At our Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in South Africa there is more cause for celebration, here’s the story:

Robbie the baby baboon was brought into the centre at about 8 weeks old. His mother had been killed by hunting dogs and the owners of the dogs had locked Robbie up in a room. The Neighbours of these owners alerted the police, who rescued Robbie and brought him to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. Robbie wasvery emotionally distressed and had some physical trauma too -  a bump on his spine and a very burnt left hand (that the Centre thinks is probably from being given very hot porridge to eat.)

Robbie will need about 4 months of care before he can be introduced to a surrogate baboon mother. Luckily, one of our volunteers, Rebecca, was around to lend a hand – she is volunteering at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre for 9 weeks and has been nominated to mother Robbie for the entire time she is volunteering. It’s a wonderful experience for her but also means that the baboon will receive consistent care, which the Centre is hoping will lead to a quicker recovery and rehabilitation into the wild!

You can see from the photos that the pair have already formed a strong bond:

If you’d like to find out more about our projects in South Africa, click HERE