Droogte demp nie Du Preez Wild-veiling

Francoise Steynberg
Die Du Preez Wild-veiling op die Outjo Wildsfees het Saterdag alle verwagtinge oortref en uitstekende pryse behaal, ondanks die impak van die droogte.

Knap voor 11:00 toe die aanlyn en katalogusveiling moes afskop, was die tent nog nie gevul nie, maar voor jy volstruis kon sê was die tent stampvol. Bieërs se hande het opgeskiet en aanlyn bieërs het selfone laat bewe om spogwild op te raap.

Soos verwag het die bastergemsbokbul met horings van 29 duim lank ’n uitstekende prys van N$122 000 behaal. Neels van Zyl het die ander twee bastergemsbokke – ’n bul en ’n koei – teen N$97 000 elk gekoop.

Zana Botes het twee swartwitpensbulle met horings van 44 en 42 duim lank teen onderskeidelik N$90 000 en N$80 000 opgeraap.

Ander wildspesies wat wat onder die hamer gekom het, sluit onder meer in kameelperd, springbok, njala, blesbok, hartebees, lechwe, rooibok, tsessebe, eland, renoster, gemsbok, koedoe, swartwildebees, blouwildebees, goue wildebees, Hartmann- en Burchelle-sebras, waterbok en volstruis in.

Die goeie goue wildebees is teen N$29 000 verkoop asook ’n njalabul teen N$35 000 deur Portsmut Eco Safaris en die njala-ooi teen N$30 000 deur Okapuka Ranch. Die Damara dik-dik-teelpaar is teen N$25 000 deur Dirk de Bod Safaris Namibia opgeraap.

Volgens die hoof van Augra Auctions, Paul Klein, is die sukses van die veiling ’n teken dat daar vertroue in die toekoms van die wildbedryf in Namibië is.

“Al is dit droogte, groei die wild- en toerismebedryf in die land,” het hy na afloop van die veiling aan Agri Monitor gesê.

Klein het bygevoeg dat die kwaliteit wild en die goeie beeld van Du Preez Wild, ’n huishoudelike naam wat al vir 41 jaar in die wildbedryf is, ’n rol speel in die sukses van die immergewilde Du Preez Wildveiling.

Jannie en Dirk du Preez van Du Preez Wild het gesê hulle is aangenaam verras deur die goeie pryse wat behaal is ondanks hul voorspelling vooraf dat die wildsveiling weens die droogte minder suksesvol as in die verlede sal wees met “die koopmark wat maar stillerig is”.

Dirk het wildkopers vir hul lojaliteit en vertroue in Du Preez Wild bedank, asook hul span vir hul harde werk na nog ’n suksesvolle wildsveiling.

[email protected]

Comments

Namibian Sun 2024-09-20

No comments have been left on this article

Please login to leave a comment

LaLiga: Leganés 0 vs 2 Athletic Club | Real Betis 2 vs 1 Getafe | Mallorca 1 vs 0 Real Sociedad Katima Mulilo: 25° | 39° Rundu: 20° | 39° Eenhana: 17° | 36° Oshakati: 15° | 34° Ruacana: 16° | 35° Tsumeb: 19° | 34° Otjiwarongo: 13° | 32° Omaruru: 14° | 32° Windhoek: 11° | 28° Gobabis: 9° | 30° Henties Bay: 11° | 18° Wind speed: 22km/h, Wind direction: W, Low tide: 06:23, High tide: 12:53, Low Tide: 19:02, High tide: 01:16 Swakopmund: 12° | 14° Wind speed: 22km/h, Wind direction: NW, Low tide: 06:21, High tide: 12:51, Low Tide: 19:00, High tide: 01:14 Walvis Bay: 11° | 17° Wind speed: 23km/h, Wind direction: N, Low tide: 06:21, High tide: 12:50, Low Tide: 19:00, High tide: 01:13 Rehoboth: 7° | 29° Mariental: 7° | 26° Keetmanshoop: 6° | 24° Aranos: 6° | 27° Lüderitz: 14° | 27° Ariamsvlei: 6° | 23° Oranjemund: 15° | 30° Luanda: 22° | 24° Gaborone: 11° | 17° Lubumbashi: 18° | 36° Mbabane: 8° | 9° Maseru: 3° | 13° Antananarivo: 11° | 28° Lilongwe: 21° | 31° Maputo: 14° | 15° Windhoek: 11° | 28° Cape Town: 10° | 21° Durban: 13° | 14° Johannesburg: 7° | 9° Dar es Salaam: 23° | 29° Lusaka: 21° | 34° Harare: 17° | 30° Currency: GBP to NAD 23.28 | EUR to NAD 19.58 | CNY to NAD 2.49 | USD to NAD 17.56 | DZD to NAD 0.13 | AOA to NAD 0.02 | BWP to NAD 1.29 | EGP to NAD 0.35 | KES to NAD 0.14 | NGN to NAD 0.01 | ZMW to NAD 0.65 | ZWL to NAD 0.04 | BRL to NAD 3.23 | RUB to NAD 0.19 | INR to NAD 0.21 | USD to DZD 132.02 | USD to AOA 926.84 | USD to BWP 13.17 | USD to EGP 48.48 | USD to KES 128.48 | USD to NGN 1593.37 | USD to ZAR 17.56 | USD to ZMW 26.45 | USD to ZWL 321 | Stock Exchange: JSE All Share Index Same 0 | Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) Overall Index 1838.95 Up +1.41% | Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE) MASI 14184.33 Up +0.68% | Egyptian Exchange (EGX) 30 Index 30937.69 Up +1.96% | Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) DCI 9651.25 Same 0 | NSX: MTC 7.75 SAME | Anirep 8.99 SAME | Capricorn Investment group 17.34 SAME | FirstRand Namibia Ltd 49 DOWN 0.50% | Letshego Holdings (Namibia) Ltd 4.1 UP 2.50% | Namibia Asset Management Ltd 0.7 SAME | Namibia Breweries Ltd 31.49 UP 0.03% | Nictus Holdings - Nam 2.22 SAME | Oryx Properties Ltd 12.1 UP 1.70% | Paratus Namibia Holdings 11.99 SAME | SBN Holdings 8.45 SAME | Trustco Group Holdings Ltd 0.48 SAME | B2Gold Corporation 47.34 DOWN 1.50% | Local Index closed 677.62 UP 0.12% | Overall Index closed 1534.6 DOWN 0.05% | Osino Resources Corp 19.47 DOWN 2.41% | Commodities: Gold US$ 2 612.39/OZ UP +0.97% | Copper US$ 4.33/lb UP +0.27% | Zinc US$ 2 924.80/T DOWN -0.41% | Brent Crude Oil US$ 74.45/BBP DOWN -0.0058 | Platinum US$ 986.30/OZ UP +0.37% Sport results: LaLiga: Leganés 0 vs 2 Athletic Club | Real Betis 2 vs 1 Getafe | Mallorca 1 vs 0 Real Sociedad Weather: Katima Mulilo: 25° | 39° Rundu: 20° | 39° Eenhana: 17° | 36° Oshakati: 15° | 34° Ruacana: 16° | 35° Tsumeb: 19° | 34° Otjiwarongo: 13° | 32° Omaruru: 14° | 32° Windhoek: 11° | 28° Gobabis: 9° | 30° Henties Bay: 11° | 18° Wind speed: 22km/h, Wind direction: W, Low tide: 06:23, High tide: 12:53, Low Tide: 19:02, High tide: 01:16 Swakopmund: 12° | 14° Wind speed: 22km/h, Wind direction: NW, Low tide: 06:21, High tide: 12:51, Low Tide: 19:00, High tide: 01:14 Walvis Bay: 11° | 17° Wind speed: 23km/h, Wind direction: N, Low tide: 06:21, High tide: 12:50, Low Tide: 19:00, High tide: 01:13 Rehoboth: 7° | 29° Mariental: 7° | 26° Keetmanshoop: 6° | 24° Aranos: 6° | 27° Lüderitz: 14° | 27° Ariamsvlei: 6° | 23° Oranjemund: 15° | 30° Luanda: 22° | 24° Gaborone: 11° | 17° Lubumbashi: 18° | 36° Mbabane: 8° | 9° Maseru: 3° | 13° Antananarivo: 11° | 28° Lilongwe: 21° | 31° Maputo: 14° | 15° Windhoek: 11° | 28° Cape Town: 10° | 21° Durban: 13° | 14° Johannesburg: 7° | 9° Dar es Salaam: 23° | 29° Lusaka: 21° | 34° Harare: 17° | 30° Economic Indicators: Currency: GBP to NAD 23.28 | EUR to NAD 19.58 | CNY to NAD 2.49 | USD to NAD 17.56 | DZD to NAD 0.13 | AOA to NAD 0.02 | BWP to NAD 1.29 | EGP to NAD 0.35 | KES to NAD 0.14 | NGN to NAD 0.01 | ZMW to NAD 0.65 | ZWL to NAD 0.04 | BRL to NAD 3.23 | RUB to NAD 0.19 | INR to NAD 0.21 | USD to DZD 132.02 | USD to AOA 926.84 | USD to BWP 13.17 | USD to EGP 48.48 | USD to KES 128.48 | USD to NGN 1593.37 | USD to ZAR 17.56 | USD to ZMW 26.45 | USD to ZWL 321 | Stock Exchange: JSE All Share Index Same 0 | Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) Overall Index 1838.95 Up +1.41% | Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE) MASI 14184.33 Up +0.68% | Egyptian Exchange (EGX) 30 Index 30937.69 Up +1.96% | Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) DCI 9651.25 Same 0 | NSX: MTC 7.75 SAME | Anirep 8.99 SAME | Capricorn Investment group 17.34 SAME | FirstRand Namibia Ltd 49 DOWN 0.50% | Letshego Holdings (Namibia) Ltd 4.1 UP 2.50% | Namibia Asset Management Ltd 0.7 SAME | Namibia Breweries Ltd 31.49 UP 0.03% | Nictus Holdings - Nam 2.22 SAME | Oryx Properties Ltd 12.1 UP 1.70% | Paratus Namibia Holdings 11.99 SAME | SBN Holdings 8.45 SAME | Trustco Group Holdings Ltd 0.48 SAME | B2Gold Corporation 47.34 DOWN 1.50% | Local Index closed 677.62 UP 0.12% | Overall Index closed 1534.6 DOWN 0.05% | Osino Resources Corp 19.47 DOWN 2.41% | Commodities: Gold US$ 2 612.39/OZ UP +0.97% | Copper US$ 4.33/lb UP +0.27% | Zinc US$ 2 924.80/T DOWN -0.41% | Brent Crude Oil US$ 74.45/BBP DOWN -0.0058 | Platinum US$ 986.30/OZ UP +0.37%