The African Fisherman Magazine Volume 24 # 3 | Page 10

Ayden Olivier aka 'Spiderman' taking much needed time off to read his favorite magazine! An interesting activity now on offer at Gache Gache Lodge on Kariba is clay pigeon shooting. Introduced we suspect to alleviate fishermen’s frustration! Dear Editor Pictured is a vundu I caught at Msuna on the Zambezi on the 20th of April 2013. I was fishing for bream with sadza at about 7am when the vundu took. As I was fishing off the bank and didn’t have a boat to follow it, it took me an hour to land. It was the best fight I have ever had and it was my first vundu. I didn’t have a scale to weigh it, so I just took pictures of the vundu and let it go. Regards Brett Endangered Pigmy Hippo Harry Photo credits: Cango Wildlife Reserve Recently, The Cango Wildlife Ranch in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa, welcomed a new little fresh-faced baby. Hilda and Herbert, their Pygmy hippopotamus pair had successfully mated and gifted the ranch with a beautiful 5.1kg healthy baby boy named Harry (after the Prince of Wales). With Hilda exhausted by the ordeal and not really able to provide enough milk, a decision was made to remove Harry and hand rear him. The Pygmy Hippopotamus' wild population is classified as critically endangered and there are fewer than 3000 left in the wild. They hail from West Africa, mainly confined to Liberia, with small numbers in the neighboring countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Ivory Coast. So for Cango Wildlife Ranch, from Oudtshoorn South Africa, to successfully breed another endangered species is a very proud moment for all involved. Harry was named after Prince Harry of Wales, for his true grit spirit, and for his love and passion for Africa and its wildlife. P a g e 10 Email [email protected], [email protected] V o l . 24 # 3