10/05/2026
https://donorbox.org/cango-wildlife-flood-relief
Over the past few days, our team has been working around the clock following the worst flooding event our facility has experienced in over 30 years.
While we are incredibly grateful that EVERY animal and staff member remains safe, this did not happen by chance. Through emergency SOPs, overnight monitoring, rapid response planning, evacuations, and extensive flood mitigation measures implemented before and during the disaster, our teams worked tirelessly to protect both human and animal life.
The damage, however, is devastating. Floodwaters and mud have torn through large parts of the facility, leaving behind severe infrastructure damage, extensive repairs, and an enormous recovery effort still ahead of us.
Following the flooding events experienced in 2024, flood insurance cover was effectively taken off the table for us. Despite this, we continued investing heavily into improved drainage systems, flood barriers, emergency preparedness, and infrastructure upgrades to help protect the facility, our animals, and our staff. Those investments likely saved large parts of the facility during this disaster.
But despite those preparations, the financial pressure and scale of damage we now face remain immense.
Our incredible team has worked through exhaustion, cold conditions, mud, and relentless rainfall to protect animals and stabilise affected areas, yet we still have a muddy mountain of work ahead.
Today, we are urgently appealing for support.
Every donation will go directly toward flood recovery efforts, repairs, animal care, and restoring the facility as we work to rebuild during our 40th year of operation.
If Cango Wildlife has ever meant something to you, we humbly ask you to support us by donating or sharing this campaign. No amount is too small, and every share truly helps more than you know.
Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts.
CONSERVE. CARE. CONNECT. ❤️
Oudtshoorn's worst flood in 30 years has closed our doors. Help us reopen.WHAT HAPPENEDOn 6th May 2026, the Oudtshoorn region was struck by the worst flooding since 1996. Cango Wildlife, our 40-year institution, home to over 300 animals and 160 st...
