Toyota South Africa Partners with Umbabat
From left to right: John Thomson (Vice President Service, Technical, Customer Service and Future Toyota), Karen Strever (Manager Internal Communications), Theo van Wyk (Umbabat Chairman), Calvyn Hamman (Senior Vice President Marketing and Sales), and Lenny Willson (Umbabat Vice-Chaiman)
Counter-poaching Units (CPU) need a variety of tools to enable them to be effective against the war against poaching! One such tool is vehicles to patrol the wildlife areas they work in. Thanks to the commitment of Toyota South Africa to help conserve biodiversity of these areas, we were able to secure the sponsorship of a vehicle from them on 14 August 2019 at their Head Office.
The vehicle was handed over to the Umbabat CPU Manager, David Jeffree, (left) by the Umbabat Chairman, Theo van Wyk (middle) on 20 August 2019. ...
Wild Dog Hunt
After the Wild Dogs killed an Impala in the riverbed on UWCA they then brought the meat back for their pups at the den. Please note that the Umbabat does not advocate visiting Wild Dog dens at night nor the use of spot lights on them after dark. The reason being is that they are diurnal animals and if they have lights on them nocturnal predators could gain advantage and kill the pups.
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Young Elephant Bull gets relief
A successful removal of wire on a 10-15 year old Elephant Bull today, east of deadwood pan on Argyle farm. He was darted from the helicopter by Dr. Joel Alves from Wildvets, accompanied by the Elephants Alive team, Chris Mayes (Ingwelala Conservation Manager) and Bryan Havemann (Umbabat Warden). #umbabat#theheartofthegreaterkruger
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Campaign: Enviro-kids
Our Outreach team is always looking for resources to teach our rural school children more about the environment. Help them by buying a subscription to EnviroKids Magazine! For more information on where to send the magazines email: info@umbabat.com
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Mandela Day 2019
Our Environmental Monitors were busy at Tsakane and Sigagula today. Brendan and Christinah visited Amass Disabled Center with Mr Mabunda and 2 Tsakani staff and did health and environmental presentations, including making Eco-bricks. Regernt at Sigagula did a lot of activities including: singing, dancing, reading speeches, and planting trees. Lunch was donated by Royal Malewane and the cake by Pick n' Pay.
If you want to assist our Umbabat Outreach team please feel free to email Lindsey on info@umbabat.com.
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Lion Activity at Warthog Dam: Ntsiri
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