A PLACE OF CARE AND SAFETY FOR INDIGENOUS BIRDS OF PREY.

W e promote the conservation of raptors through Practical Research,
Scientific Rehabilitation, Specialized Breeding and Imaginative Education.

V isit and see the raptors in action in our daily free-flight , interactive demonstrations
.....its gripping stuff.

 

EFFECTIVE WAYS TO SOLVE YOUR RAT PROBLEMS!

 

Belinda Petha with owl boxes

A new environmentally and "owl friendly" rat trap is available in the Sanctuary shop for R599. The Rat Zapper uses no toxic chemicals and leaves no mess behind; the trap humanly electrocutes the rat.

Also available at the Sanctuary shop are owl boxes for R300. There are two box types' available, Barn Owl and Spotted Eagle Owl boxes. They offer the correct nesting environment for these natural "rat traps" and once installed in your garden, watch the rat numbers diminish as these effective predators get to work.

 

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RARE VULTURE ON DISPLAY

We are lucky enough to now have our very own Egyptian Vulture called Cleopatra. Cleo hails in from Tanzania and we hope to soon import her a boyfriend from Zimbabwe.

The most unique characteristic of these birds is that they are one of the few animals recorded to use "tools". By holding smaller stones in their beaks and throwing them against large eggs they break the shell to access the content.

Cleo's new house was adapted from the old bunny pen and has lots of hard surfaces and rocks for her to play with. She has sandy floors and grass tufts scattered around to simulate the habitats they prefer and breeding platforms are ledges like the cliffs they choose to make thier nests on.

You will have to come visit the Sanctuary to see this beauty yourself and some of her tricks.

Cleo, Egyptian Vulture Ben and Nick building new vulture enclosure

 

B irders.. Have you ever seen a Pels Fishing Owl, African Grass Owl, Taita Falcon, Cuckoo hawk or White-headed Vulture? Well, visit us, and you can actually meet one! Seeing our wide range of raptors up close will aid in ‘lifer’ identification if you are fortunate enough to see them in the wild.