We went with 18 other missionaries on a zone activity to an animal rescue shelter at a military base here in Gaborone. The military base rescues animals that are in danger for some reason, perhaps babies whose mothers have died.
We saw crocodile, hyena, lion, leopard, baboon, white lion, lion cubs, wild dog and snakes: puff adder, python, black mamba, cobra, and boomslag. The officer giving the tour had been bitten last year on his thumb by a puff adder and spent four days in the hospital and 6 months in treatment before her fully recovered. The missionaries got to handle a couple of non-venomous snakes.
The military educates military staff about the animals and gives tours to the general public and school children to help them learn how to live safely around the animals native to this area without harming them or being harmed by them.
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| Puff Adder |
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| Cobra |
The military will go to people's homes within a 20 kilometer radius around Gaborone to remove poisonous snakes.
The missionaries got to handle one of the baby cubs. The other one was not cooperative so the officer put him back and only the female cub was held.
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