A MULTIFACETED ECOLOGY VENTURE
A MULTIFACETED ECOLOGY VENTURE
In 2021, while celebrating 20 years of restoring, protecting and preserving the wild that is Zuka Private Game Reserve, Tara and Jessica created Getty Asterism.
By formalising the growing team, with their passion for the natural world and their extraordinary discoveries across the reserve, into a multifaceted ecology venture, Getty Asterism, our impact can evolve, ripple outwards and head into the future.
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BLACK RHINO
2004 saw the introduction of black rhino here in the then newly formed, Munywana Conservancy.
The Black Rhino Range Expansion Project (BRREP) was first created in 1993 to protect this endangered species which had neared extinction in the 1990s.
The strategy: to increase the numbers of black rhino by expanding the land available for their conservation to create new breeding populations.
Assessed for successful conservation practices and community relationships, the Munywana Conservancy was selected as the first private land in the country to receive black rhino in this historic initiative.
Since the introduction of the first 15 black rhino in 2004, the population has grown, allowing translocations to other conservation areas and breeding populations to grow!
#RhinoConservation
#BlackRhino
#wwf
#MunywanaConservancy
#ThisIsZuka
Nov 10
ICONS
Two African icons meet on the grassy plains here at Zuka.
Cheetah have a delicacy about them compared to their fellow African big cats, the lion and the leopard
Alongside a big tusker, their big cat status doesn’t seem to quite fit either!
#Cheetah
#Elephant
#AfricanSavanna
#BigTusker
#ThisIsZuka
Nov 3
TRANSLOCATIONS
Earlier on this year, as part of the @munywanaconservancy we translocated two adult elephant bulls to another reserve in South Africa, as part of the ongoing conservation management that supports genetic diversity and healthy elephant population dynamics between protected areas.
All conservation operations like this are supported by a matrix of hands and minds, partners and resources, through funding, logistics, and specialists such as wildlife vets; their collaboration and professionalism resulted in two elephant bulls moving safely across the country to install in their new home.
#Elephants
#AfricanWildlife
#WildlifeConservation
#SouthAfrica
#ThisIsZuka
Oct 21
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus pardus, is now not so shy to be seen here fifteen years after Dr Luke Hunter’s research project, that spanned ten years.
The outcomes of his studies catalysed changes in legislation around hunting permits, meaning numbers of this species stabilised, and improved as the leopard population also became safer outside of protected areas.
The leopard always inspires gasps followed by an awed silence from our guests, when this mystical creature appears out of nowhere.
#Leopard
#AfricanBigCats
#Pantheraparduspardus
#SafariSightings
#ThisIsZuka
Oct 19
ART IN NATURE
As the global art world gathers in London for Frieze, Zuka offers offers golden light and space for some of Dylan Lewis’s series of big cat sculptures.
The South African sculptor created life size pieces in bronze from years of time in the bush and close observation, drawing from life and detailed anatomical study.
His understanding of the structures beneath the skin gives an energy and expression to nuanced movements and primal behaviors of the big cats.
Here, at Zuka, a typical cheetah poise is captured and held in stillness. Gallery lighting - care of the sun!
#Art
#Sculpture
#DylanLewis
#BigCats
#ThisIsZuka
Oct 16
KEEPING IT CASUAL
A white rhino and a lion pride encounter each other…
#Respectful
#Lowkey
#WhiteRhino
#LionPride
#ThisIsZuka
Oct 13
7 WONDERS!
Celebrating World Habitat Day today🌱
Here at Zuka and through our wider @munywanaconservancy we are fortunate to live and move through 7 distinct habitats and ecosystems which in turn support biodiversity that is rich and mesmerising.
Our 7 wonders are:
🍃Sand Forest: An ancient, endangered specialised type of subtropical woodland found almost nowhere else in Africa.
🌱Zululand Thicket: Dense, thorny vegetation that provides optimal cover for leopards and shy antelope.
🌿Woodland Savanna: Open grassy plains with scattered acacia and marula trees trees.
💦Floodplain Grasslands: Seasonal wetlands which run into the local Mzinene River system.
💧Wetlands and Marshes: Where water is naturally retained in small ponds, called pans, as well as marsh.
Mountain Bushveld: Rocky outcrops and elevations, home to rare and endemic flora.
🌳Coastal Dune Forest: Dense forest with a thick canopy creating micro-climates and thrives on older stabilised sand dunes - the highest in the world!
🌊And then the stunning Indian Ocean is revealed!🌍
#WorldHabitatDay
#Land
#Ocean
#RareForests
#ThisIsZuka
Oct 5
PREDATOR
Predator ˈprɛdətə
An organism in nature that survives by feeding on other living organisms known as prey.
Living at the top of the food chain here on Zuka.
#WildDogs
#Lions
#Hyenas
#Leopard
#ThisIsZuka
Oct 3
