July has brought in a cold front, with overcast grey skies and freezing throughout the day. It seems there is no hope for sunlight to break through this thick cloud that hangs low over us. We even have a slight winter drizzle.
The two new Volunteers have arrived and are settling into the eccentric ways of Imire. On their first day around the farm, we saw three python. We caught a small, one metre female, first off. She was found basking in the sun on the road. It took a while to discover a suitable tactic for catching her, but finally we did. A beautiful catch. We were then all called to the Nyala Park to remove another python that had killed a baby Nyala the week before. We arrived to find a python bigger than 4 metres long, and still with an undigested Nyala in her. We soon realised it was impossible to move her with only five of us, we would at least need eleven. Her scaled skin shone in the fist sunlight of the day and she slowly made her way over back to her hole. We will try to catch her later in the week with more people on hand.
Manual labour has also began, and we have knocked down quite a few of the elephant stands so we can make a suitable area for Kutanga to be in when people go for rides. The vols have also started their work at the school, with the conservation class. Teaching will begin on Monday. The vege garden in the school is suffering from the cold, as well as lack of water, so we are building them a cement bath to hold their water supplies. Everything we do for them seems to be appreciated so much more than we could ever imagine. We will also start helping with the sport.
Otherwise, we are continuing to work away in the cold and rainy weather, walking with the ele’s, feeding the rhino, and just being with the animals. Our next volunteer arrives on Friday the 3rd.
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