PomPom Invasive Plant Management at Loskop
Our Partners & Collaborators MTPA PomPom Invasive Plant Management at Loskop Pompom weed (Campuloclinium macrocephalum) is a highly invasive perennial shrub that suppresses native vegetation and spreads rapidly through wind-dispersed seed. The species has begun establishing in areas of our rewilding projects at Loskop Dam Nature Reserve. In December 2025, our team collected host-specific biological control agents (tiny insects) in Pretoria and released them at multiple carefully predetermined sites within the reserve. The insects were transported […]
Loskop Dam Nature Reserve Dehorning Operations 2025
Our Partners & Collaborators The Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency ( MTPA) Wildlife Emergency Fund (WEF) DCM Surfaces Hope for Wildlife Helicopter Services Friends of Wildlife Management (FOWM) wildlifevets.com Photography and videography: Wiki West Loskop Dam Nature Reserve Dehorning Operations 2025 At the start of September 2025, WeWild Africa teamed up with the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) and the Wildlife Emergency Fund (WEF) to perform maintenance dehorning on the rhino population at Loskop […]
Eight Months On: Dinokeng Rhino Rewild Translocation Follow-Up and Horn Implant
Our Partners & Collaborators African Parks Global Humane – Conservation Fund of Africa Conservation Solutions Dinokeng Game Reserve Eight Months On: Dinokeng Rhino Rewild Translocation Follow-Up and Horn Implant Once a rhino is translocated, the journey is far from over. Eight months ago, as part of the Rhino Rewild Initiative by African Parks, which aims to translocate 2,000 southern white rhinos to protected landscapes across Africa, our team assisted in relocating a herd to Dinokeng […]
Out of the Office and Into the Wild
Our Partners & Collaborators Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency Friends of Wildlife Management Bonamamzi Private Game Reserve Out of the Office and Into the Wild On June 20th, 2025, five blue duikers (Philantomba monticola)—three males and two females—were successfully translocated after being confiscated from an urban office complex where they were inexplicably being kept as decorative “lawn ornaments.” Blue duikers are the smallest antelopes in southern Africa, typically weighing just 4–6 kg. Native to dense […]
SUCCESSFUL ELEPHANT RANGE EXPANSION IN THE EASTERN CAPE
Our Partners & Collaborators Fisher Foundation Longhill Reserve Asante Sana Private Game Reserve Wildlife Emergency Fund (WEF) iThemba Wildlife & Conservation Services Successful Elephant Range Expansion in the Eastern Cape On Friday, May 9th, a cohesive family unit of five elephants was translocated from the Asante Sana Game Reserve in the Karoo to the Longhill Private Reserve in the Addo Region. The operation was carried out through a collaboration among the Fisher Foundation, the Wildlife […]