Harnas African Wildlife Rescue raises money to help wild animals in Africa through tax-deductible donations, fundraisers, and grants. 

Harnas African Wildlife Rescue raises awareness of the hazards facing wildlife in Africa and highlights the beauty of these animals that enrich our world.  

Harnas African Wildlife Rescue  supports the animals that are cared for, protected, and rehabilitated at the Harnas Farm in Namibia.

Harnas Farm in Namibia

The Harnas Farm is a formal refuge for wild animals founded by Marieta van der Merwe.  The Harnas Farm is operated by Marieta and her family, particularly her son Schalk, his wife Jo, and family relation Frikkie van Solms.   The Harnas Farm is located outside of Gobabis, approximately 300 km from Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.  Currently, over 350 wild animals are being cared for at the Harnas Farm.

The Harnas Farm is home to animals that have been displaced, abandoned, orphaned, abused, sick, injured, illegally traded, or endangered, or just too old.  Some of the species of animals at the farm are listed to the right.  

The Harnas Farm is particularly concerned with Cheetahs and African Wild Dogs, both of which are endangered species in this world.  Currently, thirty-eight cheetahs thrive on the Harnas Farm.  The Harnas Farm participates in genetic research of the African Wild Dogs for bio-medical data, disease screening and other genetic tracking.  The Harnas Farm has one of the few growing African Wild Dog populations in Africa. 

The Harnas Farm also runs its "Lifeline" project for the release of rehabilitated animals.  Here, the animals are released into protected habitat stocked with game for their first step to the return to the wild.  The animals are tracked by GPS collars.  

The Harnas Farm in Namibia needs approximately U.S. $250 per day just to feed the animals.  The 60+ lions, leopards, and cheetahs alone eat the equivalent of two horses each day.  Additional costs are incurred for veterinary expenses, farm operations, land, enclosures, stocking game and GPS radio collars for the rehabilitation and ultimate release of animals. 

For more information regarding the Harnas Farm, please see www.harnas.org.

THE ANIMALS

Lions

Cheetahs

Leopards

Caracals 

African Wild Dogs 

Baboons 

Vervet Monkeys

Giraffes

Zebra

Mongoose

Meerkats

Hyena

Bat Eared Fox

Ostrich

Vultures

Owls

Crocodiles

Warthogs

Porcupines

Pangolins

African Wild Cats

African Gray Parrots

Blesbok

Eland

Hartebeest

Impala

Gnu/Wildebeest

Kudu

Oryx

Springbok

*Tortoises

*Multiple Bird Species 

*Rescued Horses

*Rescued Domestic Dogs and Cats

(* = not included in wild animal head count)

Please send your tax-deductible donation to:

Harnas African Wildlife Rescue

182 Howard St., #402

San Francisco, CA 94105

Thank you for your generosity!