Dean Schneider

My very first weekly vlog is finally online. I am extremely excited to share my day to day life with the entire Hakuna Mipaka family with you guys. There is a lot of exciting and exclusive content to come! Enjoy the vlog and welcome to my world!

In today's vlog, I visit a rhino sanctuary and get to see some incredible Southern White Rhinos and learn about the reproduction and future of their species, take care of Jayjay and Momo, and bond with Dexter and the lion pride. Thanks for watching!

Some of the most amazing and inspiring Dean Schneider moments including lions, elephants, monkeys, and more!

Today's video is part two compilation of some of the most amazing, inspiring, and viral Dean Schneider moments!

I made this video to give you guys an insight into what it's like to live a life alongside the king of the animals! Being part of the Lion Pride is the biggest achievement of my life. But it is not easy! It took a lot of patience, understanding, injuries, and all sorts of challenges to master until I was acknowledged, respected, and loved as one of their family.

The Northern White Rhino is basically extinct and we humans are responsible for this! So since the responsibility is on our side we also have to do something about it!

Forming a Lion Pride out of captive-bred lions who are not related to one another and have no clue how to socialize with other lions was a big challenge! There's a lot that can go wrong when introducing lions to one another especially after a certain age! Today I am very happy and even a little bit proud that everything went so well and the lions have their very own family now.

In this week's vlog, I take Jj and Momo out for a picnic and to explore one of their favorite spots on the Oasis and go climbing with them! We had a medical emergency regarding the wildebeest Lucy, and I take you guys with me to spend some time with the Hakuna Mipaka Lion Pride!

Every morning we wake up to the greatest gift we have, the gift of life! Every living being on this beautiful planet including you and me is blessed with life! One Life! Now, what is life to me?

In this vlog, I spent some time with the cheetahs and we have an unexpected intruder in the camp! I take you along with me to feed the lions and get up close and personal during feeding time! We also started building Lulu's new home!

On this vlog, I spend some time with the lions and bring you some lion facts with Nayla! I feed Kobe and Madiba, the Cheetah brothers, their first ever natural meal, and help them through it! I take you along with me for a nighttime feeding session with Chuckie the Hyaena and take Jj and Momo to their favorite lookout on the Oasis!

In January 2020, after seeing the devastation of the Australian bushfires and the impact it had on the millions of animals, I decided to raise money through my social media and fly to Australia to give a helping hand after the hype died down. Thanks to everyone involved from the bottom of my heart and all the amazing organizations and people who made this trip possible!

I want lions to be what they have been born for and learn people to love them the way they are and not the way we wish them to be! Dexter and the Pride are all non-related captive-bred lions that have been born in captivity.

Since I live with many more animals together than only the lions and the monkeys, I decided to introduce every single one of the Hakuna Mipaka animals to you guys personally. Each and every one of them is my family and there is nothing in this world I would not do in order to save their lives and make sure they are happy and healthy!

My mission is to inspire and educate people all around the globe about the beauty of our planet's wildlife! This is why education is a big part of my mission. We humans only fear the unknown! The more we learn about something the more we understand it and in some cases, we even develop love and fascination for it!

I've spent a lot of time thinking about this moment for the past few months, and even though it felt wrong I always came to the conclusion to sterilize Nayla before she has her first litter! But when the vet arrived I knew if we do it now there is no going back anymore!

At the end of the day, clean hearts always win!

It is better to admit a mistake and walk the road to success than walk with regrets the road to failure!

The reunion of Nayla The Queen with her Pride was unbelievable! I've never learned more about the behavior of lions than in this particular event! I hope you could also learn a bit more about their fascinating behavior and take these experiences further into the world.