animals

Animals find their way to Harnas for various reasons. List of all species

poblem animals

With the encroachment of urban areas, people are coming into contact with wild animals on a far more frequent basis. This inevitably produces a serious problem for both humans and animals. With livestock farming there are always risks involved. One of these is contact with large carnivores but also with smaller animals. These animals cause significant damage to the farmer and their livelihood. The farmer perceives this as a threat which should be dealt with decisively. Farmers resort by necessity to any means possible to rid themselves of these problem animals. The Namibian nature conservation is overburdened to help in every instances and this is where Harnas steps in to fill the void. Harnas provide advice, collects caught animals and stimulate positive solutions to the continuous problems between farmers and the wild animals of Namibia whenever possible.

injured animals

The unfortunate animals caught in pouching traps and other devices are usually hurt beyond their normal recovery state. Harnas is therefore unable to relocate these animals. Harnas receives a constant influx of hurt, malnourished, sick and abused animals. The medical care, assistance and love given to these animals on Harnas provide them with a chance to live when they would have died.

unwanted pets

The worst and most commonly found problems arise from people that try to domesticate wild animals to be house pets. This human want causes secondary problems like the deliberate killing of female animals to acquire her offspring. Animals are very adorable and playful when they are infants. They have not yet gained physical strength.

They mature at a rapid pace to become jealous, aggressive and protective by their instinctive nature. Their owners not being able to handle and understand these grown animals tend to use different means of treatment when dealing with them. This “treatment” usually involves the use of alcohol, drugs, and abuse towards these animal which leads to their death. These animals have lost their group structure, their intensive survival abilities and are thus dependent on man to survive. Harnas acts as a haven for these unwanted pets.

orphaned baby animals

These infant wild animals’ mothers suffer the deeds resulting from human hunters, poachers and road accidents. These babies, sometimes only a day old, are presented to Harnas for intensive around the clock care and attention. These wild animals become accustomed to humans and so are sometimes unable to live elsewhere or be released under normal circumstances. The main goal is to try and release these animals as part of the “Life Line” project once they have reached an age where they can start fending for themselves.

animals born on harnas

Even though preventative methods such as hormone implants and separation are implemented, pregnancies still occur from time to time and as a result animals have been born on the farm. Our goal is to also release these animals into the “Life Line” project.