Wildlife

Let Elephants Keep Their Ivory

This is a video message asking CITES members to let elephants keep their ivory. Dame Daphne Sheldrick shares her views on the ivory trade and the effects of poaching. Continue reading

Cheetahs saved by Kangal Dogs

Dr. Laurie Marker, Executive Director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, held a talk on the 6th of May in Holland about cheetahs and what the CCF is doing to prevent these magnificent animals from becoming extinct. With her permission, I filmed the talk and made this video to promote their invaluable work. Continue reading

Stress Break in the Oostvaardersplassen

We live next to a Dutch wetlands nature reserve, called the Oostvaardersplassen (lakes of the East-farers, roughly translated). It’s totally peaceful and home to a multitude of bird species and wild animals like beavers, roe deer, red deer, heck cows and wild horses.

This video is our first foray into making films. Hee hee. It’s great fun looking back at our first attempt. Hope you enjoy it too, and the beautiful marshlands. Continue reading

African Elephant Folklore and Myths

A great deal of mythical folklore surrounds these magnificent giants of the bush.

A few of these legends are worthy of being recounted, however the origin of these myths have become quite unclear over the years, and no specific tribe of people can be directly credited with them.

The most likely source though, would appear to be the Shona, a tribe ancestrally inhabiting the northern regions of Southern Africa. Continue reading

Tiger Shark Dive – Aliwal Shoal – Umkomaas

To rack up our scuba hours and experience, we took a month out to go scuba diving in Umkomaas. The brief for this dive was to (hopefully) see Tiger Sharks. Continue reading

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