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Saturday 17 December 2011

This project I was quite keen to do, but needed the help
of my friend Ben Hoffman , owner and curator of Raptor Rescue Centre in KwaZulu Natal. I consider him a specialist in the field. He's a real bird man, and I was very grateful for his input. I was asked to make to GPS GSM units that could be fitted to the back of vultures, but not only that, they were still baby vultures sitting on nests. I had my reservations of being successful due to the size that needed to be met, however I'm glad to report that they are working perfectly and doing what they should do. Enclosed is a picture of the birds as well as a picture of my tracking website showing the two vultures.
Some times a man has to do what a man has to do.... It does not always work, like in this case. But at least I keep on trying. Monkeys or primates in general need our help as much as we can.
This is the big one, I finally done it!!!!!!!!.
I finally got my own aeroplane!!!!!!!. having started flying at the young age of 14 and always been passionate about flying, I now have the best of all worlds. I love electronics and qualified as an electronics engineer, I'm absolutely commited to wildlife and conservation and have my own wildlife sanctuary and to crown it all being successful in marrying the two worlds together withthe manufacturing of wildlife telemetry equipment for monitoring wildlife in  conservation projects, I can now top it all by flying my own aeroplane and assisting in tracking the wildlife in the various projects. One more goal is to join the Bateleurs. It's a group of pilots who commit themselves to the conservation of wildlife. above is a picture of my new baby.
Well! Typing is definitely not my forte, but that is the only way I can keep up my blog. A lot has happened since the last time I have entered something , one of the most exciting projects to date must be
having been given the order to assemble and supply 16 VHF tracking collars for black Rhino that are to be relocated to a private nature reserve. There is a lovely video on You Tube that shows the relocation and attaching of the collars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTWPg_8sK78&feature=player_embedded