• Education is a key objective of the sanctuary
• Involving school children from local schools and the broader community of the Western Cape; from advantaged and disadvantaged environments; from the rural towns and cities; is crucial for the future of the environment, wildlife and the planet.
•The municipal approved plans for the environmental education school camp will enable children to come and stay over for a camp, interact with nature (often a new experience for city children), assist in caring for and understanding wildlife through preparation of food, enrichment and observation, and have a positive influence on the environment through alien clearing. The key purpose will be to teach awareness and compassionate living – for the environment, animals and people.
• The education centre is open to the public, will empower all tourists and visitors to leave with enough insight and information to make a difference, and to become ambassadors for biodiversity and protection of habitats and species.
• Wild Rescue will open discussion and debate around the protection of habitats and corridors for wildlife with other organizations, farmers and the government.
• Local superstition still prevails with many people, throughout this area and the whole of South Africa, and this often impacts negatively on the wildlife.
• Killing of snakes, tortoises, antelope and frogs is done without consideration of any consequence. For example, mole rats (which cause damage to roads and crops and are generally hated), and mole rats’ main predators – snakes, are not seen as linked.
• Teaching by demonstration how nature balances herself in wondrous systems, is one way of teaching respect and an attitude of custodianship for wildlife.