Category Archives: Save Valley Conservancy

Clive Stockil – winner of the Tusk Trust Prince William Award …..

Posted on September 16, 2013 by wineandwilddogs

Clive Stockil is the proud winner of the Tusk Trust Prince William Award for a Lifetime dedication to Conservation! We are in the wilderness of Zimbabwe! please keep visiting this post as we travel through the wild areas of Gonarezhou, … Continue reading →

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The Tusk Conservation Awards 2013

Posted on September 6, 2013 by wineandwilddogs

The Tusk Conservation Awards, developed by Tusk Trust in partnership with Investec Asset Management, aim to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievement in the field of African conservation. http://www.tuskawards.com/ We are honoured that Clive Stockil, long time champion of wildlife and communities in … Continue reading →

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Arthur Barrie 80th birthday 30th April 2011

Posted on April 26, 2013 by wineandwilddogs

Since Dad’s 80th birthday, time has flown so fast that it seems as if it was just yesterday that we gathered at 214 Brooke Drive, to give dad a huge surprise… and to celebrate his special day with him. Dad … Continue reading →

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A Story of Survival against the odds……………..

Posted on February 26, 2013 by wineandwilddogs

Eclipse was a young wild dog within our Mambira Pack on Senuko, whom I got to know personally, naming her so because of a beautiful full-moon, eclipse-shaped mark on her left side….. At the beginning of this year, 2013, I … Continue reading →

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Stripe-bellied Sand Snake makes a meal of an unfortunate Foam Nest Frog

Posted on February 26, 2013 by wineandwilddogs

John and Nadine’s little daughter Kiera, who lives with them at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, is endlessly entranced by all moving creatures, and has a favourite Sand Snake that she sees regularly when she potters around with the Chilo gardeners……. … Continue reading →

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Our Wild dog, “Claw”

Posted on February 1, 2013 by wineandwilddogs

This gorgeous photo is of “Claw” -a young African wild dog who had her first litter of pups in 2011 in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, where we have a population of over 100 Painted Dogs. Claw ‘s pack this … Continue reading →

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Slow cooked “Duck Afrique ” in the African bush……….

Posted on January 27, 2013 by wineandwilddogs

“Roast Duck Afrique” Rules of procurement: Buy green peppers, onions and oranges from the local market ladies, who need to send their children to school. These sun-ripened vegetables taste much better than supermarket varities anyway…… Grow every kind of chilli … Continue reading →

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no baths in paradise……

Posted on January 24, 2013 by wineandwilddogs

What a paradise we live in, here at Senuko in the Save Valley Conservancy. Hyenas and lions have been regularly calling all night-I have Kelli with me in the bush and we drove home from a bush dinner a few … Continue reading →

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Christmas day and Wild dogs….

Posted on December 27, 2012 by wineandwilddogs

Woke up early Christmas morning and sat on our verandah, listening to the Woodland kingfishers. Suddenly there they were, 11 wild dogs trotting rapidly towards our waterhole, staring cautiously up at us as we sat, breathless, coffee cups poised. Relaxing, … Continue reading →

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allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Chiefs Sign Save Valley Partnership Pact

Posted on November 2, 2012 by wineandwilddogs

  allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Chiefs Sign Save Valley Partnership Pact. CLIVE STOCKIL, conservationist and partner in the Save Valley Conservancy, says: This is the first step down a long road. Hopefully this will open up new opportunities to develop meaningful and … Continue reading →

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