Wildlife Trafficking

Animals frequently succumb to injury, illness, starvation and/or death during wildlife trafficking.

Our Work – Wildlife Trafficking

Wildlife trafficking involves the illegal trade, smuggling, poaching, capture, or collection of protected animal species, and affects one third of all the world’s wildlife species. Animal’s and their parts are traded illegally as bush meat, trophies, traditional medicine, and/or status symbols on the black market. These criminal activities can diminish species populations and cause local or even global extinction. Additionally, many trafficked species are fragile and require expert and delicate handling, but the methods used by poachers to kill or capture animals and the way animals are handled are often extremely cruel and fail to comply with animal welfare standards. Animals frequently succumb to injury, illness, starvation and/or death in the illegal wildlife trade.

Umoya Khulula - Our Work - Wildlife Trafficking

Vounteer with Us

Umoya Khulula Wildlife Centre offers a once in a lifetime volunteer experience. Our paid-for volunteer programme is designed to give volunteers a genuine understanding of the rescue, rehabilitation, rewilding, and release processes, for a variety of wild animals.

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What We Do

Umoya Khulula operates as a 24-hour wildlife rescue centre in South Africa.

Rescue
1st stage at our wildlife rescue centre
Rehabilitation
2nd stage at our wildlife rescue centre
Release
Final stage at our wildlife rescue centre

Umoya Khulula rescues animals from cases that can be ascribed to human effect, whether it be due to ignorance, negligence, or cruelty.

The objective of wildlife rehabilitation is to provide licensed care to sick, injured, and orphaned wild animals so ultimately they can be returned to their normal wild environment. Animals in rehabilitation can spend anywhere from a few days to several months at Umoya Khulula before release. It all depends on the species, how old they were when they arrived, and the severity of their injuries.

Releases take place on sites that have been inspected and approved by Umoya Khulula animal care staff. Release sites are often large acreages, and all are chosen to meet species-specific needs for vegetation and terrain and that have year-round water and food sources.

Umoya Khulula 24-hour Wildlife Rescue Centre - Rescue

RESCUE: 1st stage at our wildlife rescue centre

Umoya Khulula rescues animals from cases that can be ascribed to human effect, whether it be due to ignorance, negligence, or cruelty.

Umoya Khulula 24-hour Wildlife Rescue Centre - Rehabilitation

REHABILITATION: 2nd stage at our wildlife rescue centre

The objective of wildlife rehabilitation is to provide licensed care to sick, injured, and orphaned wild animals so ultimately they can be returned to their normal wild environment. Animals in rehabilitation can spend anywhere from a few days to several months at Umoya Khulula before release. It all depends on the species, how old they were when they arrived, and the severity of their injuries.

Umoya Khulula 24-hour Wildlife Rescue Centre - Release

RELEASE: Final stage at our wildlife rescue centre

Releases take place on sites that have been inspected and approved by Umoya Khulula animal care staff. Release sites are often large acreages, and all are chosen to meet species-specific needs for vegetation and terrain and that have year-round water and food sources.

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