The Dedicated

       Some of the volunteers and some of the "employees" at the Center were students of veterinary nursing.  I was not aware that veterinary nursing actually is a college granted degree.  Maybe it's not in the U.S.  But it is in South Africa.

       Jeanette already is a veterinary nurse, and she has actually been employed at Moholoholo for a short time.  She had thought about opening her own practice in rescuing needy animals and came to Moholoholo to learn best practices.  She wound up getting hired, and she absolutely loves the job.  What animal lover WOULDN'T love the job?   

       Shortly after Jeantte started, a brand new baby lioness broke her rib somehow and the mother couldn't deal with it.  She abandoned both her cubs, and they were found and brought to the Rehab Center.  You know them as "baby LI-ons!!!!"  They are Jeanette's first baby lions, and I think one look at this photograph will tell you how she feels about THAT!

 

This, incidentally is the drawing I'm working on, obviously based partly on the above photo.  Man!  People are SO much harder to draw than animals!  I'm still trying to figure out a way to make Jeanette look less ghoulish.

Here is Cass, who is a part time employee and part time volunteer.  Her training is in some sort of  management, but she is a huge animal fan.  Especially cheetahs.  Though not so much as the guy who used to volunteer at Moholoholo.  I'm told he wanted to dye his hair with cheetah spots.  It was thought he had some cheetah "issues."

And this is Cindy, another young woman who hopes to become a veterinary assistant, with the eagle you've already met, Chicken.  Cindy would be perfect for such a position.  She is soft-spoken, kind, smart,and conscientious to a fault.   She thinks that her experience at Moholoholo will improve her chances of getting into a veterinary nursing program, and I hope she's right.

There were so many other amazing animal lovers at Moholoholo.  I didn't get pictures of them all, so won't try to introduce you to a wordy description.  I, however, was very fortunate to have met them.