I grew up in a rural area and was taught to hunt at a young age, so I developed a healthy respect for wild animals. It is necessary, one of the things I first learned, that the beast will always return to its nature; Wild animals do not make good pets. So, when I visited Antelope Park, a conservatory of nature reserves near Gweru, a city in Zimbabwe’s Midland Province south of the capital Harare, and was asked if I wanted to pet the lions, my immediate response was “No, thanks. . .
I did not plan to walk this thing with two lion cubs. I didn’t even remember the older one, Penya, five months from South Africa, rubbing against my leg. But that’s just petting against my grain. Penya and his partner Paza, a man twelve months old, still had milk teeth, but each of them weighs about as much as I do, and even their milk teeth can cut a nasty wound in human flesh, so I saved my hands. to myself
Ok, I’m nervous if you want, but this is my advice, and I’m sticking to it. My wife, Myung, on the other hand, a girl from the city of Seoul, Korea, whose knowledge of lions is based on two “Lion King” movies he looked, he just had to ask for cute “little kitties”. He did this under the eyes of two tractors and two watchmen, and I have to give him credit: he did not stop. As for me, I watched the pictures from afar.
Antelope Park is a fantastic place to observe animals in the wild and those that are being prepared for conversion to land. wild, and if I did not go the whole distance, it would have been fine. Privately from fees paid by visitors and volunteers who stay for a month or two work with lions or study. for them, it’s a better hunting facilities in Zimbabwe. Accommodations range from semi-luxury tents at $110 per night to cabins on an island in the middle of the lake at $130 per night, including breakfast. There are also places in the plains that are much less crowded for those who want to have a real safari. A walk with the lions costs $50 per person for a one-hour walk in the Phase 1 area, where lion cubs are introduced step-by-step to roam and hunt under the guidance of expert handlers. In Phase 2, when the cubs reach 18 months of age, they are introduced into the pride, where they then learn to hunt in a non-competitive environment. At this point, human contact becomes minimal. The park plans to build a Phase 3 area where the prides will have to compete with each other and with other animals, replicating the conditions they would find in the wild. Until Phase 3 is built, selected animals from Phase 2 are sent to game parks when experts feel they can survive in the wild.
In addition to preparing animals for survival in the wild as part of the African Lion Lion in Environmental Research Trust (ALERT) restoration and care survival of the species, Antelope Park also Feline Immuno-Virus (FIV), which together with hunting, endangered lions in South Africa. According to a student from Idaho State University, who is doing his PhD thesis on the parks, they found it’s possible lions contract FV through their diet than through contact with other infected animals. The findings are still preliminary, but if confirmed, they could mean the end of at least one type of threat.
Antelope Park is located over 3000 acres of savannah, besides the chance to walk with lions, riding an elephant or a horse. /a> and the river boat that runs through the park.
The thing that distinguishes Antelope Park from other game parks in Zimbabwe is fact which is the facility for research. which offers accommodation to visitors who feel they want to embrace the African life of the veld.
getting there
Antelope Park a few miles from the center located in the Zimbabwean town of Gweru, and about three hours drive. Harare on the way to Bulawayo.
Antelope Park
P.O. Box 1218
Gweru, Zimbabwe
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