World Turtle Day
On this day, the 23rd of May 2018, we celebrate the oldest creatures’ existence through awareness campaigns and showing respect to them through acknowledging the challenges they face.
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International Biodiversity Day – 22 May 2018
There’s no question about it. The Garden Route is abuzz with diverse life forms. It is a haven for nature lovers, rich in biodiversity – both plant and animal species. The Garden Route stretch is 300km long, from Mossel Bay in Western Cape to Storms River in the Eastern Cape, and our Tenikwa Wildlife Centre happens to be located within this hotspot.
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Endangered Species Day
Endangered Species are plant or animals that are very much at risk of being lost forever from the world. This is in most cases due to human interference which has caused an imbalance that the species fail to adapt to. It is important that we educate everyone about the importance of these species and encourage change of behaviour.
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Dan the tourguide returns to Tenikwa
Tenikwa and our staff welcome back Dan Ngulube who rejoins Tenikwa as a tourguide on his return from Malawi. Dan returned home after an absence of 7 years, but now he is back to participate in the conservation awareness work that Tenikwa conducts.
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World Migratory Bird Day 2018
This is a day to mark the importance of all migratory birds – to showcase or raise awareness about them and create a global outreach campaign to conserve these birds. Tenikwa Wildlife Centre as a rehabilitation and awareness centre is one of those entities that value such days. Taking in a number of different bird species in…
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Sparrow Hawk Release
A Sparrow Hawk was found by a security guard at Market Square Plettenbergbay, it was dazed after flying into a window. Barney from the market square immediately called Tenikwa. The bird was stabilized overnight and showed improvement, we were able to feed and hydrate him before releasing him in Plettenberg Bay. Mark Brown from Natures…
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3 Greater Striped Swallows Released
On the 29 March’18 Tenikwa got a call from “HOME FROM HOME” Plettenberg Bay to inform us that 3 baby Greater Striped Swallows landed up out of the nest due to tree trimming. The birds where admitted and cared for at our Rehabilitation centre. They were hand fed every 2 hours. Once they were eating…
DetailsEarth Day 2018 – Tenikwa Wildlife Rehabilitation and Awareness Centre
Plastics are becoming a major concern on the environment. Plastic waste is suffocating the earth systems at an alarming rate, and the alarming thing is, we hardly notice the damage those thrown away plastic straws or plastic bottles have amounted to. It is time to wake up and put an end to it whilst we still can, before we get to a point of no return.
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CemAir Transports sea turtle hatchlings for rehabilitation
Two Sea Turtles recently admitted for rehabilitation to Tenikwa by the public and its conservation partner SANParks gets transported to Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town from the Plettenberg Bay Airport by CemAir.
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Raphaeli School Celebrates World Water Day 2018
Tenikwa wanted to find out from schools in the community what they were doing for World Water Day 2018. Here are some great initiatives from Raphaeli Waldorf School in Plettenberg Bay
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