00:01you are the best you are the best no wonder everyone loves you
00:10hey everyone subscribers members pride leaders and those of you who are new to
00:17the channel welcome today's video is basically going to be 2025 in review
00:242025 what can i say it was a challenging year yeah a year that flew by many highs but equally
00:33as many lows we lost a few friends along the way so yeah guys today's video is a selection of
00:41those
00:41memories those that are near and dear to me unfortunately can't fit them all in because
00:46there were so many but i hope you enjoy the ones that i've picked for you so all the all
00:53the best
00:53and enjoy today's video promising that they both have seen the van and they are moving towards the van
01:02very promising the race to get in i don't think i'm gonna get the key done in time
01:14oh my girlie okay back back back back back
01:22hello my girl hello my girl hello hello my sweetie pa
01:31yeah everyone slowed down in their old age but you still are so loving yes she's still loving my
01:39little girl my little baby you know that hey meggy okay how are you buddy how's it my boy come
01:48yeah okay guys so
01:51what is this exciting news i have and yeah i'm very happy to announce uh super proud to announce that
02:00uh we have a short film coming up uh starring both myself and the marvelous bobcat um
02:13and the film is called the last lion um it's a short film that explores the possibility
02:19of these magnificent animals going extinct
02:27i still hold hope and regrow as you sleep i watch over you and pray
02:32that the next today brings with her grace with me
02:41if the last lion could speak what i think he would say is what's wrong with you people the world
02:49was
02:50absolutely imbalance and then you came along and you messed it up fundamentally
02:58if we take any animal out of the ecosystem it has an impact the only animal that if we take
03:08out of the
03:09ecosystem the ecosystem will thrive is humans
03:32it has an impact the only animal out of the ecosystem will thrive is it going to change in my
03:36lifetime i have seen a
03:40change of heart in the way the youth react to wildlife and animals
03:55how bright must i make my sun till you see that only your future burns if you burn me but
04:02still i have hope
04:07look at nej paws in the water doesn't really care here he comes this is amazing beautiful footage
04:24so
04:33uh
04:47Oh my hat! Did you see that? I mean he's cuckoo! Poor old Nege! Wow! Fun, well not in the
04:58sun but in the grass
05:04Hello my boy! Hello my boy! Hello my boy! Yeah he came to show some love. We have Jabari doing
05:23her roly-polies. We have Indy, Thorey, Negey. Okay Loli is still causing trouble with the
05:33hyenas but Charlie is just behind those bushes there. So that's everyone. Happy as Larry.
05:53Happy as Larry.
05:57Bye bye!
05:59Bye bye.
06:29hello monster you can't bulldoze me like that my boy you've become such a
06:35bulldozer hey you two are such bulldozers yes my boy oh yeah come let's go come come boys come boy
06:50what are you doing i'm in a lion sandwich here come come ah come georgie come
06:55no time for mucking around mind the fence come let's go he's done nutters
07:05oh yeah yeah yeah yeah come let's go
08:02yesterday yum you're a crazy
08:05cat no man no you're mad
08:12nah nicely
08:22oh my goodness george is digging
08:27hard to be
08:44these cats are mad
08:50oh my goodness mad but it's fun trying to get the other camera on
09:13oh man i'm touching on the water here guys
09:26so
09:31so
09:32so
09:32Let's go.
10:02Let's go.
10:32Let's go.
11:02Let's just keep the higher ground here.
11:05All those two crazy cats just run through the water like it's nothing.
11:12It is so wet.
11:15But he's having fun.
11:19Let's see if we can keep up with them.
11:34There's no way I can get through here.
11:36I'm going to have to go around.
11:39I'm already drenched.
11:47Come on boys.
11:50Let's go.
11:51Let's go.
12:04Let's go.
12:05Let's go.
12:26Let's go.
12:28Slowly.
12:30George.
12:40Come on.
12:42Let's go.
13:05Let's go.
13:11Let's go.
13:26Let's go.
13:28Let's go.
13:52You are soaking my boy.
14:20Let's go.
14:23Let's go.
14:31Stop it you two.
14:34You are crazy.
14:35No.
14:36Stop it.
14:41This water has made you two nuts.
14:45It's tired.
14:52It's tired.
15:05Biting his tail.
15:07You horrible thing.
15:10Did you enjoy the walk?
15:11Hey.
15:13Bobcat.
15:15Hello my boy.
15:20Did you enjoy your walk?
15:22Hmm.
15:25Yeah.
15:26It was a nice walk.
15:28I thoroughly enjoyed it today.
15:30You know that.
15:39After the walk, we can just take our time waiting for our ride.
15:45I can check all his claws.
15:48He's a lot more chilled.
15:50You can feel.
15:52Just give him a good thorough looking over.
15:58Making sure that he's in tip-top health.
16:01Besides his back area that we are going to be sorting out with one of Peter's magical routines or regimes.
16:12Hey.
16:13We're going to make all of that so much better for you my boy.
16:18Hey.
16:20You are the best.
16:21You are the best.
16:22No wonder everyone loves you.
16:24Everyone loves Bobcat.
16:27Who doesn't love Bobcat?
16:29Hey.
16:29I think the hyenas don't love Bobcat.
16:33Everyone else does.
16:35All right.
16:37Gabby.
16:39Gabalicious.
16:41Hey.
16:42What are you doing?
16:45One of my favourite pastimes is after having walked with these beautiful guys and then just
16:56chilling with them.
16:57It's really awesome and normally in silence.
17:00So I'm going to just zip the lip and enjoy the moment.
17:19Hello my boy.
17:21Hello my boy.
17:25I'm angry.
17:26I'm actually shaking.
17:29I'm happy.
17:33I'm happy.
17:35I'm happy.
17:36Hello guys.
17:37Oh.
17:38Where are we going?
17:42Wow.
17:54What a stunning morning to go for a walk with these two beautiful souls.
18:00really the weather is absolutely perfect well good morning guys good morning good morning good
18:06morning we are out and about on an enrichment walk with Vyessi and Ginny who many of you will know
18:14coming up 16 years of age in fact I think they are 16 years of age so getting on in
18:22terms of
18:23lion ages and yeah both both are doing well Ginny's full of beans as always running ahead and Vyessi
18:36is on a Vyessi mission but today guys today's video is going to be a little different I
18:43I was going to talk on a different topic but then driving in here today I got a message a
18:55message
18:55from a guy who my foundation is associated with it it's a guy named Derek Derek van der Merwe those
19:07of
19:07you who follow me will probably recognize the name and he's head of the carnivore conservation program
19:14at the EWT the Endangered Wildlife Trust so guys this this is very important this topic
19:21and I was thinking yeah here I am going on a walk with Vyessi and Ginny and they live a
19:29pretty
19:29sheltered protected safe life and there's always this conflict in my in my mind about you know the
19:39fact that they live a life that's safe versus the fact that they should actually be roaming the wilderness
19:49yep they should be roaming the wilderness Vyessi should be in a perfect world with the pride
19:57of lionesses who would typically have cubs maybe Vyessi would have a coalition
20:05brother or friend that he you know had tenure over the pride with there she goes
20:15nice I need to come back and get a a print of that but um yeah so there's that conflict
20:23guys about
20:24the fact that these lions should be roaming free and wild versus the fact that they actually live a
20:30a sheltered comfortable life here in captivity and it obviously my take on it is I'd prefer to see them
20:38out about in the wild but and this is what brings me to the point of discussion today is I
20:46received this
20:46call just um well this message rather telling us about some more lions that had been slaughtered
20:54up in the greater Kruger National Park area and then some really gruesome pictures followed
21:04it just makes me super super angry and incensed and I thought let me take this opportunity I know how
21:10passionate you guys are about by Etsy and Ginny um yeah I really consider them lucky ones uh but
21:20we need to do more I felt so I pivoted and I'm gonna you know kind of go off piste
21:30here and
21:32you know just raise a few topics and talk about this whole issue that's facing
21:37lions and other animals in the greater Kruger National Park which is basically our you know flagship
21:44natural wilderness area here in South Africa it's considered to be uh you know almost
21:52in inverted commas completely natural system but currently uh yeah there is a upsurge in poaching yeah boy
22:04yeah yeah yeah oh there's an upsurge in poaching guys and uh it's really decimating animals over in the
22:13in the the the the northern parts of the park um and it's it's a it's a horrible thing it's
22:22a horrible
22:22death we'll get into it um it's this whole snare poaching that's going on it's running rampant it's it's
22:29it's a scourge um angry i'm i'm actually shaking
22:38oh
23:01hi guys so today we're going to be saying goodbye to a true warrior that lived here at the sanctuary
23:09Bongani and for almost 22 years he carried himself with strength with courage and he had such a gentle
23:21spirit from overcoming near death uh near death battles to standing tall and roaring down to
23:30like literally his last breath he embodied resilience uh he embodied grace Bongani was just an absolute
23:39fighter and uh this tribute is a celebration of his life um it's a celebration of the the fight that
23:46he had
23:47and it's a celebration of the love that he gave us all it's hot my boy yeah very hot
24:21oh he's very tired okay
24:27it's been such a good uh uh not no claws buddy oh his favorite his favorite warthog burrows
24:39crazy what you doing today right good morning everyone uh today we're going to be taking
24:46Karn out for a well-deserved enrichment walk if Duke wants to come along for the ride he's more than
24:53welcome
24:53um as many of you will know Duke is not fond of moving about so we respect that
25:00and we just leave him be um Karn you ready cool and as always i have George
25:09Magic George and he's here with me to help me um as ever i do need help and um yeah
25:19there's no one better
25:20equipped to do it than old George okay hello boy
25:29have you been naughty have you been naughty yeah you've been naughty i can see you've been naughty
25:35chewing the fence he's a fence chewer and you mister are you not coming today eh no you know it's
25:46happening
25:51where are you going where are you going are you coming are you coming are you coming oh you don't
26:01want to come hey you don't want to come you don't want to come i think you're gonna have to
26:08chuck him a
26:09piece there Georgie he's eager beaver to go today and as you can see Duke not interested
26:23okay so Duke's interested in food but not in traveling come Connie
26:31oh and then I think I'll travel in the back with Karn George I'll travel in the back with him
26:37here we go
26:42and luck that is in nicely
26:56come come guys yeah yeah
27:09yeah
27:14like the Pied Piper
27:19yeah
27:29yeah
27:30yeah
27:38Magui
27:40oolah
27:40Ohía
27:41Maigui
27:42Maigui
27:48ohía
27:54O nossoía
27:59Mande
28:00forfor
28:00a
28:27You are working better, my boy.
28:30You are working better, my boy.
29:00Yes, yes, yes, yes.
29:03Yes.
29:13Yes.
29:18Yes.
29:19Yes.
29:22Yes.
29:23Iki.
29:25Iki.
29:27Iki.
29:28Come, come, come.
29:30Let's go.
29:32Come! Come, George! Come!
29:37Come!
29:55Maggie, come!
30:01Yeah
30:13Alright guys, so how was that? I hope you enjoyed today's video
30:17Thanks as always for the support during 2025
30:22Sadly we had to say goodbye to a few of our furry friends
30:25Like Sudra and Bongani
30:27But that is par for the course as the animals are getting on in age
30:33But guys, 2026
30:35I'm looking really forward to it
30:37There's some many exciting things on the horizon
30:40Including a new project that I'm working on
30:43And if you're interested in how you can support my work further
30:47Then please do go and look at the memberships
30:49Because not only does memberships allow you to have access to special videos
30:57Made exclusively for you
30:59But it also allows you to be part of that community
31:03Really, really well worth it
31:05And the memberships also goes towards supporting the work that we do here at the Sanctuary
31:11And of course, my foundation
31:13So, go and check it out
31:15And all that's left to say
31:17Is here's wishing you a healthy and prosperous new year
31:21All the best for 2026
31:23Here is to wonderful things ahead
31:25Cheers
31:35Cheers
31:37Cheers
