If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love. - Steve Irwin
We had the wonderful privilege of being visited by The Owl Rescue and “Bye Boer” aka Bee Farmer at our school today.
“Bye Boer” was founded as a small-scale family business that wanted to do their part for saving the environment, our planet and contributing to long term sustainable environmental solutions.
The bee farmer’s aim is to create long term permanent habitats, where beehives can thrive without movement or constant relocation. They offer a basic beekeeping course for the hobbyist or professional beekeeper that requires knowledge and or confidence to keep and maintain their own hives.
The learners were able to handle the bee keeping apparatus and beehives and learn what measures to take when being stung by a bee, how to care for an injured bee, and what to do when encountering a swarm. Other interesting topics included pollination, uses of honey and the types of bees.
Owl Rescue Centre is dedicated to protect and rescue owls and other birds of prey, that are in danger and rehabilitate and care for birds that have been injured, are sick, poisoned or orphaned and then release them back into their natural environment.
The Owl Rescue brought a falcon name Shukran with them. Shukran was not recued, but bred in captivity for conservational and educational purposes. Shukran means “Thank you” in Arabic.
The poor bird was quite out of his comfort zone with all of the chattering children around them, making his voice heard and trying to escape, but settled down after a while, when his handler calmed him.
Falcons mostly eat small rodents, birds, lizards, insects and frogs. This is the delicious morsel that Shukran was able to enjoy as a snack during his appearance. 🤢🤢
What is inspiring about these organizations, is that they do the conservation out of the goodness of their hearts. They do not get paid and rely completely on donations and fundraisers.
Should you wish to get in contact with either of these organizations, they gifted each student a keyring with their contact information.
They can be contacted for most injured birds or even small animals and to relocate swarms of bees as well.
I hope you enjoyed this post and how inspired I was about the passion and love that these organizations put into wildlife conservation every day.
