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Wild Animal Orphans

About 8 miles north of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, is Marlice van Vuuren’s wildlife rehabilitation sanctuary. In partnership with the Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Foundation, founded by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, this fabulous reserve and sanctuary is where Marlice and her extraordinary family care for orphaned wild animals, which they one day hope to release back into the wild.

  • Preparing for the Big Release
    Thursday, November 28
    10:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    For their biggest release operation yet, Marlice and Rudie, with the help of others dart, collar and load seven cheetahs and one leopard all in one day.
  • The Big Release
    Thursday, December 5
    10:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    In their biggest operation of this kind yet Rudie and Marlice release seven cheetahs and a leopard in two separate areas of Namibia.

 

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  • Tooth Trouble and Game Count
    Thursday, November 21
    10:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Marlice and Rudie take a cheetah with a serious tooth condition to the vet and after the good rains that they have had it is time to do an aerial game count.
  • Cheetah Rescue
    Thursday, November 14
    10:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Three of the baby baboons are castrated, as Marlice doesn't want them to breed in captivity; and the next day she leaves for the northern part of Namibia to fetch two semi-tame cheetahs whose owner can't look after them any longer.
  • Operation Wild Dog
    Thursday, November 7
    10:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    A wild dog with a snakebite wound and a caracal with a broken leg need attention before Marlice checks in on two cheetahs that will soon be released back into the wild.
  • New Beginnings and Sad Endings
    Thursday, October 31
    10:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    After almost two days of tracking a suspected poacher is apprehended on a neighbouring farm, but matters turn for the worst when a snared cheetah is found dead.
  • New Born
    Thursday, October 24
    10:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    A year has gone by since our last episode and a lot has changed at Naankuse. We meet Nicklai, Rudie and Marlice's five month old son. Zacheo now goes to school in Windhoek by bus. Umbili and Shakira have grown quite a bit and were moved to a bigger enclosure, Marlice still feeds them daily before checking up on the wild dogs.
  • Big Cats and Baby Baboons
    Thursday, October 17
    10:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Umbili and Shakira, the two leopard cubs, have been moved out of Marlice's house and into their own enclosure and it's time for the baby baboons to be introduced to the juvenile troop.
  • The Big Relocate
    Thursday, October 10
    10:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Two male leopards and three lions have to swap enclosures – a dangerous exercise.
  • Cat Trouble
    Thursday, October 3
    10:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Marlice's day starts with the big and juvenile baboon troops, but a change in events take her to a neighbouring farm to rescue a trapped leopard.