A Pangolins Tale ~ cradle to the grave
One of the biggest privileges up to date has got to be having the opportunity to help the Pangolin species. The opportunity to assist on rescues and the humbling releases of this prehistoric yet incredibly cute animal.
Volunteering at Free to be Wild Sanctuary
If you wish to experience working hands-on with a variety of animals, you care about animal welfare and want to be involved in animal rehabilitation then Free to be Wild is the place for you. I have recently had the pleasure of volunteering at FTBW and I was so sad to leave that I have […]
Sponsor a Guardian
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.
Nikela ~ Helping People Saving Wildlife
Free to be Wild is extremely grateful to have met Margrit and Russ, from Nikela, and forever thankful for their help in raising awareness of the Sanctuary and assist with donations and helping aid a few releases. Below is an article they wrote about Baye and the sanctuary. Help Baye Save Wildlife Zimbabwe is home […]
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 […]
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 […]
Finley & Finch ~ The TB Years
As reported by News24: Harare Carers at a wildlife sanctuary in Zimbabwe must wait 10 months or more to see if an adorable pair of rescued baby mongooses have TB. Banded mongooses “Finley” and “Finch” were abandoned by their troop in Victoria Falls, Baye Pigors, the founder of the Free to be Wild Sanctuary told […]
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! […]
Genet Release
Free to be Wild has been lucky enough to reintroduce two genets back into the wild. Â One, Janet, was a victim of a dog attack when it was only a few weeks old. Â The other, Jean, was caught on an electrical line.