With the tragic passing of my best friend, lover and wife on the 9 April 2008, I must continue the dream that we both shared, "To live and share our passion of Nitani with all who pass this way".

Ade's presence is all around me each day and night and all the wonderful animal friends still visit me on a daily basis.

Zeus & Tashka are now just 10 weeks old and have quadrupled in size.

They have started to make their own kills and after their 6am feed of organic fillet steak & milk, they roam freely around my camp till 6pm.

It never ceases to amaze me how their routine never changes and without the aid of watches, they find me at 6pm, rub up against me & say, "Dad we are hungry, please feed us".

I keep them safely indoors in my kitchen for the night, as they are still small enough to fall prey to the many giant eagle owls that move up and down the riverine area in front of my camp.

They continue to give me great joy and are best buddies with Diesel, my 12 year old Dachund dog.

Within the next 6 weeks I will start to allow them out for 6 hours at night to cope with their natural environment.

Because of the resident leopard and hyena at my camp, they will have to be in peak physical condition to be able to avoid being eaten by the many predators that pass here each night.

Our game sightings are very good as a result of the good grass & water we have on Nitani, from one of the best rainy seasons ever.

We have large herds of eland females, who are gathering together to drop their young, several herds of zebra, Giraffe, wildebeest and Impala.

The hyaena have had a little bit of competition from 3 young lions who have been feasting on zebra & eland over the past month.

Pula, our resident leopard female, gave us 3 days of fabulous courtship viewing with her new lover "Prince". He is Kings son, the largest leopard we have on Nitani weighing in at nearly 80kg!

Lastly, a huge thank you to the more than one thousand friends who knew Ade and sent such loving, genuine & warm condolences to me, Taz & Nix.

Shane.