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Antelope Park - Lion Project News Newsletters » Mar/Apr 2006 » Antelope Park Lion Project Enclosures washed away in the Boxing Day floods; new vets who have joined us as full-time consultants; Ashanti and Kenge on the mend; and with the rains came our newest cub, Amanzi... New Lion Cub at Antelope Park - Amanzi Before we say anything else, let us talk about who arrived with the recent wet weather... Amanzi is Shona for ‘water’. Teddy and Anna’s newest litter was born at the beginning of March. Largely due to the excessively wet and chilly weather 3 cubs were soon reduced to one brave Amanzi. He is currently residing with Mr and Mrs Conolly and although he had a rough start he’s being true to his lion nature, and is coming along just fine. Lion Enclosures - Waterfall washed away & breeding enclosures grow! Just after boxing day heavy rains set in and literally washed away the whole Waterfall enclosure, it was a sight to see and to top it off the 4M’s were in it! Lucky the cubs climbed the highest point and stayed until someone came to the rescue. At the moment volunteers and builders are busy constructing the enclosure again away from the river while the 4M’s are in the Leopard enclosure in the breeding programme. There have also been some massive enclosure construction at the breeding programme. We now have a pathway trap system put in place were lions can walk through easily from one enclosure to the next for cleaning purposes as well as shifting lions around, it’s a very good system. The idea was taken from the Wild Dog Project in Hwange which also has a similar tunnel trap system although their tunnels lead to the vet department for any treatment the dogs might need. Speaking about vets... Vets taken on as full-time consultants Keith Dutlow and Lisa Marabini from Harare have agreed to become the consulting veterinarians for African Encounter. They will therefore be consulting for Antelope Park, Lion Encounter Zim, Lion Encounter Zambia and other African Impact Programmes. Their service would cover all the animals at AP and they are prepared to become involved in any African Impact work in National Parks and on private land. We believe that this is a major step forward for all conservation programmes. Both Keith and Lisa have dangerous drugs licenses and we believe that AE would provided them with an opportunity to be involved in variety of wildlife work, which is what they would like to do. They are coming on the 27th February 06 for a visit to see what we could do about some of our sickly lions… Ashanti happy and healthy again About a month ago Ashanti started to show signs of imbalance, she had no strength. It was a sad sight especially because a few months before she was fine. A volunteer took a urine sample ready to be taken to a well-known vet, Dr Stevenage in Bulawayo. The Dr said it was Vitamin A and to give the cub the quantity prescribed and see if there are any results, if not then we would have to put her down and proceed with an autopsy to get to the bottom of the problem. THANKFULLY, that never happened. After the first day of Vitamin A tablets she showed remarkable recovery and today both Ashanti and Arielle are back to walking with clients and volunteers, they still get their dose of vitamin A but the results are fantastic. Another success story. Kenge under observation Also seems to have some stiffness in the body and is also currently taking some medication. We are all waiting for the arrival of the vets to what they have to say as their experience in wildlife management is quite diverse and we are hoping for good results. Stage 1/1B/2/3 Progress As mentioned above, there have been discussions to start building a 500 acre Stage 1B at Antelope Park in the far North/Western part of the property. The 500 acres will have an abundance of game for the lions to survive on, surrounded by 4 other enclosures with a rotational system put in place. We are busy at the moment building another fencing machine in order to speed up the process of fence making to building Stage 1b. We have perfected our Night Hunts which is also part of Stage 1B with many of our walking lions i.e. Amy, Elsa, and now the 3P’s. Volunteer with Lions at Antelope Park. Jambo - Hello from Milena! Antelope Park - Lion Project News Lion Encounter - Victoria Falls Lion Project News Zambia Lion Volunteer Project Update IUCN Conference on Lions In Johannesburg - Mr Conolly Reports Hwange Volunteer Conservation Project Update Trip Report - Volunteers visit Rhino Project Lion Cubs News People on the move at African Impact Kwaheru! Subscribe to our free newsletter Africa volunteer opportunities       print this page | bookmark this page (CTRL-D) | send to a friend back to top