In early December, a male bat weighing just 1 gram arrived at Cango Wildlife after being attacked by a cat and brought in by a concerned member of the public. At that weight, he fit easily into the palm of a hand. Fragile. Silent. Fighting for survival long before he reached our care. Whenever wildlife has contact with a cat, immediate veterinary care is essential. Cat saliva carries bacteria that can be...
conserve. care. CONNECT.
Our motto: CONSERVE. CARE. CONNECT.
We aim to
CONSERVE:
By selectively breeding with endangered species, we aim to conserve a whole species for future generations.
CARE:
To ensure we can conserve, we have to give optimal care to our various animals. We also need to care about educating public of various ages, cultures and races - because if we can help positively change the way people behave, we are already part of the greater solution. Caring for our visitors enables us to also ensure service excellence in all aspects of our facility.
CONNECT:
A person disconnected from nature, will not fight to save it. We aim to bring people and nature, with the focus on animals, back together again. Our well-being is directly linked to our 'connectedness', and if we lose this with animals, we might lose a race altogether.
Further Reading
On the first of February, Monique and Rouan Engelbrecht chose to celebrate one of life’s most meaningful milestones in a way that reflected their values. They hosted a conservation conscious gender reveal at Cango Wildlife.
At Cango Wildlife, conservation isn’t something we only talk about; it’s something we’re constantly trying to refine, improve, and live out in practical ways. That includes looking inward: examining how we manage our own environmental footprint, how we treat and restore the land we steward, and how we align our practices with the bigger global sustainability framework - from South Africa’s climate goals to the guiding principles of UN-aligned sustainability and the...
















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