Wildcast

Wolhuter Escorts Hippo from London to Swaziland.
Bizarre but true.
In 1984, Whipsnade Zoo in London was closing its hippo exhibit and donated a 4 year old male hippo, Paul, to Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary in Swaziland.
This may sound like taking coal to Newcastle, but in those days hippo capture hadn’t been perfected and animals died in capture […]

Weathering has decapitated these men. And besides being men it’s hard to see what they’re actually carrying or doing.
They do seem to be a part of a bigger picture, unless this has flaked away.

21st March 2000
Still pacing around camp. When I got up early before sunrise I was amazed to see an elephant trying to cross the very swollen Sand river. He crossed over a narrow stretch of water on to a small island. Then seemed to want to cross the main stream which would surely wash him […]

It’s always a treat to see a herd of eland as these animals, although not actually rare, are only found in a few areas in Africa.
And unfortunately man is, just boxing in those big herds that require so much space, all the time.
These antelope have never really come to accept man wherever they occur and […]