The round-up begins……
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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Moving them from the Land Rover with a lot of nudging, shouting, and prodding…..
There were several of these calves. It was amazing that they did not get harmed or trampled in, quite literally, the stampede of the adult buffalo. Somehow they could huddle under all the leaping, horns and feet flying, pushing and shoving.
Big, dumb, stubborn, mean, aggressive, and yet majestic……
One unhappy customer being herded through the pens. They charged the Land Rover several times en masse, lined up, but stopped short every time.
Filling the trucks with 63 buffalo. The man in the yellow T-shirt is operating gates that enclose the buffalo in smaller internal pens starting in the back and working forward. The folks on the top are “persuading” the buffalo to fill in the back prior to closing the gate. Seventeen-month old Shiloh is supervising from the ground (under the very watchful supervision of Bunny behind the camera).
After helping with the round-up to get them into the chute, Guy is on the roof helping to get them into the trucks……
This peacock had quite a flirtation going for Bunny.
The not-so-humble setting for our incredible stay at Sondelani in West Nicholson, Zimbabwe. Bunny is on the path from our cottage to the dining room. Beautiful grounds in the middle of a privately owned wildlife park. The commitment of these people to the protection of the animals against all odds and political uncertainty…… the owner of this particular place had 40,000 acres taken away from him without compensation suddenly as part of an erratic political scene with counterproductive and ultimately destructive policies. The politicians from our respective home countries may be erratic and irrational at times, but they pale in comparison to what goes on here.
Our very comfortable digs for two nights with a fabulous view for our retreat before and after the round-up.
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