16 August 2022, we had a rescue from a nature reserve just outside […]
Anecdotes of a VulPro Volunteer | Les Faber
My instruction was to meet at a gate to the entrance of a farm Nooitgedacht 10 Km north-west of Hekpoort on a pleasant sunny morning in early May 2017. I had forgotten though, to enter the coordinates given to me into my GPS. Good start to being a VulPro volunteer I sarcastically thought to […]