Winter Sunshine!

 

The week began with a new volunteer arriving. We now have four. One from France, one from Finland, and two from the UK. By next week there will be 13 of us in the house all together. The cold weather was swept away and rays of sunshine took its place, falling upon us all. Unfortunately bringing with it, the rain!

We arranged to take the conservation class from the school to show them how conservation worked on Imire, they ended up helping us build the enclosures for thw white rhino arriving. They were only there for 2 hours, and said they should have come on a Saturday so they could spend the whole day building, they never stop to amaze me. Such special children.

 

Most of the week again, we spent doing rhino observation, making sure Gomo is recovering well after the vet darted him to take blood samples. He seems to be normal, but e are still waiting on the results. Tatenda is beginning to get a bit more aggressive as he gets older, and it starting to take authority over Shanu, which is a good thing, considering he is the male. But their relationship is stronger than ever. The documentary, on Imire, starring Tatenda, has been short listed for an award, so soon Tatenda will be known across the globe. As for Pog, well she is just as confused as ever, living with her identity crisis, still thinking she is a rhino, and has no intention of returning to the wild before she gives birth. So her babies, will once again have their own identity crisis to live with.

 

With the winter heat rolling in over us, everyone has relaxed much more and got into the swing of things. Each evening we sit around a roaring fire and play numerous games. Suddenly everyone has found their place. I think this small group will stay close for some time to come.