GOOD THINGS GUY - Recently the Jane Goodall Institute announced that they will be celebrating the inaugural Jane Goodall Day on the 3rd of April 2026, the date that would have been her 92nd birthday, inviting people worldwide to keep her legacy alive through positive local action. This commemorative day will be taking place annually, honouring the global nature conservation…
read moreWe left Riversdale travelling to Wild Rescue and looked for gravel roads again as usual. This time I took a wrong turn somehow and ended up travelling between farmlands which was great. It was a quiet dirt road with a few things of interest along the way, but when we finally arrived at Wild Rescue,…
read moreGEORGE NEWS - A group of five students raised R28 000 in three weeks for the Wild Rescue Sanctuary and Rehabilitation Centre in the Klipfontein Nature Reserve, between Still Bay and Riversdale. This was part of a fundraising project for their leadership management class at Inscape IEG Stellenbosch campus. They had to choose an organisation…
read moreSTILBAAI NEWS - A wildfire broke out earlier Wednesday afternoon, 9 March in the Wild Rescue reserve, next to a cottage at Klipfontein, Stilbaai. The cottage was subsequently destroyed by the fire. Garden Route District Municipality (GRDM) Fire Services was requested to assist with battling the blaze that also spiralled out of control. Aerial resources…
read moreSTILBAAI NUUS - Gill Simpson, stigter en uitvoerende direkteur van Wild Rescue, 'n skuilplek vir wilde diere by die Klipfontein Natuurreservaat is die spreker by U3A Stilbaai se maandelikse praatjie Maandag 31 Oktober om 09:30 in Die Waenhuis, Jagersbosch. Simpson is 'n senior skool onderwyser met 'n nagraadse graad in bemarking en het 'n suksesvolle…
read moreGill Simpson is die stigter en Uitvoerende Direkteur van Wild Rescue, ‘n skuilplek vir wilde diere by die Klipfontein Natuurreservaat noord van Stilbaai. Sy is ‘n senior skool onderwyser met ‘n nagraadse graad in Bemarking, en het ‘n suksesvolle loopbaan as senior strategis en media direkteur in die advertensie-wese gehad. Gill het ‘n passie vir…
read moreStep out in a peaceful Floral Kingdom of Wonders At Wild Rescue Wildlife Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, we had the pleasure of staying in a beautiful stone-walled thatched cottage built in the Cape style. We had the opportunity to walk along narrow trails through intriguing vegetation in the reserve, which is classified as a Critical…
read moreMy dear friend Annette Pienaar accompanied me to Wild Rescue Wildlife Sanctuary The seeds for the establishment of Wild Rescue were sown when the founder, Gill Simpson, visited the Barrydale baboon rehabilitation facility before it was tragically closed in 2012. In 2013 she became volunteer manager at the Jane Goodall Institute's Chimp Eden outside Nelspruit…
read moreWild Rescue is a place of love and a permanent home for animals that cannot be released in the wild. Between Still Bay and the small town of Riversdale (located on the N2 between Cape Town and George), you’ll find Wild Rescue, a wildlife sanctuary dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of wildlife (both flora…
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