Return of the Dark-Menace

(News from the front)

Dear reader, if you followed our South African adventure last year, you know that, during our stay at Avron's aunt's estate (Mawusi), we got woken up in the middle of the night by a ruffle in the backyard, only to be faced when we opened the window with the shadow of the most enormous kudu ever: "the Dark Menace".
At the time, he had munched on the protected young trees in the garden and massacred them.

When we visited before our Kruger safari this year, we rejoiced at the trees having regained their fullness and health after their ordeal.
"But everything changed, when the Dark Menace attacked (again)"
We received this video from the courageous Cathy fending off the invader who had breached the perimeter.
As you can see, the little tree is almost intact by then.

But the walls of Mawusi couldn't resist the second wave, and a section collapsed, leading to untold massacres during the following nights. You can see what the trees look like now...

So now it is once again time to rebuild, and Avron has been hard at work doing just that.

Mawusi is safe again. But for how long ?!
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