Finally Free
How conservationist Baye Pigors has made peace with her past and saved the lives of hundreds of animals.
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We were recently visited again by Margrit and Russ from Nikela and were thrilled to show them around and for them to see how much the Sanctuary had grown since their last visit in 2015. It was an oppourtinuty for them to meet Aimee and Alec and learn more about the people who have come […]
Look what an orphaned baby Baboon inspired!
Watch an interview Baye had with Nikela about how the Sanctuary came into being and her plans to make it bigger to enable it to come to the aid of as many injured creatures as it could.
Pepe le pew to the rescue!
When one of our latest rescues, a baby vervet monkey dubbed Pepe le pew, noticed the spots on our Dalmatian Indigo he soon got to work trying to remove the dirty marks and was rather baffled when they wouldn’t come off. I had a really good laugh watching this little monkey trying to remove the […]
Conservationist helps move fish from drought-hit Zim dams
As reported by NEWS24: “You’ve heard of hippos being trapped by sinking water levels due to drought, but what about fish? Zimbabwe’s state wildlife authority, aided by conservationists, has taken the unusual step of relocating fish from two small drying dams in the Matopos area of southern Zimbabwe. With no rains in sight, fish were […]
I’ve got a Baboon on my back
Our dear Bangwe, an orphaned warthog, has developed a great friendship with two of our Baboon orphans, Umfazi and Holly. They can often be found sitting on his back while he takes a stroll round the sanctuary checking in on the other fury residents. Bangwe loves his friends company, especially when they are tickling his […]
The release of Bangwe the Warthog
Bangwe came to Free to be Wild when he was only a few days old. He and his sister had washed down the Bangwe river and were in a very poorly way on arrival. We lost his sister sadly but happily and proudly raised him into one of the fattest piggys I have ever seen! […]