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  Good morning guys John here back at the living with big cats program again in South Africa. So this morning I’m going to be showing you some of the interactions and some of the enrichment activities that we do with the animals. This morning we’re going to run some lands on the lure which is pretty much what you would do with running grayhounds at a greyhound race these guys do it for fun we also very good for their exercise for obviously they’re condition to keep muscled and keep toned and also it’s fun for them they enjoy it’s an enrichment program forRead More →

Hi I’m April England I’m Roxy from America and we are living with cheetahs. So far since we’ve been here we’ve fed the Cheetahs prepared the meat. When we feed the cheetahs it’s kind of actually a long process you have to make sure that you sterilize everything and it’s really just taking care and making sure that they’re not gonna get sick. We’ve interacted with the Cheetahs played with them we’ve gone around the breeding camps and seen the mums with their cubs. We’ve gone on game drives around the whole property. I’ve learned a lot here which is kind of been my mainRead More →

We really wanted to take our students to a place that they probably would never go on their own. We wanted the trip to be something that was exciting and also a learning opportunity so we thought South Africa – why not. This place is just so great you need to walk around the place and all of a sudden zebras giraffes elephants. The other day we were walking up to breakfast and both three elephants walked right in front of us as we are going there to get food. So what we just did was we got to follow all the volunteers around andRead More →

  Hi guys my name is tatum and i work at the administrative Department of Volunteer SA. I’m here at the living with big cats program and i’m here to meet some of the volunteers to make sure they’re having a good time. This morning we went on an elephant walk and we also watched some of the lions get worked. And i’m very excited to meet you please feel free to message me if you’ve got any questions and our have the answer.Read More →

Hi I’m Amanda and I’m from the United States I’m here in Africa living a big cat. I had so much fun living with big cat I mean I have elephants zebras ostriches lions tigers you name it in my backyard and I don’t get that back at home. It was such a fun time because not only do I get to interact with most of these animals but I get to learn about them so I can go back to and educate others about the conservation that’s necessary. In addition to that I contribute to their daily lives by cleaning enclosures assisting and buildingRead More →

Hi my name is Truman I’m from Kansas USA and I’m living with the cats. One of the things that I really wanted to make sure that I was a part of what I got here was interacting with animals and as soon as I arrived we started working. We weren’t taking pictures or anything like that but we were cleaning the enclosures and that really stuck out to me. That we’re actually helping these animals we’re feeding them taking care of them and making sure that where they live is completely clean.Read More →

Hey what’s up guys john here and as I mentioned last time I was recently overseas doing some conservation projects with Volunteers Southern Africa. While I was there I visited their brand new project which is called living with sea turtles. Living with sea turtles is a brand new project that just launched and it’s focused on marine life and sea turtle conservation. When they first asked me if I want to go I didn’t really know what to expect what you go to Africa usually think of animals like lions elephants giraffes but not sea turtles. I went in with an open mind butRead More →

Hi my name is Asha. I’m from Australia and I’m living with big cats. A lot of my work is focused around maintaining a habitat, their enclosures and we also get through a lot of hands-on work with the animals. So I don’t think you can get in many other places. Being at this program has definitely inspired me to travel the world more. This is my first time away from home in Australia I’ve really loved every second of traveling you have stuff go wrong but it’s great.Read More →