Muffin. The first orphan we ever received when we formed the Care Centre.

His mother was shot and Muffin had an injury on his chest where the bullet just scraped him.

Muffin & Rosa (on the left).

The troop Rosa was in was poisoned and Rosa was the only survivor.

Sam - the youngest orphan we ever received - he was only 4 hours old when we got him.

Sam's mother had been trapped and eaten. Sam was being taken to the beach to be sold as a pet when a farmers wife found out and confiscated him. She called the Hamptons to take him in and care for him.

Kim.

She was kept as a baby by a family until she became a problem, then she was sent to The Hamptons.

Ollie the Otter

Our only otter who was released back into the wild.

Harvey the Hadeda Ibis.

He was released into the wild when he could look after himself.

Angel.

Her mother was stoned to death then Angel was stoned as well. She died not long after we got her to the Centre.

Willie the pigeon.

He had a broken wing when we got him. Note the strapping to keep it together.

This was Willie the pigeon on the day we released him.

Trudy - her leg was broken by a catapult. It was pinned by the vet. The wound on her thigh is where he fixed it.

Trudy just before she was sent to the rehabilitation centre.

This Fish Eagle was found on the road being attacked by Crows.

It was discovered that he had Bumblefoot which meant he couldn't use his talons to grip with. He was treated and released again after 3 months.

Nelson. He was jumping around in the trees when he misjudged a jump and landed on a concrete surface.

He suffered bruising around his eyes and was concussed. Our vet asked us if we would take him and give him about two weeks to see if he recovered. We agreed and he was kept in an open air cage and Jan fed him by hand.

Maggie. She had been involved when her troop were in a fight with a dog.

As you can see, her back was ripped open from the back of her neck nearly to her tail. The wound was cleaned and stitched up and she was placed under an infra-red lamp to assist healing. She had to be monitored closely to keep flies from laying eggs in her wound. Jan was carrying her one day when she went to feed Nelson.

Nelson and Maggie.

When Jan was feeding Nelson, he made a noise. Maggie answered him and he held his hand out to her. She got into the cage with him. Until he recovered part of his sight, she helped him to feed and in return, he kept the flies away from her wound. They both went to the Vervet Monkey Foundation and were integrated into a troop.

Tommy was discovered the day after a "traditional hunt" near Port Edward on the KZN South Coast.

When a local farmer was helping to clear up the day after the hunt, he found Tommy still clinging to his mother. He was rushed to Jan who took him to the vet. It was decided to repair his face but every time the vet tried to work on him, he cried and struggled. Jan asked the vet if she could hold him, so she held Tommy close to her chest and spoke gently into his ear. He calmed down immediately and the vet was able to work on him without anaesthetic.

This is Tommy three weeks after his face was repaired.

Because of the damage, the left side of his face was permanently pulled up, giving him a twisted mouth.

Heather. This fruit bat was found hanging by one wing on a barbed wire fence.

The membrane between her "fingers" had been ripped. Jan cut off the dead part and used "Super glue" to join the loose membrane back onto her "fingers". She was subsequently released back into the wild near where she was found.

Dorcus. Jan was asked by a local farmer if we would "foster" a baby goat.

When we collected him, we were told that he was one of twins and the other one had died. Dorcus had a cleft palate and his chances of survival were not good. He was fed with a bottle which had a calf teat on it to make him suck and swallow the milk instead of it just running into his mouth. He eventually learned to eat solids as well and he just grew and grew. It was comical to see him sneeze sometimes and a bit of twig come flying out of his nose.

This was Dorcus just before he left to live on a Game Reserve.

The people who took Dorcus in, take visitors around the Reserve and Dorcus likes nothing better than to accompany them on their walks.

Max is a Reed Buck fawn who was found in a sugar cane field when they were burning the cane.

His mother had been frightened away by the fires and just left him. He was brought to the Hamptons where he was kept quiet and had an infra-red lamp and heating pad to keep him warm.