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Travel Bug Dog Tag Uhambo Yethemba

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Owner:
Wazat Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Origin:
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
Recently Spotted:
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Hello my name is Uhambo Yethemba, which translated from Zulu, means Journey of hope. I hope that in my journeys I shall raise the hopes for the conservation of rhinos to be achieved. Close to 1000 Rhinos have been poached in South Africa this year, which at this rate is very quickly leading to the extinction of this fabulous animal.

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In December of 2013, Cape Union Mart hid away 30 packages in South Africa containing a small Rhino which, when found, has a mission to promote the conservation of the Rhino. This is one of the 30. Discover him and following him around as he visits caches in South Africa. He will stay with the owner for the duration of the campain and try to raise as much awareness as possible. The goal, to win the main prize of which a donation of R20 000 will be donated to the Rhino conservation efforts of the Endangered Wildlife Trust.

You are welcome to Discover me (Use Code DVBNA7)

Please visit my Facebook page and Like and Share it with friends and on groups.

I am also on Instagram, please follow me and should you meet me and take pictures, you can tag me in them. @uhambo_yethemba

Sadly these are the stats with regards rhino poaching in South Africa. Statistics are from the Department of environmental affairs

The total number of rhino poached in South Africa during 2013 increased to 1004, as the number of people arrested for rhino poaching-related offences climbed to 343. 

During 2012, 668 rhino were poached, while 448 were killed in 2011.  Since 2008, 2 778 rhino have been poached in South Africa.   A total of 37 rhino have been poached since the start of 2014. 

During 2013, the Kruger National Park continued to bear the brunt of rhino poaching losing a total of 606 of the iconic animals to poachers.  A total of 114 rhino were poached in Limpopo, 92 in Mpumalanga, 87 in North West and 85 in KwaZulu-Natal.

The number of rhino poachers arrested during 2013 increased considerably with 343 being arrested, 133 of them in the Kruger National Park.  In 2012, 267 alleged poachers were arrested. Since the beginning of 2014, 6 alleged poachers have been arrested.

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Tracking History (7042.2mi) View Map

Discovered It 2/19/2025 Dorset Scarecrow discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered your trackable
👍 Thank you for sharing on Facebook

Discovered It 1/3/2025 Operation Monkeys discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered facebook
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Discovered It 12/29/2024 Team Poston discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered on Facebook Travel Bugs. Thanks for sharing. Hello from Ohio USA 🇺🇸

Visited 8/4/2024 Wazat took it to Sandstone Rocks Free State, South Africa - 2.02 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/4/2024 Wazat took it to The Lesser known side of the Golden Gate Free State, South Africa - 2.02 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/4/2024 Wazat took it to Sandstone Rocks Free State, South Africa - 2.02 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/4/2024 Wazat took it to The Lesser known side of the Golden Gate Free State, South Africa - 46.9 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 7/12/2024 JMVonFange discovered it   Visit Log

My mom, CRVonFange, shared her "discovered" TB data base with me to see if I could fill in a few missing TBCodes from my notes but I thought that I would start by discovering a few more trackables from her list on my lunchbreak today.

Discovered It 7/6/2024 CRVonFange discovered it   Visit Log

Thanks to the 2023 Christmas Day blizzard in northeast Nebraska my daughter, JMVonFange, was delayed in heading home to Oklahoma so we spent the bonus time together comparing our caching statistics including trackables moved/discovered and looking through our geocaching pictures. JM had discovered significantly more trackables than I had mainly because while staying home during the pandemic she spent time online and spotted numerous TBs that were being shared virtually on various social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, etc., whereas I ended up with more of a “to discover” list. After comparing and consolidating our notes and lists, it has taken me a substantial amount of time to create a “discovered/to discover” database by looking at each of the TB codes/pages—I probably should have posted my discovery logs individually for each TB, but I have become accustomed to using apps/websites like TB Scan, Project-GC and logthemall for logging multiple TBs at the same time.

I found a number of TB Codes necessary for discovering the trackable were actually included right on the TB Page itself or as an unintentional spoiler in the TB photo gallery. I also found TB codes left behind in discovery logs posted by other cachers. In addition to the numerous TB codes found on the various social media sites, several trackable owners shared lists of their entire collection directly with JM (which prompted me to make a similar request) resulting in a quite lengthy “to discover” list that I am now attempting to shorten. Most of the codes were spotted on Facebook, but Chembrat also shared her file of TB codes with me and this one may have been on that list.

Hopefully, my data base will help me to avoid multiple discoveries of the same trackable although I did find several TBs that I have actually retrieved/grabbed/moved twice. If I have accidentally discovered your trackable due to a typo, I hope that you will allow my discovered log to remain even though virtual discoveries are becoming less common, as I appreciate the opportunity to see such a wide variety of different and unique trackable items. I only have two trackables that are activated at this time, one is lost in the wild and the other is traveling with me, but I will gladly share the codes with you via the geocaching message center if you are interested in discovering them. You can reach out the same way if you want one or more of your TBs to visit caches in Nebraska, Iowa, and/or South Dakota.

Discovered It 5/6/2024 jezevcik discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered it.
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Jezevcik

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