episode description
Marlice often gets calls from members of the public who have animals that they can't look after any more - she then fetches these animals and take them to Naankuse where they are cared for. Today is such a day. She and the kids drive to a farmer in the North of Namibia who has 9 porcupines, 7 adults and 2 babies, that he keeps in an old farm dam - its time for them to move to a new and better home. Catching a porcupine is easier said than done but all goes well and the porcupines are put into transport cages and loaded onto the back of a vehicle. They leave the farm and drive to Windhoek where they fetch three tortoises from a member of the public, Marlice shows him how to determine the age of tortoises by counting the rings on their shells. The last stop for the day is at a lady who has a baby baboon and a small-spotted genet that she feels need a better home. It is always sad when people have to say goodbye to their pets. Back at Naankuse the porcupines are released into their temporary shelter, for some of them it is the first time that they feel grass under their feet. The tortoises are put in an enclosure with lots of lucerne for them to eat and the baby baboon joins the baby troop where he soon makes new friends. The genet is released on Naankuse into the wild and as night falls everyone seem to be happy in their new homes.
