HOEDSPRUIT, South Africa -- There are lots of animals inside fenced enclosures at Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, but the education in wildlife one gets here is very different from what one gets at a zoo. A few hours visiting with the very knowledgeable and dedicated staff and the animals they're fostering could convert anyone into a green crusader.
Brian Jones started Moholoholo 10 years ago, when the Pretoria businessman who owns Moholoholo Forest Camp asked him to set up a rehabilitation center for injured and abandoned wildlife there.
"I've been running animal hospitals all my life," exclaims Jones. His body bears testimony: A lion mauled one of his legs, and the other is currently broken, the work of a bush pig. "But we South Africans, we can take it," he laughs.