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Welcome Sinead

Posted: 18th October 2011 by bushwhacked in Wildlife Students
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We would like to wish Sinead a warm welcome!!  Sinead is joining our bushwhacked/wildlife students team and will be helping with the marketing. Here is a message from Sinead… Hi, I’m Sinead, an Irish Veterinary Student at UCD.  I have always been very passionate about Wildlife Conservation so when I heard all the great things [...]

Niall’s experience at the Cheetah Project, South Africa

Posted: 18th October 2011 by bushwhacked in Wildlife Students
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I spent 3 weeks on the HESC Cheetah project in Hoedspruit, during which time I experienced once in a lifetime opportunities! We arrived there late in the afternoon on the minibus with the two camp leaders, Tabs and Karen. When we turned up at camp everyone else was already there and waiting for us! We [...]

Information on the Whipalong program

Posted: 9th October 2011 by bushwhacked in Wildlife Students
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We’ve been asked a few questions about the Whipalong program… so we decided why not blog it . We are working with 32 horses as the moment – ranging from 2 months to 35 years, with quite a few youngsters, just backed or being prepared for backing. We normally have 3 or 4 volunteers at a [...]

Feedback from Jeannet who joined the Cheetah project program in August

Posted: 9th October 2011 by bushwhacked in Wildlife Students
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Hello Tanja! Everything went well with the flight home My experience was awsome! The three weeks went by much to fast! I will definitely go back to South-Africa!! A really good program where we got to experience hands on handeling of the animals and also got to see some of South-Africa and taste lockal food [...]

Have a safe trip back home Jeannet & Will

Posted: 5th September 2011 by bushwhacked in Wildlife Students
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Will and Jeannet at Provet assisting with the Bateleur eagle's surgery

Bushwhacked would like to wish Jeannet Vaage and Will Garton a safe trip back home today.  We hope you had a wonderful time at the Cheetah Project with memories to fill a life time!!  They had some wonderful experience with the animals… First was a leopard rescued from unfortunate circumstances, and second was a Bateleur [...]

Welcome Niall

Posted: 4th September 2011 by bushwhacked in Wildlife Students
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Niall Thompson with one of the Cheetah’s at the project

We would like to welcome Niall Thompson to the Wildlife Students/Bushwhacked team He will help with the advertising of our volunteer programs. Niall is currently a veterinary student in his second year at UCD in Ireland. Niall joined the 3 week program at the Cheetah project in June this year and returned with so many [...]