Alles is besig om wakker te word en onwillekeurig wonder ek hoeveel mense vanoggend werklik happy is. Daar was ‘n party oorkant die str. gisteraand, voel hulle vanoggend nog so vrolik? Hoeveel eensame (nie alleen) mense is daar vanoggend? Vir elkeen wat alleen en happy is – good for you, dis jou keuse en dit werk vir jou. Vir elkeen wat saam met iemand of in ‘n groep is en eensaam is – ‘n groot drukkie vir jou want dit is een van die seerste emosies wat ‘n mens seker ooit kan ervaar. Mag jou Sondag vol sonskyn en warmte wees.
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Dagse, eerste dinge eerste – ek sokkol maar nog erg om vanni nuwe founkie af te skrywe, dankie vir julle geduld. Wipneus jy word ernstig vermis op alle fronte, laat weet asb hoe dit gaan.
OK nou by die eintlike ding wat ek wil seg: kyk julle weeet. Ekke lewe in ‘n wolk wereled, maar realiteit is altyd om ons en ek het baie hard besef dis tyd vir wa kker word en siendinge gaan dalk nooit beter word met seker goed nie: E-toll gaan geveur; kinders gaan verniel word, drome word nie altyd waar nie, niks hou vir altyd nie; jy kan niks doen om iemand jou te laat liefhe nie; renosters gaan nie vir ewig hier wees nie; elke dag gaan nie. Vol sonskyn en rose wees nie, maar guess what: there’s no way in hell that I’m gonna stop trying to make things change. Mooi naweek vir elkeen.
Hoe kon ons dit toelaat?
“They’re alive!
Both Themba and Thandi continue to fight for their lives at Kariega. Thandi is simply inspirational ! The way she is moving around the reserve indicates her position in the recovery process is improving every day. We found her running with a female and calf which we dehorned the other day so she is socially intergrating again which is a very positive sign. Her face is also showing some good signs of progress. The maggot infestation is much improved and the level of infection has reduced around her facial injuries. Under anaesthetic she was stable and we were able to do some aggressive cleaning down to the exposed bone.
Themba is such a brave fighter.
We tend to forget that in our terms he is only a boy, not even a teenager at four rhino years old. His courage against enormous odds continues to amaze us. We found him in the little hollow next to the beautiful water hole that he has been at for the past 3 days now. A more tranquil and beautiful place you could never wish to find. He had grass hanging from his mouth and a fair amount of fighting spirit in him when we approached. I took this as a sign that his anaesthetic chances of survival were worth the risk and so we darted him and treated him with a barrage of medication as well as doing a hurried clean out of his wounds. His face is not getting any worse but where he had pushed mud into the nasal sinuses a large amount of decaying matter had become trapped in the cavities behind there. On the good side, his maggot infestation is much better around the face but the signs of an obvious healing response are not the same as with Thandi.
Yet again we sit with, quite literally, a life and death struggle based on his bad leg. His leg is looking a lot worse from the outside in that more areas of skin are revealing their necrotic state and there are two more drainage holes on the outside of his foot indicating a deterioration in the skin. It is still impossible to know the full extend on the internal leg injuries and the state of progress within.
There is still hope for this brave boy but he has not turned the corner and is still deteriorating where it matters most. On his recovery from this morning’s procedures he did give us a ten meter charge which was energising. We left him, surrounded by lush green grass, plenty of shade, clean water and a host of familiar birds and their peaceful calls to keep him company. The plumbago bushes stand over a meter tall framing his surroundings with the softest blue colours.
How have we allowed the lusts of men, on the other side of the planet, to invade the tranquillity of this heavenly place?
Themba and Thandi, surrounded by all we value in nature, live o
n as icons of animal suffering and the determination to survive. They stand guard at the door, one strong and one weak, that will lead to the demise of thousands more species because of our apathy. They are adopted, as champions of a cause which goes far beyond “Saving the Rhino” because if we don’t save the Rhino, who move us to this extent, what hope do we have of saving the rest.”
Dagse
Heloooooooo al die kebuis maters. Van julle het gevra ons moet weer die deurtjies kom oopgooi, afstof en kyk of ons weer kan kuier. OK ek sal my beste try, moet dit tans van die founkie af doen so askies die ekstra spelfoute seblief tog. Ek raak ook nog gewoon aan die nuwe screen en als wat so vreemd lyk. Eintlik sukkel ek al vir 2 weke om in te log, dankie WordPress lat julle besluit het ek mag maar vandag kom praat. So hold onto your seats, gryp ‘nsmoss en laat ons kuier. Sommer so viur info- sou vandag Hannie se bday gewees het, maar na konsultasie me
t die kosmos is ooreengekom om dit te skuif na Saterdag toe, mens kan mos nie op ‘n donnersedag staan en verjaar nie. Liefde vir almal. Ingrid
Grootste geskenk ooit!!!
Kan enige nuus beter wees as dit op erfenisdag? Na al die trane en seer die laaste ruk, na elke moord en mishandeling hierdie mooiste mooi!!!
Ek kan weer skryf!!!
Heloooooo! Kan julle glo ek kan weer hier kom kuier! Whoooha! Ek’t baie om julle te vertel so watch out I’m back.
Geluk Jakkie julle met die baba!
Welkom terug Smurfi, ons was altwee so effe vermis gewees.
Ons kuier weer, eers gou kinders regkry vir skool.
Lekker dag en hugs vir al my maakies.
NOG EEN
Nou net gehoor daar was nog ‘n moord noord van Pretoria – 286! and counting!!!
Hannie doen haar deel vir boomplant maand!
Onthou om ‘n boom te plant die maand. In fact plant sommer drie – een omdat dit boomplant maand is en nog een elk vir ABSA en sy seun.
Black Springday
Stats
Dagsê
Bosveld girl die een is spesiaal vir jou. Ek kon nie veel inligting kry wat ouer as 2007 is nie, dit wil lyk of daar nie toe veel stats gehou is nie, ook asof die grootste teiken toe die olifante was en die fokus nie so sterk op die renoster was nie, maar dis hoe dit lyk:
2007 – 15 0.04 per dag
2008 – 80 0.21 per dag
2009 – 90 0.24 per dag
2010 – 333 0.91 per dag
2011 – 285 1.17 per dag and counting 
Is dit nodig dat ek enige iets meer sê?
Onthou asseblief môre is Black Springday, die hele September is renostermaand en die 22ste is die 2de internasionale renosterdag! Dit val ook net twee dae voor erfenis dag, ons kyk watter planne daar gemaak kan word om groot te gaan op 24 September want dit is dan juis ons erfenis wat uitgemoor word.
Chumlong Lemtongthai verskyn op die oomblik in Kemptonpark in die hof nadat hy sg. canned renosterjag gereël het deur prostitute te gebruik om deel te maak van die siek web verskeie protesteerders was buite die hof om kapsie te maak teen ‘n moontlik borgtogaansoek; o.a. die ANC vroueliga met plakkate wat sê: Real Men Don’t Shoot Rhinos; daar was ook verskeie diereregte groepe met fotos van o.a. Absa se vernielde gesig gewees. Ek wou baie baie graag daar wees, ongelukkig skuif ek môre na ‘n ander afdeling toe en moes vandag dinge hier afhandel.
Enige iemand wat hier lees, ons mag hierdie nie verder toelaat nie: (Bella, moenie verder kyk nie)
Moenie ‘n fout maat nie, hierdie fotos ruk my hart uitmekaar uit. Om ‘n groot, sterk sakeman te sien huil en ‘n verdwaasde dier wie se oë vra: hoekom wat het ek verkeerde gedoen? … ek het nie woorde nie …
Hierdie foto is ure voor sy dapper dood geneem, ons wil graag glo en ek gee nie om of dit net wensdenkery is nie, dit bring so bietjie troos; dat hierdie meer as net wolke was, dat dit engel vlerke is wat om hom gevou was en hom kom haal het om sy seer minder te maak – ABSA die braafste renoster wat ons kom wakker skud het.
Gaan koop asseblief jou swart lint dat ons môre vir hom en elke ander renoster ‘n dag van rou kan hê.
It was not in vain big boy, we will not stop, we will not keep quite, if they don’t want to see your face then they must get off their backsides and do something to stop this from happening, until then I will wear my shirt with your butchered face, I will keep on posting your pic here and on facebook over and over again.
ABSA se seun moes so sterf!
As jy die mail kry, stuur hom aan asb. andersins copy en paste en stuur vir almal asseblief:
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
As you may know, I have now become personally involved in the fight against Rhino poaching. I cannot sit and complain with the rest of SA and do nothing from my side. Especially not after my personal experience with 6 of these magnificent animals during a week-end. To all of you who has signed the petition – thank you. This is not something I am driving but I will do everything in my power to help them to get as many names as possible.
Now, traditionally Spring is a happy day when companies and people wear bright, joyful colours. I have had an idea that SA should all wear black on Spring, 1st September and tie a black ribbon to the right hand mirror of their vehicles or motorbikes. The idea is that it should symbolise the following;
a) We are fed-up with poachers and the leniency showed in their prosecution and sentences including affording them bail.
b) In memory of ABSA and all the other Rhino’s that were killed so senseless for their horns.
c) To symbolise that the future is black for our Rhino population because our government shows lack of interest in fighting this?
Please, please wear BLACK on 1st September 2011 and tie a BLACK ribbon around the right hand mirror of your vehicle. Spread the word. PLEASE join in this campaign! If you have contacts in the media – please help us. I have received positive feedback from as far as the Cape – companies there are declaring the 1st of September 2011 “Black Spring” and the media is already alerted to this.
Please post on your Face Book wall and declare 1st September 2011 “Black Spring” – tell people about the idea. if you can get your company and employees to support this – please do? We don’t all have money to contribute but we can make a stand and a difference by something so simple, so symbolic. With the rate our Rhino’s are poached – we do not have reason to celebrate on spring day.
Regards,
Rentia
Nee, ek ken nie die dame persoonlik nie, het maar deur Searl van haar gehoor. Laat ons môre saam staan ieder en elk!
Searl, I’ve said this so often but let me say it again, you’re one hell of a guy and you’re not alone of that your facebook wall is evidence.
Groetnis
Ingrid
