Oomfy – Helping orphaned animals

When one of the younger, rhino cows got pregnant for the first time, we were all awaiting the arrival with great anticipation. Then the frantic call came over the radio. One of the bulls was fighting with the young cow while she was giving birth.

Wink fell out of his nest, high in a roof, sometime during the night. His mom did not come and pick him up which she usually would have. We tried to locate her but with no success.

Kiku was found when she was just three days old. There was a huge rainstorm and she got separated from her mom. By the time we found her she was severely dehydrated and in a state of hypothermia.

One morning the cleaning lady of chalet nearby found a small bundle of fur on the tiles floor. Not being sure what this was she called the supervisor who learned that it was a newborn genet.

The supervisor contacted me and I raced over with a lump in my throat — to survive from such a high fall onto a tiled floor is rare.

A mother warthog had to move her three piglets as there was a huge storm and their hole got flooded. She accidentally ran into the ditch as it was dark. The mother was able to free herself from the muddy ditch, but the three piglets were just too small.

The night Kingston was brought to me, it was pouring rain and the thunder boomed. All electricity was out for miles around.

A ranger called me one day and said a guest had just brought them a hedgehog. I found this very strange because there are hardly any hedgehogs left in our area. They are heavily predated by everything — from birds to mammals.

It was cold, wet afternoon when a radio call came through about an abandoned Jackal pup. The mom was moving the pups as their den got flooded. The young male pup got left behind in the move.

One sunny morning early in spring a troop of monkeys decided to cross the road to get to the wild fig trees on the river bank. A few female monkeys were carrying their babies with them. One female was a bit behind, and she darted across to road to catch up.