Volunteering at a lion park in South Africa
One of the great things about working for Esendex is that the company encourages employees to do volunteering and charity work, allowing them to take extra days off work.
Katherine, our Management Accountant runs a Junior Guides pack in her spare time. Recently, they’ve been learning about animals, so when the opportunity arose for her to volunteer at a lion park near to Johannesburg in South Africa, she rushed to pack her rucksack. As well as being a great experience, it was perfect for her to bring back first hand information.
Katherine’s had an incredible experience (and she only came back to the office with a few lion bites!). Check out what she got up to below.
My first job was to clear up the lion cub enclosures each day before the public came in. The cubs were between 1 and 6 months old, but not as tiny as I was expecting! I also had to teach the cubs not to bite or scratch the public when they came into the enclosure to pet them.
My other duties involved preparing the food for the other animals. These include, hyenas, wild dogs, jackals, aardwolf, lions, cheetahs, giraffe, meerkats, porcupines and many more. I also had to go and collect termites from their mounds to feed the aardwolf and meerkats as a treat. (more…)