Crocodile Farm

Monday 2 August 2010

We went to the Thaba Kwena Crocodile Farm and had alot of fun. Learned quite a bit about crocodiles while we were there. All the students did presentations about crocodiles, where I learned about evolution of crocodiles, their scientific names, who Piet and Battleaxe are, I was assigned to find out about Crocodile Ranching, who CITES is and threats to crocodiles in the wild and in captivity. Making the posters was also fun, explaining what we had learned while on our visit. Then just before we left we had to do a sort of welcoming for a guest as if we were tour guides there ourselves. For me, CITES is a fantastic initiative. CITES is the Convention for International Trade of Endangered Species. Formed in 1975 to limit trade on Endangered wildlife. Until I had to cover it, I didnt know CITES existed. I noted what was required to open and run a crocodile far, what conditions are necessary for crocodiles to thrive on a farm, and what can be done to prevent harm from other threats to the crocodiles. Overall it was an amazing, inciteful and very enjoyable trip.