i Lead Rehabilitation

They were established in 1997 with the aim of educating the public in order to promote an awareness of the endangered raptor species. They  target schools in an educational drive and have many schools attending the centre for that purpose.

By creating this awareness, they want to stop the persecution of these beautiful birds which is a world wide problem. The raptors are killed by  vehicles, fences, traps, power lines poisons and their chicks are also removed illegally from nesting sites.

At the centre and with the help of a local vet who has experience in handling raptors, they are privileged to help dozens of these casualties each year.

The captive birds fall into three categories:

• mechanically damaged leaving them with permanent physical damage so they can’t be returned to the wild to fend for themselves.
• mentally damaged -imprinted – where they have been removed from the wild as chicks – they can’t be returned to the wild as they can’t recognise their own species
• captive bred birds

Over the years, Dullstroom Bird Of Prey and Rehabilitation Centre have been quite successful in their rehabilitation programme and to get a bird back into the wild is their ultimate goal. A visit to their website will give you more information on their release back into the wild.

Contact Details:

Mark Holder: 072 378 8562
Mark Brett: 076 278 6485
www.birdsofprey.co.za

This Rehabilitation posting about Dullstroom Bird Of Prey and Rehabilitation Centre was sponsored by I Lead Rehabilitation  South Africa. Should you wish to list your Rehabilitation services for free on this website then contact I Lead Rehabilitation today: info@ileadrehabilitation.co.za.  www.searchengine.co.za also offers free listing services similar to I Lead Rehabilitation.

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