Extinguished Guests /

Some private pictures taken recently at my brothers exclusive Dendro Park ranch in Southern Province Zambia adjacent to the Kafue National Park ......

Regards, Peter
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PH Dene with Sally the pet cape buffalo



Some new born and young sable antelopes



Young Livingstone Eland



Cape Buffalo ( disease free conservation ) breeding project



Paul from Texas with cape buff taken walk & stalk with bow

Cheers - Peter

Peter,

I like the photos...When does one stay away from a pet buf??? Earlier post farmer killed by pet buff...

Like seeing the young animals...


Mike

Peter,

Nice photos!!!

Did they take Sally in as a newborn?? I know you've told the story but don't remember.

Thanks,
Phil

retreever & Phil/

to answer briefly ...

You are correct, a game farmer was killed only last week in South Africa by a pet buffalo bull on his private ranch near Mara district Limpopo Province, the location is quite near to my brothers own plains game ranch at Banderlierkop.

Regards Sally @ Dendro Park Ranch.

Some years ago now my brothers eldest son Dene our Zambian PH rescued two new born cape buffalo females on Dendro Park, they were found stuck with minor injuries in some of the many mud holes created by the early season rains.



These young sable are enjoying a drink it seems / NOTE the very light almost reddish colour when young, which darkens considerably when older to jet black

These are the (muddy waterholes) where the baby buff can sometimes get trapped within ..


Dene & Joanne named the two buff Girlie and Sally and the animals sort of made themselves at home around the camp and refused to leave. They tended to wander off at times BUT always returned to camp. After about a year or so Girlie then (for whatever reason) wandered off and joined the herds again, we have occasionally actually seen girlie in the herds and she is back with the wild ones.

Dear Sally, for whatever reason, has remained in camp and wont leave, she chases the vehicle when it departs into the bush but always returns to camp ///

Not being a wildlife expert myself, i dont know genetically speaking if the male and female buff are different if tamed, BUT I personally am always weary of Sally when I visit the ranch as I am from the (old school) whom believe a wild animal will always revert to wild defence instincts if frightened or challenged in any way, no matter how tame it is or appears.



Joanne with Sally and Girlie when they were much younger

Regards, Peter

Great photos and story Peter. You have the knack of always sharing something interesting and useful.

AR Guests /

Just out of interest for those whom dont know what a true (bushveld ranch fenceline) looks like, here is a picture.



This 3,100 hectare Dendro Park Ranch (30+ kilometer perimeter) game fence was constructed totally from local timber. WE had dozens of local people employed continually for 4+ months over the initial installation period.

Every single dropper and intermediate main posts ( thousands upon thousands in total) had to first be de-barked by hand before fitting, this in itself was an extremely labour intensive operation to put it mildly. It involved heating/smoking the green fresh cut timber around a fire and then when pre-scorched the bark is hammered by hand to make for easy strip removal.

The wire was transported from South Africa to Zambia via Lusaka and onwards to Choma, from there my brother used his 4 ton truck on (numerious 8-hour return) bumpy bush road trips to ferry the cargo into the ranch


Regards, Peter

Thanks for sharing, Peter.

DB