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Okonjima means “place of baboons” in Herero which is one of the local languages and it lies almost half way between Windhoek, the capital city and Etosha National Park. We had known nothing about... more

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    5 Stars What's new Africat? Review with images 17/06/2010
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    Advantages Advantages A wonderful charity that is doing so much to save these beautiful creatures

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Just a shame that it has to exist at all

    Okonjima means “place of baboons” in Herero which is one of the local languages and it lies almost half way between Windhoek, the capital city and Etosha National Park. We had known nothing about this place until reading about it while we were in Namibia. We discovered that it was the home of the AfriCat foundation which was responsible for rescuing about 1000 wild African cats 86% of which have been released back into the wild. The organisation was founded as an official non-profit organisation in 1993. This was a family run business started by and still owned by the Hanssen family who ... more

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