WELCOME INTERNATIONAL MEERKAT / SURICATE CONSERVATION FRIENDLY SUPPORTERS AND MEERKAT VETERANS!!
Watch Wild meerkats / suricates in Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa on your Tour. Watched meerkat manor and other meerkat / suricate films? Now see the real wild meerkat / suricate here!
Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man welcomes you! You are visiting The Wild Web Site of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project
Your Wildlife Friendly Information Portal ...
Wildlife Conservation Through Education! Learn how to Observe and Conserve Wild and Free meerkats / suricates and their habitat!
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and The Meerkat Magic Valley is proudly located around Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa - guests can now stay with us at our Research base on site - The Meerkat Mansion!
THE MEERKAT MAGIC MALL MEERKAT MERCHANDISE SHOP - BUY A MEERKAT / SURICATE THEMED GIFT THAT SUPPORTS WILD AND FREE MEERKAT / SURICATE CONSERVATION SINCE 1993 WITH THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT - MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS - MEERKAT ADVENTURES OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA!
THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT - MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS - MEERKAT ADVENTURES OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA- ENJOY A MEERKAT ADVENTURE AND EXPERIENCE WILD AND FREE MEERKAT MAGIC WITH GRANT M. MC ILRATH - A.K.A - THE MEERKAT MAN - A PROFESSIONAL CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST AND INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED WILDLIFE RESEARCHER / WILDLIFE PROTECTOR - INVOLVED WITH MEERKAT / SURICATE FILMS WITH THE BBC, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, DISCOVERY CHANNEL AND MANY MORE SINCE 1993!
VISITORS ARE WELCOME TO STAY AT OUR PRIVATE (GUESTS ONLY) RESEARCH BASE ACCOMMODATION WITH EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO OUR NEIGHBOURING PRIVATE GAME RESERVE STUDY SITE - THE MEERKAT MANSION AROUND OUTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA.
**** BOOKING DETAILS HERE ****
SEND A TOUR BOOKING REQUEST FORM BELOW:
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** BE A WILDLIFE PROTECTOR WITH US - THE WILD AND FREE MEERKAT CAUSE NEEDS YOU **
Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - Meerkat Adventures has been a professional WILDLIFE PROTECTOR since 1993!
Please join us as a WILDLIFE PROTECTOR and our Wild and Free meerkat / suricate conservation cause with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - Meerkat Adventures Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa press here to go to the Facebook Cause page.
Exclusive meerkat / suricate tracking Afternoon Sunset visits are running again in 2010 onwards with advanced bookings with very limited spaces - four people maximum!
TOUR BOOKING LINKS HERE:
To go to the Tour booking forms press here.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS - COPY-KATS!
THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT IS THE WORLD'S ONLY WILD MEERKAT / MEERKATS / SURICATE / SURICATES CONSERVATION PROJECT LOCATED AROUND OUDTSHOORN, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA AND HAS BEEN WORKING WITH WILD AND FREE MEERKATS / SURICATES FULL TIME IN THE FIELD SINCE 1993! WE OFFER UNIQUE IN THE WORLD MEERKAT / SURICATE ADVENTURES!
Enjoy Meerkat Adventures with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project around Oudtshoorn, Western Cape South Africa with Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man.
There are No Fed, No handled, No Tame, No marked, No Captured or experimented with animals here!
Please do watch out for anybody claiming to be working with us and with Wild meerkats when they are actually not qualified conservationists or researchers and are feeding and handling tame meerkats instead...If in doubt please DO ask if they are qualified conservationists and internationally published wildlife researchers and how many years they have been actually researching wild meerkats for to find out more about the above statement's truth...Only Grant M.Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man offers visits to Wild and Free meerkats with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project.
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Grant M.Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man invites all International Meerkat Friendly Supporters to be listed as his friend on his Facebook page - many updates are posted there often. To join as a friend simply follow the Facebook link that follows and search for the following names: Grant M. Mc Ilrath OR The Meerkat Man. Press here to to go to Facebook and the name search.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project values your interest and asks you to please help support this Wildlife Research and Conservation Project by sharing our work with another Meerkat Conservation Friendly Supporter - to do this press here.
The above meerkat / suricate image is of the world famous Wild and Free Jabulani Ungulungu from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley in Oudtshoorn Western Cape of South Africa!
HOW TO KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT NEWS, SUBSCRIBE HERE TO RECEIVE THE FREE PERIODIC NEWSLETTER:
Please also remember when you read articles you can send them to a friend. In addition you can subscribe to The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project newsletter, which is free and will notify you of the latest wildlife news! To subscribe to this newsletter press here.
**** YOUR VALUED OPINION IS REQUESTED REGARDING THE MEERKAT / SURICATE PET TRADE - PLEASE CAST YOUR ANONYMOUS VOTE ON THE CURRENT SURVEY - YOUR VOTE CAN HELP TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE **** PRESS HERE PLEASE
IT IS ILLEGAL to keep meerkats / suricates as pets in South Africa, with large associated fines as they are classified as wildlife, sadly many ignorant people are still doing this - and when the demand is there so is the supply - YOUR VOTE CAN HELP PUT A STOP TO THIS TRAGIC TRADE!
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project does not support the unsustainable and harmful commercial trade of wild meerkats / suricates. Or capturing of wild meerkats / suricates for pets. None of the WILD AND FREE study animals at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project have ever been fed, captured or handled or experimented with in any way.
To find out how to Adopt / Sponsor Wild and Free meerkats / suricates (we do not have tame or captive animals here!) You can help to conserve them in the wild in their natural habitat in The Meerkat Magic Valley with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project around Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa.
To find out how to do this Press Here.
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TO GO TO THE MAIN MEERKAT MAGIC VIDEO / FILM DIARIES CHANNEL FOR ALL THE CURRENT EPISODES AND TO SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPLOADS AS SOON AS THEY GO LIVE - YOU CAN VISIT THE DIRECTOR CHANNEL OF GRANT M. MC ILRATH - A.K.A - THE MEERKAT MAN AT THIS LINK:
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EXCITING LIMITED ASSISTANT WILDLIFE RESEARCH POSITIONS NOW AVAILABLE! GAIN UNIQUE EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD WORKING WITH WILD MEERKATS / SURICATES AND VARIOUS SECRETIVE WILDLIFE WITH THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT AROUND OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE OF SOUTH AFRICA AT OUR PRIVATE RESEARCH HOME BASE A.K.A - MEERKAT MANSION - FOR MORE INFORMATION PRESS THE LINK HERE
IKKOS ESTATE AND SANCTUARY / MEERKAT MANSION SELF CATERING AND CAMPING GROUND ACCOMMODATION AND RESEARCH BASE OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA
THE MEERKAT MANSION RESEARCH BASE NOW OFFERS LIMITED SELF CATERING ACCOMMODATION AND CAMPING ON OUR PROPERTY IN OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA - WHEN YOU VIST WILD AND FREE MEERKATS / SURICATES AND THE IKKOS EQUINE SANCTUARY AND ANIMAL HAVEN PETTING FARM - YOU CAN STAY WITH US!
Accommodation that helps to fund previously abused or injured animals and their care by Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting Farm Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa AND all the wildlife conservation and self funded behavioral research run by The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project!
We offer self catering accommodation (very limited spaces but camping is also available) at The Meerkat Mansion (previously closed to the public and only open to research assistants) and Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting Farm Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa: press here.
IKKOS ESTATE AND EQUINE SANCTUARY / MEERKAT MANSION (THE MEERKAT MAN AND MEERKAT LADY OWN THIS STUDY SITE AND WORKING FARM WHICH IS ALSO AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED EQUINE SANCTUARY AND ANIMAL HAVEN PETTING FARM AND HOME TO THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT RESEARCH BASE. THERE ARE VERY LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE FOR SELECT GUESTS AT OUR SELF CATERING ESTABLISHMENT.
ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES: To find out how you can help with Conservation Fund Raising for Wild and Free meerkats / suricates in The Meerkat Magic Valley of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa Please press the article link here!
***** The Meerkat Magic Meerkat / Suricate Video Diaries Episodes *****
This is an online Scientific Database, Media Album and Article Archive, and diary of events, it is deliberately HUGE...This is Conservation Through Education - open source research- our work is open to the public to read about for those who wish to spend the time...DIGGING through the information...we are researchers here after all!
Please visit the hyperlinks and use the search engine on the top right hand side of The Wild Web Site and simply replace the text with your search - "Search this Burrow!" - you can press any top banner to go to the Current Wildlife Tours Information...There are article archives and the most recent articles are also listed for easy access.
We hope you enjoy your visit with us.
Amazing snow covered peaks of The Great Black Mountain Range - Swartberg in the distance behind special guests - meerkat veterans watching wild meerkats / suricates from The Ungulungu meerkat / suricate group on their unique in the world tour at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa.
Amazing snow covered peaks of The Great Black Mountain Range - Swartberg in the distance behind special guests - meerkat veterans watching wild meerkats / suricates from The Ungulungu meerkat / suricate group on their unique in the world tour at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa.
To learn more about Grant M. Mc Ilrath- A.K.A - The Meerkat Man and the amazing world of Wild meerkats / suricates for a morning Sunrise or afternoon Sunset Tour (when available), you can now experience "Your very own unedited wildlife documentary, and Walk With Wildlife in their natural environment!”, please contact him at: (an SMS - mobile text is the best method, or an e-mail - it may take a few days to answer as hundreds are received and each is answered personally by Grant between field work) Tel: +27 (0) 44 272 3077 / Cell: (SMS +27 (0) 82 413 6895) or e-mail Grant at: or you can simply press here to send an addressed e-mail to gmmcilrath@mweb.co.za
Special guests - meerkat veterans watching wild meerkats / suricates from The Ungulungu meerkat / suricate group on their unique in the world tour at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project brings thousands of people from around the world together to experience The Meerkat Magic and harmony of sharing space with wildlife in The Meerkat Magic Valley of Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa.
Thank you to all our International Meerkat Friendly Supporters - Meerkat Veterans - Meerkat Veterans have done the walk, they can talk the talk! Elite Meerkat Veterans are regular visitors to The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and The Meerkat Magic Valley. Without your help and support over the years The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project could not survive! Our visitors galleries are a visual list of our special guests watching Wild meerkats / meerkat / suricates / suricate at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa.
You may have watched many meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates films over the years, including Meerkat Manor, but imagine watching and walking with Wild meerkats / suricates- like your very own unedited personalised wildlife documentary like Tour? Become a Meerkat Veteran, or even an Elite Meerkat Veteran.
Watch meerkats, watch suricates, visit meerkats, visit suricates at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Oudtshoorn, Western Cape South Africa today!!!
I love you Everlastingly My WIFE Laura Jane Mc Ilrath (Maiden name Laura Jane Seymour) - MY Meerkat Lady, my inspiration! From YOUR HUSBAND Grant M.Mc Ilrath - The Meerkat Man!
Laura Jane Seymour The Meerkat Lady and member of The Meerkat Magic Project Team with The Ungulungu Meerkats / Meerkat / Suricate / Suricates members of The Shy 5 at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley near The Meerkat Mansion around Oudtshoorn Western Cape of South Africa.
EQUINE TOUR INFORMATION BELOW
* This is not a meerkat / suricate tour *
Horse Riding and Equine Therapy Attractions and Activities in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa
Ikkos eco horse riding trails and tours.
An outstanding equestrian experience, run by Laura Jane Mc Ilrath (Maiden name Laura Jane Seymour) - A.K.A - The Meerkat Lady.
Situated in The Meerkat Magic Valley in association with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project around Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa.
Relax with our gentle, friendly equines in this beautiful landscape, an experience for the entire family!
We also offer a variety of unique equine activities that you can't do anywhere else in or around Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa.
If you don't want to ride we offer equine therapy - come out and walk our horses, ponies and donkeys out in the bush for a relaxing, laid back, leisurely stroll.
Also there is the opportunity for you to come out and spend an hour or two grooming, feeding and getting to know our horses and find out more about equine health, care and behaviour.
The Greek word for horse is Ikkos, the "Great Light", come and enjoy our enlightening all round equestrian experience.
Contact Details:
The best way to contact Laura Jane Mc Ilrath (Maiden name Laura Jane Seymour) - A.K.A - The Meerkat Lady is to send her an SMS (mobile text...) to the following number for the quickest response: +27 (0) 76 600 1115
Alternatively you can send an addressed e-mail to Laura Jane Mc Ilrath (Maiden name Laura Jane Seymour) - A.K.A - The Meerkat Lady by pressing the following link: horsetrails@hotmail.co.uk
If you wish to adopt or sponsor an Ikkos Equine...to view all of the Ikkos Equine Sanctuary Adoption Information and Ikkos Equine Sanctuary Adoption Profiles: Press here
460 BY 60 IKKOS MAP
You can visit The Ikkos eco horse riding trails and tours section on The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Wild Web Site by pressing the ABOVE BANNER or at the following link: press here.
If you want to be on a smaller more exclusive wild meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates viewing Tour, then a great time to visit is in Winter - from May to August...just bring warm clothes and a thermos flask of hot liquid, fewer guests visit each day in the off peak season for Tourism. Or you can book the entire Tour morning just for yourself for a very personalised experience. Very limited space (4 people maximum) afternoon sunset visits are running again in 2010 onwards with advanced bookings!
This could be you Watching Wild meerkats / suricates at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project on your very own wildlife Tour, in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa!
The animals at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project do not have hair cuts that can interfere with their heat regulation / thermoregulation, or other artificial markings that can break up their camouflage and give their location away to predators, and none of the study animals have been fitted with telemetry / transmitters / radio collars that could get caught in vegetation and make the animal more obvious to predators, and need to have the animal captured and handled for this.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project is a behavioural observation and applied conservation ecology open source research project, focussing on conserving wildlife habitat by investigating alternative land usage and sustainable practices in highly sensitive ecosystems.
This is primarily achieved through generating funds for our work by Observe and Conserve Eco- Tourism and Agri - Tourism which assists in subsidising land owners, so that farming is no longer the only source of income in highly sensitive eco- systems that occur on our Study Sites. With the removal of large quantities of farm stock, which can cause trampling of the environment, conservation of naturally occurring resources is sustainably achieved through zonation of properties.
Meerkats / suricates as pets:
Do you want to buy a meerkat / suricate pet - then read these articles about captive meerkats / suricates press here.
The SHY 5 is a unique conservation and tourism concept in the world created by The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project! To find out more about these animals and why they have been chosen please Press here.
You can go behind the scenes and science on your wildlife Tours here. Your visit helps fund the only Wild meerkat / suricate conservation in the world! The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project helps subsidise local landowners with an alternative income generated by Observe and Conserve wildlife observation on their properties.
This changes land usage from intensive farming practices that often damage the natural environment, which are then reduced or stopped completely whilst still generating an income for the land owners through Observe and Conserve ecotourism and conservation which is sustainable with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project.
To capture The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Experience, Grant M. Mc Ilrath wrote a poem, you can read it if you
press here.
Please note that The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project also sponsors charity school educational presentations funded through our sustainable Observe and Conserve Eco-tourism, and employs from local previously disadvantaged communities.
Grant M. Mc Ilrath- A.K.A - The Meerkat Man after giving a Charity presentation to a disadvantaged school at the C.P. Nel Museum in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa.
Grant M. Mc Ilrath- A.K.A - The Meerkat Man with school pupils from Lategansvlei Primary Farm School in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa.
Grant M. Mc Ilrath- A.K.A - The Meerkat Man with school pupils from Junior Primary School (3rd presentation) in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa - note the adorable meerkat pupils.
Are you looking for Accommodation and Activities in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa? Please support the Meerkat Friendly Supporters who are listed here on The Wild Web Site - Your Wildlife Friendly Information Portal- to view the various Meerkat Friendly Supporters please press the link here: Press here.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project has chosen the Wild and Free meerkat / suricate as our main symbol, as we believe that Wild and Free meerkats / suricates are the perfect example of teamwork, being one of the most co- operative mammals on earth, and we are able to gain wisdom from nature by observing their teamwork and then applying it to all sectors of our lives!
By taking good care of themselves as individuals each Wild and Free meerkat / suricate improves the success and survival chances of all the other meerkats / suricates in the group. Each business that works together with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project, can be seen as an individual meerkat / suricate, within a lager group of Meerkat Friendly Supporters. Everybody then benefits each other from reciprocal marketing and resource sharing networks across the world, ultimately conservation benefits from this synergy!
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No tame or previously captured or ever released from captivity meerkats / suricates are worked with at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project!The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project does NOT feed or protect wild meerkat / suricate populations from predation at all, and wild meerkats / suricates treat the observers here as objects that they trust due to highly selective ethical neuro linguistic programming habituation techniques that require many years to implement and constant care to maintain, this selective trust from wildlife.
This allows the collection of very accurate unbiased by the observer, data on natural wildlife behaviour. It would be unethical to interfere with the predation process, this is not a zoo environment, but a natural wild setting.
We care about humanity and wildlife working together in harmony, and we are actively making a difference through the use of sustainable alternative land usage practices, unique in the world tourism ventures, social upliftment through job creation and active Conservation Through Education!
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project is also an Environmental Restoration Initiative, restoring a natural balance on properties by removing alien vegetation, and allowing damaged farmlands to recover from intensive farming practices by removing livestock so that wildlife that occurs naturally in these areas can survive and restore the natural balance in their environment.
This is partly achieved by generating an income for landowners through alternative sustainable land usage practices through ecotourism and wildlife research and conservation based on the Observe and Conserve principles.
View our past Ostrich Eco Tour archive of Ostich images and guests watching them...
press here.
We believe that nature has many lessons to teach young and mature alike. To learn more about our unique in the world Meerkat Magic Team presentations press here.
To view The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Educational Presentation pictures press here.
WEATHER FORECAST:
Please remember that on a rainy day all The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Tours are cancelled! Any deposits will be refunded in the advent of a Tour being cancelled.
Please DO ensure that you have enough time in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa for your visit. You can find a weather forecast on the left hand side of the home page.
HOW TO BECOME A SPONSOR: The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project is self funded, and it is our passion to share this unique in the world ethically habituated wildlife experience with the public. This is the only Wild meerkat / suricate conservation in the world funded through Observe and conserve Eco-Tourism.
To find out what equipment etc., is currently needed through sponsorship/donation here at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project, and if you would like to contribute to Conservation Through Education and help with this vision, you will be recognised for your contributions on this Wild Web Site press here.
Please look at the "Main Topics", FAQ menu for many interesting wildlife answers and the "Articles Archive", to visit the FAQ section press here.
Many new pictures are added to the "Media Galleries" especially in the winter months, to view the members only areas first please DO log in. To view the hundreds of photographs in the media galleries press here.
Are you a Meerkat Veteran - an actual visitor Meerkat Friendly Supporter who has done a Tour with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project...HOW CLEVER DO YOU FEEL? WHY NOT TAKE A WILDLIFE TEST FOR YOURSELF...
Members and any other visitors can now also play the "Test Yourself..." quizzes when logged in or just visiting the web- who will get the highest score, only members names and scores are listed when they are logged into The Wild Web Site and play the quizzes, which country will do the best?
On this unique in the world Wild Web Site you can find out interesting information about The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project, and the real life "soap opera" stories of Meerkat Magic wildlife. Films have been inspired by the amazing soap opera lives of the Wild and Free Meerkats / Suricates that we observe and protect!
This category has interesting information about the Wild and Free UNFED meerkat / suricate group that visitors can currently observe on their Sunrise and Sunset Tours at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in Oudtshoorn, South Africa.
To read about these amazing wild meerkats / suricates press here.
UNITY IS STRENGTH!
HAVE YOU MET THE WILD MEERKAT / SURICATE "STARS" ON A SUNRISE OR SUNSET TOUR YET?
You can visit The Ikkos eco horse riding trails and tours section on The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Wild Web Site by pressing the ABOVE BANNER or at the following link - and find out how to visit the animal haven and petting farm and even stay at our research base The Meerkat Mansion from 2010!: press here.
You can now adopt Wild and Free meerkats / suricates at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and help protect wild meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates conservation in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa Press here
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project values your interest and asks you to please help support this Wildlife Research and Conservation Project by sharing our work with another Meerkat Conservation Friendly Supporter - to do this press here.
Enjoy Meerkat Adventures with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project around Oudtshoorn, Western Cape South Africa with Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Brochure
THE MEERKAT MAGIC MALL MEERKAT MERCHANDISE SHOP - BUY A MEERKAT / SURICATE THEMED GIFT THAT SUPPORTS WILD AND FREE MEERKAT / SURICATE CONSERVATION SINCE 1993 WITH THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT - MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS - MEERKAT ADVENTURES OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA!
THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT - MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS - MEERKAT ADVENTURES OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA- ENJOY A MEERKAT ADVENTURE AND EXPERIENCE WILD AND FREE MEERKAT MAGIC WITH GRANT M. MC ILRATH - A.K.A - THE MEERKAT MAN - A PROFESSIONAL CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST AND INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED WILDLIFE RESEARCHER / WILDLIFE PROTECTOR - INVOLVED WITH MEERKAT / SURICATE FILMS WITH THE BBC, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, DISCOVERY CHANNEL AND MANY MORE SINCE 1993!
**** BOOKING DETAILS HERE ****
SEND A TOUR BOOKING REQUEST FORM BELOW:
To go to the Tour booking form - AND SELECT ANY DEPARTMENT AS ALL ARE CHECKED BY GRANT press here.
HOW TO KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT NEWS, SUBSCRIBE HERE TO RECEIVE THE FREE PERIODIC NEWSLETTER:
Please also remember when you read articles you can send them to a friend. In addition you can subscribe to The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project newsletter, which is free and will notify you of the latest wildlife news! To subscribe to this newsletter press here.
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FREE TO SEND UNIQUE IN THE WORLD WILD AND FREE MEERKAT GREETING CARDS FROM THE MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS COLLECTION!
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - Meerkat Magic Moments - Wild and Free Meerkat Conservation Greeting Cards! Please enjoy sending our Meerkat Magic Moments images of Wild and Free meerkats from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project including Meerkat Magic Moments from the world famous Wild and Free Ungulungu meerkat group living around Oudtshoorn Western Cape of South Africa and other very special study animals too!!
You can go to the main page and then choose application to send free cards now at this link: press here.
Enjoy Meerkat Adventures with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project around Oudtshoorn, Western Cape South Africa with Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man.
World Cup South Africa 2010 and Meerkats!
Welcome to South Africa for the World Cup 2010! It is great to see that meerkats are getting some excellent exposure and recognition at last! Meerkats are incredible team work animals - we as humans can learn so much from Nature's Classroom - I enjoyed the following video and I hope it brings a smile to all our International Meerkat Friendly Supporters! Best wishes from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man.
Watch Wild and Free meerkat / suricate / meerkats / suricates in The Meerkat Magic Valley of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project around Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa with Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man.
See images of our visitors from around the world, watch a virtual meerkat Tour
For more information on unique in the world Wild meerkat / suricate Tours - you can go behind the scenes and science on your very own unedited wildlife Tour and Walk With Wildlife at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and experience The Meerkat Magic!
To find out more about Assistant Research Positions at The Meerkat Magic Conservation ProjectPress here.
To view hundreds of Images, and read guest comments, of all our very valued Meerkat Friendly Supporter visitors who have helped to conserve wildlife habitat through their visit through Observe and Conserve Eco - Tourism using alternative and sustainable land usage practices at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley of Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape of South Africa, pictures have been added starting in September 2004.
Please note that Tour images are added to these galleries over a period of time depending on research work loads.
If you wish to see your Tour images sooner (before they are added to the Supporter Galleries) simply send an e-mail with the date of your Tour, was it a morning Sunrise Tour, or an afternoon Sunset Tour, and your name and request the images thank you.
Please select the Gallery menu for the year of the visit to view those images, you can read visitor comments on each image once opened, please note that the date the image has been added is NOT the Tour date, that is in the comments on the image once opened.
Any images in the gallery can be opened to enlarge them, they can be sent as free eCards or printed!
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You can open an addressed e-mail for your image requests by pressing the link here: Email:gmmcilrath@mweb.co.za
Watch a Wild meerkat / suricate Virtual Tour here!
To view a reduced Virtual Wild meerkat / suricate Tour video clip please visit the link below - you can rate it, and tell your friends about it too, and add your info to our friends list:
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FARM ANIMAL RELATED PERSONALISED GIFT SHOP
Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting Farm now has a new site - you can get the most recent news and pictures at the following link:
**** To visit the Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting Farm site - For all the newest pictures and news Press here
IKKOS EQUINE SANCTUARY AND ANIMAL HAVEN PETTING FARM MERCHANDISE - All merchandise features animals from Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting Farm and can be made according to your specifications. You choose your favourite animal and the picture you like most from the ones displayed in our galleries and the merchandise will be tailor made for you!
ALL money raised from the sale of merchandise will go straight back into the sanctuary and be used for the upkeep of all of the animals on the farm!
All merchandise can be posted worldwide. The buyer is to pay the postage costs but these will be charged at cost price - nothing extra will be added to the postage costs. What we pay is what you pay!
**** To visit the Merchandise Shop of Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting FarmPress here
Film Wild meerkat / suricate / meerkat / suricates in Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa
Experience the Meerkat Magic, spend time just watching, learning, finding...Come visit The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project soon...Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa. Discover that there IS another world beneath our feet, a hidden world, one often out of sight...so out of mind.
IKKOS ESTATE AND SANCTUARY / MEERKAT MANSION
IKKOS ESTATE AND SANCTUARY / MEERKAT MANSION ACCOMMODATION AND RESEARCH BASE OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA
THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT IS THE ONLY WILD AND FREE MEERKAT / SURICATE CONSERVATION PROJECT IN THE WORLD - VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS ARE NOW CLAIMING THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH WILD MEERKATS AND ARE TRYING TO OFFER MEERKAT VISITS TO SEE TAME ANIMALS THAT ARE FED AND HANDLED - THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT IS NOT PART OF ANY ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENT OR THIRD PARTY BUSINESS AND DOES NOT WORK WITH TAME MEERKATS.
ONLY OUR MOST REGULAR SUPPORTERS OF THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT CONSERVATION WORK WILL BE LISTED UNDER OUDTSHOORN ACCOMMODATION AS OF 2009. ALL MEERKAT FRIENDLY GUESTS WHO STAY WITH THEM WILL BE GIVEN PREFERENCE ON ANY MEERKAT TOUR WITH VERY LIMITED SPACE...IF GUESTS STAY WITH ANY OTHER ACCOMMODATION THEY RISK NOT BEING ON THE TOUR DUE TO THE ABOVE.
IKKOS ESTATE AND SANCTUARY / MEERKAT MANSION (THE MEERKAT MAN AND MEERKAT LADY OWN THIS STUDY SITE AND WORKING FARM WHICH IS ALSO AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED EQUINE SANCTUARY AND ANIMAL HAVEN PETTING FARM AND HOME TO THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT RESEARCH BASE. THERE ARE VERY LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE FOR SELECT GUESTS AT OUR SELF CATERING ESTABLISHMENT. IF YOU ARE TIRED OF OVERPRICED PRETENTIOUS ACCOMMODATION AND WANT TO GET OUT OF THE BUILT UP AREAS THEN VISIT US - WE NOW ALSO OFFER CHEAP CAMPING ON OUR EXPANSIVE PROPERTY - BRING YOUR TENT OR CARAVAN - YOU HAVE ACCESS TO A HOT AND COLD SHOWER, AND TOILET - AN IDEAL FARM GET AWAY WITH STUNNING MOUNTAIN VIEWS AND CLEAR UNPOLUTED AIR AND BEAUTIFUL STARRY NIGHTS - accommodation = SELF CATERING AND CAMPING / CARAVANING, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa LAURA JANE MC ILRATH -A.K.A - THE MEERKAT LADY WILL MAKE ANY ACCOMMODATION ARRANGEMENTS - PLEASE VISIT HER WEB SITE FOR HER CONTACT DETAILS- E-MAILING AND MOBILE TEXT MESSAGES ARE BEST - accommodation, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa
Submitted by Grant on Saturday, July 03 @ 13:48:21 CEST
** BE A WILDLIFE PROTECTOR WITH US - THE WILD AND FREE MEERKAT CAUSE NEEDS YOU **
Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - Meerkat Adventures has been a professional WILDLIFE PROTECTOR since 1993!
Please join us as a WILDLIFE PROTECTOR and our Wild and Free meerkat / suricate conservation cause with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - Meerkat Adventures Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa press here to go to the Facebook Cause page.
Advertisements: World Cup South Africa 2010 and Meerkats!
Submitted by Grant on Thursday, June 10 @ 19:20:28 CEST Welcome to South Africa for the World Cup 2010! It is great to see that meerkats are getting some excellent exposure and recognition at last! Meerkats are incredible team work animals - we as humans can learn so much from Nature's Classroom - I enjoyed the following video and I hope it brings a smile to all our International Meerkat Friendly Supporters!
Watch Wild and Free meerkat / suricate / meerkats / suricates in The Meerkat Magic Valley of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project around Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa with Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man.
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Submitted by Grant on Sunday, May 30 @ 22:04:10 CEST The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Shops with Kalahari!
Are you ready to go on holiday? Have you got your entertainment? When you shop with our Kalahari affiliate from the following banners part of any sale generated from following our banners links goes towards funding our Wild and Free meerkat / suricate conservation work!
You can follow the banners in the following article...
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General Information: The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Quick Links page
Submitted by Grant on Wednesday, May 26 @ 16:36:21 CEST In the following article you will find a brief description of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa including links to our other sites!
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Submitted by Grant on Friday, May 14 @ 13:06:25 CEST
FREE TO SEND UNIQUE IN THE WORLD WILD AND FREE MEERKAT GREETING CARDS FROM THE MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS COLLECTION!
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - Meerkat Magic Moments - Wild and Free Meerkat Conservation Greeting Cards! Please enjoy sending our Meerkat Magic Moments images of Wild and Free meerkats from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project including Meerkat Magic Moments from the world famous Wild and Free Ungulungu meerkat group living around Oudtshoorn Western Cape of South Africa and other very special study animals too!!
You can go to the main page and then choose application to send free cards now at this link: press here.
Nature Poems: Run run tok tokkie run run by Grant M. Mc Ilrath
Submitted by grant on Monday, February 22 @ 20:00:10 CET
As a research biologist and Nature Conservationist I often stare in complete wonder at the natural world around me, and often feel inspired to try and capture the essence of what I experience, by painting it in words.
The following verses materialized in my mind whilst watching the unenviable fate of a certain famous beetle species and the Wild and Free meerkats / suricates of The Ungulungu group on my reserve study sites of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa...
Run run tok tokkie run run! By Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man
Tok tok tok tok
Who goes there?
Tok tok tok tok
Little shiny beetle have a care...
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Submitted by Grant on Friday, January 08 @ 15:48:00 CET IKKOS ESTATE AND SANCTUARY / MEERKAT MANSION SELF CATERING AND CAMPING GROUND ACCOMMODATION AND RESEARCH BASE OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA
THE MEERKAT MANSION RESEARCH BASE NOW OFFERS LIMITED SELF CATERING ACCOMMODATION AND CAMPING ON OUR PROPERTY IN OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA - WHEN YOU VIST WILD AND FREE MEERKATS / SURICATES AND THE IKKOS EQUINE SANCTUARY AND ANIMAL HAVEN PETTING FARM - YOU CAN STAY WITH US!
Accommodation that helps to fund previously abused or injured animals and their care by Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting Farm Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa AND all the wildlife conservation and self funded behavioral research run by The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - we offer self catering accommodation (very limited spaces but camping is also available) at The Meerkat Mansion (previously closed to the public and only open to research assistants) and Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting Farm Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa.
The following five video clips in this message are in recording sequence and are best watched in order. The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa enjoyed riding in our game reserve before sunset with the lovely equines / horses from Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting Farm Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa run by my lovely wife Laura Jane Mc Ilrath - our French guests stayed at our research base the Meerkat Mansion and home to the Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting Farm Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa . All visits help to fund previously abused or injured animals and their care by Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting Farm Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa AND all the wildlife conservation and self funded behavioral research run by The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project.
Guests can visit for a day or stay at our self catering accommodation (very limited spaces but camping is also available) at The Meerkat Mansion (previously closed to the public and only open to research assistants) and Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting Farm Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa.
By staying with us on our expansive farm beyond the rush of town and surrounded by beautiful views of mountains - your accommodation costs directly fund our animal care and wildlife conservation work!
Nature Poems: Grant & Laura’s Wedding a poem by Erna van der Linden Velp, The Netherlands
Submitted by Grant on Tuesday, December 22 @ 11:02:26 CET A Weasel & Hare poem by Erna van der Linden Velp, The Netherlands
On a clear and frosty winter-day
in the shelter of Old House at Bay
Weasel and Hare heard The News
told by a servant to butcher Bews
‘Cape Journal’ in many a hand
jolly tiding spread over the land
The servant prepared a list of food
for celebration in Scottish mood.
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Nature Stories: Donkey and Elephant by Erna van der Linden Velp, The Netherlands
Submitted by Grant on Tuesday, December 01 @ 09:57:14 CET To be honest: this is an incredible story. The event took place a long time ago, in the summer of the year 1938.
On Scheveningen beach, a donkey and an elephant enjoyed a fine day. Holding an ice cream in the one, a lemonade in the other foreleg. How on earth did they arrive there? Listen . . .
Donkey and Elephant lived in Artis, the Amsterdam Zoo. In 1938, the Zoo celebrated its foundation, one hundred years ago.
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Submitted by Grant on Thursday, November 26 @ 21:01:16 CET Please visit the MUST SEE website of Beatrice Wiltshire - The Snout - this will move you - anybody with any interest in conservation should make sure they read what has been captured there - I am deeply moved...(this comment in italics is from The Meerkat Man)Press Here to visit The Snout
This poem was published in Departing Dawn as part of a competition. About the cruel vivisection trade, and written in memory of the eight wild caught baboons which were rescued from the NCOH where they'd spent 10 years in in-door cages.
The poem was written in memory of the two baboons from the NCOH who did not make it to freedom. They were too weak and could
not accompany the other six of their buddies. They were wild caught and sat in these tiny cages for up to ten years.
SAAV negotiated their freedom and then they went up to Rita Miljo's baboon sanctuary at Phalaborwa.
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Submitted by Grant on Thursday, November 19 @ 16:36:02 CET IKKOS ESTATE AND SANCTUARY / MEERKAT MANSION ACCOMMODATION AND RESEARCH BASE OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA
THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT IS THE ONLY WILD AND FREE MEERKAT / SURICATE CONSERVATION PROJECT IN THE WORLD - VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS ARE NOW CLAIMING THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH WILD MEERKATS AND ARE TRYING TO OFFER MEERKAT VISITS TO SEE TAME ANIMALS THAT ARE FED AND HANDLED - THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT IS NOT PART OF ANY ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENT OR THIRD PARTY BUSINESS AND DOES NOT WORK WITH TAME MEERKATS.
ONLY OUR MOST REGULAR SUPPORTERS OF THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT CONSERVATION WORK WILL BE LISTED UNDER OUDTSHOORN ACCOMMODATION AS OF 2009. ALL MEERKAT FRIENDLY GUESTS WHO STAY WITH THEM WILL BE GIVEN PREFERENCE ON ANY MEERKAT TOUR WITH VERY LIMITED SPACE...IF GUESTS STAY WITH ANY OTHER ACCOMMODATION THEY RISK NOT BEING ON THE TOUR DUE TO THE ABOVE.
IKKOS ESTATE AND SANCTUARY / MEERKAT MANSION (THE MEERKAT MAN AND MEERKAT LADY OWN THIS STUDY SITE AND WORKING FARM WHICH IS ALSO AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED EQUINE SANCTUARY AND ANIMAL HAVEN PETTING FARM AND HOME TO THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT RESEARCH BASE. THERE ARE VERY LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE FOR SELECT GUESTS AT OUR SELF CATERING ESTABLISHMENT. IF YOU ARE TIRED OF OVERPRICED PRETENTIOUS ACCOMMODATION AND WANT TO GET OUT OF THE BUILT UP AREAS THEN VISIT US - WE NOW ALSO OFFER CHEAP CAMPING ON OUR EXPANSIVE PROPERTY - BRING YOUR TENT OR CARAVAN - YOU HAVE ACCESS TO A HOT AND COLD SHOWER, AND TOILET - AN IDEAL FARM GET AWAY WITH STUNNING MOUNTAIN VIEWS AND CLEAR UNPOLUTED AIR AND BEAUTIFUL STARRY NIGHTS - accommodation = SELF CATERING AND CAMPING / CARAVANING, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa LAURA JANE MC ILRATH -A.K.A - THE MEERKAT LADY WILL MAKE ANY ACCOMMODATION ARRANGEMENTS - PLEASE VISIT HER WEB SITE FOR HER CONTACT DETAILS- E-MAILING AND MOBILE TEXT MESSAGES ARE BEST - accommodation, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa
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Submitted by Grant on Tuesday, September 29 @ 22:47:10 CEST TO GO TO THE MAIN MEERKAT MAGIC VIDEO / FILM DIARIES CHANNEL FOR ALL THE CURRENT EPISODES AND TO SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE LATEST MEERKAT / SURICATE VIDEO / FILM UPLOADS AS SOON AS THEY GO LIVE - YOU CAN VISIT THE DIRECTOR CHANNEL OF GRANT M. MC ILRATH - A.K.A - THE MEERKAT MAN AT THIS LINK:
Press Here.
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Advertisements: Apply now for limited working holiday - research assistant positions!
Submitted by Grant on Monday, August 24 @ 00:37:11 CEST NEWS FLASH - The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project CURRENTLY HAS LIMITED Assistant Research Positions available for periods of two weels to three months on a standard tourism visa. If you would love to have a working holiday experience watching wild meerkats / suricates and other wildlife on our reserves (you do not need any particular biological experience for this application) and wish to gain a unique insight into our research and conservation work then apply today. Accommodation at the Meerkat Mansion is currently available on a first apply and approval basis for a single or couple sharing.
These positions are for Research and Conservation and Education methodology experience in the field - or to experience something unique while on a working holiday. These limited positions are for assistants who would pay for their accommodation on The Study Areas, Tracker salaries, Experience, Equipment and various costs are quoted with an application determined by the duration of the visit. All assistants who make a significant contribution to The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project will receive mention in future articles on The Wild Web Site.
The following article contains more images, links and contact information.
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Submitted by Grant on Wednesday, June 10 @ 12:17:31 CEST
Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting Farm now has a new site - you can get the most recent news and pictures at the following link:
**** To visit the Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting Farm site - For all the newest pictures and news Press here
IKKOS EQUINE SANCTUARY AND ANIMAL HAVEN PETTING FARM MERCHANDISE - All merchandise features animals from Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting Farm and can be made according to your specifications. You choose your favourite animal and the picture you like most from the ones displayed in our galleries and the merchandise will be tailor made for you!
Equine / horse / farm / pet related gifts are now available and help to sponsor the IKKOS EQUINE SANCTUARY AND ANIMAL HAVEN PETTING FARM.
ALL money raised from the sale of merchandise will go straight back into the sanctuary and be used for the upkeep of all of the animals on the farm!
All merchandise can be posted worldwide. The buyer is to pay the postage costs but these will be charged at cost price - nothing extra will be added to the postage costs. What we pay is what you pay!
**** To visit the Merchandise Shop of Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting FarmPress here
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Submitted by Grant on Wednesday, June 10 @ 11:02:10 CEST
Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting Farm now has a new site - you can get the most recent news and pictures at the following link:
**** To visit the Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting Farm site - For all the newest pictures and news Press here
IKKOS EQUINE SANCTUARY AND ANIMAL HAVEN PETTING FARM MERCHANDISE - All merchandise features animals from Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Animal Haven Petting Farm and can be made according to your specifications. You choose your favourite animal and the picture you like most from the ones displayed in our galleries and the merchandise will be tailor made for you!
ALL money raised from the sale of merchandise will go straight back into the sanctuary and be used for the upkeep of all of the animals on the farm!
All merchandise can be posted worldwide. The buyer is to pay the postage costs but these will be charged at cost price - nothing extra will be added to the postage costs. What we pay is what you pay!
Submitted by Grant on Saturday, May 16 @ 12:28:49 CEST TO GO TO THE MAIN MEERKAT MAGIC VIDEO / FILM DIARIES CHANNEL FOR ALL THE CURRENT EPISODES AND TO SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE LATEST MEERKAT / SURICATE VIDEO / FILM UPLOADS AS SOON AS THEY GO LIVE - YOU CAN VISIT THE DIRECTOR CHANNEL OF GRANT M. MC ILRATH - A.K.A - THE MEERKAT MAN AT THIS LINK:
Press Here.
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Advertisements: Conservation Fund Raising for Wild & Free meerkats / suricates
Submitted by Grant on Thursday, March 26 @ 05:38:48 CET
This meerkat / suricate image is of the world famous wild and free Jabulani Ungulungu from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley in Oudtshoorn Western Cape of South Africa!
When you advertise with The Wild Web Site - Classified Adverts category of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project, all placed adverts help in Conservation Fund Raising for wild meerkat / suricate habitat conservation at The Meerkat Magic Conservaton Project.
Now International Meerkat Friendly Supporters of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project can help raise Conservation Funding for wild meerkat / suricate habitat conservation. Internationally caring supporters can adopt Wild and Free meerkats / suricates from The Meerkat Magic Valley in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa!
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Submitted by Grant on Tuesday, November 18 @ 09:55:00 CET
Ikkos Equine Sanctuary and Sponsor Information
Ikkos Equine Sanctuary, Eco horse riding trails and tours, riding tuition and Equine Therapy
To visit the main category with links and images for Ikkos eco horse riding trails and tours and how to visit here in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa Press here
The Greek word for horse is Ikkos, it also means the "Great Light", come and enjoy our enlightening all round equestrian experiences.
What we do at Ikkos equine sanctuary:
* Rescue abandoned and abused equines
* Ikkos eco horse riding trails and tours
* Ikkos riding tuition
* Adopt an equine – a unique gift for yourself or a loved one
* A unique merchandise range
* Ikkos equine therapy – If you participate you receive a free goody bag containing merchandise of our equines here at the sanctuary
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Submitted by Grant on Sunday, November 02 @ 14:13:01 CET Time Share Resale Bargain! One and a half hours from Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa - Club Mykonos, Langebaan - playground of the Western Cape coast of South Africa.
West Coast: Club Mykonos in Langebaan (North of Cape Town).
Weeks 6 + 7 - value around R36 000.00
Now only R12 500.00 per week or R24 000.00 for both weeks - or nearest cash offer.
Submitted by Grant on Friday, October 17 @ 20:13:45 CEST From Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man / The Meerkat Magic Man : It was my great pleasure as always to meet Meerkat Friendly Supporters from around the World such as the family mentioned in this article. One young man in particular has made a BIG impression on me, and I have been inspired by him - Alexander Kempton aged eleven years from Edinburgh in Scotland who visited The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project after a morning Sunrise visit to The Ungulungu wild meerkats / suricates living in The Meerkat Magic Valley of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa. I wish to share his subsequent school assignment with our special readers...I used images of the assignment from Alexander Kempton to better capture it for your pleasure.
Alexander Kempton and Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man / The Meerkat Magic Man - at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project after a morning Sunrise visit to The Ungulungu wild meerkats / suricates living in The Meerkat Magic Valley of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa
Nature Poems: Ode to the Mc Ilrath's...by Margie Walker - October 2008
Submitted by Grant on Thursday, October 16 @ 11:04:55 CEST Margie Walker and Dick Walker are Meerkat Friendly Supporters and Meerkat Veterans who visited The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley of Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa on the 16th October 2008 on a morning Sunrise Tour and Walked With Wildlife with The Ungulungu wild meerkat / suricate group.
It was a great pleasure to meet you both - Margie Walker and Dick Walker - thank you for this beautiful poem! (Comment from Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man / The Meerkat Magic Man).
Ode to the Mc Ilrath's: - by Margie Walker - October 2008
We're off to meet the folk in the Klein Karoo,
People as ordinary as me and you.
Meet Grant 'Mac' - THE MEERKAT MAN
He can communicate if anyone can
With clicks and purrs and even the odd whistle
He makes the meerkat family's fur quite bristle.
'L.J.' is his loving wife
Crossed his path - then wed for life!
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Submitted by Grant on Wednesday, October 15 @ 14:51:06 CEST Adoption / Sponsorship listings of Wild and Free meerkats / suricates with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa - year listings for: 2008, 2009, 2010 follow in this article...
THE MEERKAT MAGIC MALL MEERKAT MERCHANDISE SHOP - BUY A MEERKAT / SURICATE THEMED GIFT THAT SUPPORTS WILD AND FREE MEERKAT / SURICATE CONSERVATION SINCE 1993 WITH THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT - MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS - MEERKAT ADVENTURES OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA!
** BE A WILDLIFE PROTECTOR WITH US - THE WILD AND FREE MEERKAT CAUSE NEEDS YOU **
Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - Meerkat Adventures has been a professional WILDLIFE PROTECTOR since 1993!
Please join us as a WILDLIFE PROTECTOR and our Wild and Free meerkat / suricate conservation cause with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - Meerkat Adventures Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa press here to go to the Facebook Cause page.
Enjoy Meerkat Adventures with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project around Oudtshoorn, Western Cape South Africa with Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man.
Submitted by Grant on Monday, October 06 @ 02:09:43 CEST
FREE TO SEND UNIQUE IN THE WORLD WILD AND FREE MEERKAT GREETING CARDS FROM THE MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS COLLECTION!
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - Meerkat Magic Moments - Wild and Free Meerkat Conservation Greeting Cards! Please enjoy sending our Meerkat Magic Moments images of Wild and Free meerkats from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project including Meerkat Magic Moments from the world famous Wild and Free Ungulungu meerkat group living around Oudtshoorn Western Cape of South Africa and other very special study animals too!!
You can go to the main page and then choose application to send free cards now at this link: press here.
Join the Wild and Free Meerkat / Suricate Conservation Cause with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project on Facebook and make a real difference to conservation of them and their natural habitat
All International Meerkat Friendly Supporters are invited to be listed on our official Wild and Free Meerkat / Suricate Conservation Facebook Cause Page - by telling your friends about our conservation cause we can reach many more supporters of Wild and Free Meerkats / Suricates and really make a sustained difference to their conservation and their habitat preservation - please press the following link: Press here to be listed as part of the Wild and Free Meerkat / Suricate Conservation Cause!
Join us as a friend!
Grant M.Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man invites all International Meerkat Friendly Supporters to be listed as his friend on his Facebook page - many updates are posted there often. To join as a friend simply follow the Facebook link that follows and search for the following names: Grant M. Mc Ilrath OR The Meerkat Man. Press here to to go to Facebook and the name search.
Watch The Meerkat Magic Meerkat / Suricate Video / Film Diaries Hosted on MySpace by following the given quick links and at the bottom of this article is a player hosted by You Tube with Episodes listed *****
TO GO TO THE MAIN MEERKAT MAGIC VIDEO / FILM DIARIES CHANNEL FOR ALL THE CURRENT EPISODES AND TO SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPLOADS AS SOON AS THEY GO LIVE - YOU CAN VISIT THE DIRECTOR CHANNEL OF GRANT M. MC ILRATH - A.K.A - THE MEERKAT MAN AT THIS LINK:
Press Here.
To read more of the older news over the years about The Ungulungu Wild Meerkat / suricate group you can visit this storage archive link at: Press Here.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project proudly brings you The Meerkat Magic Meerkat / Suricate Video Diaries filmed in The Meerkat Magic Valley Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa. Each Episode is listed with a corresponding link to each Video and a description of what the Episode is about.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project The Meerkat Magic Meerkat / Suricate Video Diaries EPISODES. Each EPISODE is an unedited Wildlife Film by Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man (The Meerkat Magic Man) from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project. We bring you the REAL wildlife film - no post editing or pre-determined scripting or set ups, as if you are there watching the wildlife through our eyes - an unedited wildlife documentary behind the scenes and science. The Ungulungu Wild meerkat / suricate group and their surrounding fauna and flora are revealed to the viewer. All EPISODES are filmed in The Meerkat Magic Valley at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa. None of the animals at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project are ever fed, handled, captured or experimented on - EVER! It takes thousands of hours and many years to gain this very special trust from the animals we study here. Visit them for real today! Now you can Watch Wild Meerkats / suricates on your very personalised unedited wildlife documentary like Tour, where Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man is your Nature Conservationist and Research Biologist guide who has been working with Wild meerkats / suricates in the field full time since 1993 and does this each day and has been working with various international films. Now you can experience The Meerkat Magic for yourself in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa on a morning Sunrise Tour. This is an entirely self funded conservation project funded by Observe and Conserve Eco- Tourism. So you may have seen Meerkat Manor or other meerkat / suricate films- now see Wild meerkats / suricates for yourself on your Tour! Very advanced bookings are essential. Please visit The Wild Web Site - Your Wildlife Friendly Information Portal for pictures and detailed information of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project. You can watch the latest EPISODES at the following links...
Submitted by Grant on Wednesday, September 24 @ 12:54:01 CEST The Meerkat Burrow Network...updates since 2007 to September 2008 with Video links...
You can now watch Video updates for our Meerkat Magic Video Diaries updated often and subscribe to the video diaries to receive up to the minute information on when new clips are uploaded...
The Meerkat Magic Valley in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape South Africa. Wild meerkat / suricate / meerkats / suricates news or Wild meerkat / suricate diary!
Jabulani (Zulu for Joy) is still going strong, and so is Nyathi (Zulu for Buffalo) the dominant male.
Since our last update in 2007, four babies emerged in the July 2007 litter - three survived after emerging on the 14th August 2007.
On the 12th October 2007 Jabulani gave birth again, and on the 04th November 2007 four babies emerged, three survived.
On the 29th December 2007 Jabulani gave birth again, her third litter for 2007, and on the 21st January 2008 five babies emerged. Four have survived.
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Submitted by Grant on Thursday, July 31 @ 22:05:50 CEST
Join the Wild and Free Meerkat / Suricate Conservation Cause with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project on Facebook and make a real difference to conservation of them and their natural habitat
All International Meerkat Friendly Supporters are invited to be listed on our official Wild and Free Meerkat / Suricate Conservation Facebook Cause Page - by telling your friends about our conservation cause we can reach many more supporters of Wild and Free Meerkats / Suricates and really make a sustained difference to their conservation and their habitat preservation - please press the following link: Press here to be listed as part of the Wild and Free Meerkat / Suricate Conservation Cause!
Join us as a friend!
Grant M.Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man invites all International Meerkat Friendly Supporters to be listed as his friend on his Facebook page - many updates are posted there often. To join as a friend simply follow the Facebook link that follows and search for the following names: Grant M. Mc Ilrath OR The Meerkat Man. Press here to to go to Facebook and the name search.
Thank you to The Racy Family from Brazil South America & Indri - Ultimate Mammal Voyages.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project wishes to thank the Racy Family for your very generous donation from Brazil in South America and for your visit to us at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa on a morning Sunrise Tour on the 27 June 2008.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project would like to highly recommend INDRI - Ultimate Mammal Voyages to any business who wishes to have their professional and International Tour Guiding service. We would also like to thank Simon Bellingham from Indri - Ultimate Mammal Voyages for the very generous sponsorship of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and their conservation efforts and help with conservation funding through responsible Tourism - your professional tours are a flagship to be admired in the industry - thank you!
Your donation helps us to continue to offer our wildlife protected areas by subsidising landowners to be pro active in alternative land usage and farming practices that are not destructive to sensitive habitat types. Like not ploughing up burrow systems of the fossorial mammals (diggers) that we are very concerned about, as their habitat is often destroyed through ignorance. We truly appreciate your support / sponsorship of our conservation of wild meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates habitat.
Your donation also helps fund The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project charity work with schools in the area of Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape of South Africa, and salaries for wildlife trackers and with our high running costs for petrol and research equipment.
Submitted by Grant on Saturday, June 14 @ 15:46:41 CEST
Can you help? Secure online Payments / Donations / Sponsorships can be made with Paypal to The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project located in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa and to The Ikkos Equine / horse / pony / donkey sanctuary located in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa from anywhere in the world in a few simple clicks!
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project wild meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates conservation in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa Paypal account is: gmmcilrath@mweb.co.za
The Ikkos Equine / horse / pony / donkey sanctuary located in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa Paypal account is: horsetrails@hotmail.com
You can visit the secure payment area of the Paypal site at the following link: Press here
To learn more about supporting The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project wild meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates conservation in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa Press here
To learn more about how to Adopt / sponsor an Ikkos Equine from
The Ikkos Equine / horse / pony / donkey sanctuary located in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa
Press here
Submitted by Grant on Friday, June 13 @ 18:44:13 CEST Ikkos Equine Sanctuary Adoption Information and Ikkos Equine Sanctuary Adoption Profiles:
A safe haven for abandoned and abused equines
If you wish to SPONSOR an Ikkos Equine...to view all of the Ikkos Equine Sanctuary Sponsor Information: Press here
To visit the main category with links and images for Ikkos eco horse riding trails and tours and how to visit here in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa Press here
Every month you give a donation to the ikkos equine sanctuary (however much you can afford, every little bit helps). In return you receive a certificate stating which horse, pony or donkey you have adopted via email which you can print out and keep. Also for every month you adopt an equine, you will receive an email update with recent photo's and news on your chosen equine.
You also have the opportunity to come and visit your adopted equine as often as you like (with prior arrangement) and feed, groom and spend time with him or her.
No matter where you are in the world you can adopt one of our equines whether it's a gift for you or someone else.
The money that is donated goes towards the upkeep of the chosen equine, including feed, treats, veterinary treatment, vaccinations, farrier costs etc.
All of our equines have had a troubled past with neglect, mistreatment and being misunderstood by people. The degree of trauma is different for each equine, some didn't trust humans at all after being whipped and abused, while others were neglected and left to fend for themselves leaving both mental and physical scars which are gradually healing over time with a lot of patience, understanding and TLC.
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Submitted by Grant on Sunday, December 30 @ 15:17:08 CET
Join the Wild and Free Meerkat / Suricate Conservation Cause with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project on Facebook and make a real difference to conservation of them and their natural habitat
All International Meerkat Friendly Supporters are invited to be listed on our official Wild and Free Meerkat / Suricate Conservation Facebook Cause Page - by telling your friends about our conservation cause we can reach many more supporters of Wild and Free Meerkats / Suricates and really make a sustained difference to their conservation and their habitat preservation - please press the following link: Press here to be listed as part of the Wild and Free Meerkat / Suricate Conservation Cause!
Join us as a friend!
Grant M.Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man invites all International Meerkat Friendly Supporters to be listed as his friend on his Facebook page - many updates are posted there often. To join as a friend simply follow the Facebook link that follows and search for the following names: Grant M. Mc Ilrath OR The Meerkat Man. Press here to to go to Facebook and the name search.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project wishes to thank TaShana Jett for your very generous donation from The United States of America (U.S.A), in December 2007, and for your visit to us in South Africa on a morning Sunrise Tour on the 26 July 2007.
Your donation helps us to continue to offer our wildlife protected areas by subsidising landowners to be pro active in alternative land usage and farming practices that are not destructive to sensitve habitat types. Like not ploughing up burrow systems of the fossorial mammals (diggers) that we are very concerned about, as their habitat is often destroyed through ignorance. We truly appreciate your support / sponsorship of our conservation of wild meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates habitat.
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For more information on unique in the world Wild meerkat / suricate Tours - you can go behind the scenes and science on your very own unedited wildlife Tour and Walk With Wildlife at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and experience The Meerkat Magic!
