Animal advocacy groups call for probe after monkeys taken from KZN rescue centre are euthanised
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DURBAN - The Wildlife Animal Protection Forum South Africa has penned an open letter to the National Council of SPCAs after 59 monkeys, removed from the Umsizi Umkomaas Vervet Monkey Rescue Centre last month, were euthanised.
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife’s, Musa Mntambo said 100 monkeys were taken from the facility. They were illegally kept at the Umsizi Umkomaas Vervet Monkey Rescue Centre and the owner was charged with breaking two sections of Nature Conservation Ordinance 15 of 1974, he said.
Mntambo said the owner was given 21 days notice and by February 4 had to remove the monkeys. He added she was issued a R1 500 fine.
Knysna residents given tips on how to deal with baboon problem
Naziziphiwo Buso Digital reporter 02 April 2021
While a male baboon called Jeffrey is still on the loose in Johannesburg, his cousins in parts of Knysna are becoming such a nuisance that the municipality has issued measures to deal with them.
Jeffrey was last seen on Wednesday morning crossing Ontdekkers Road near Florida Veterinary Hospital.
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Latest: Activist demands answers after scores of monkeys seized
An animal activist is outraged after Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife euthanised 59 monkeys that it had seized from a rehabilitation centre.
A KwaZulu-Natal woman will be filing a Promotion for Access to Information Act (PAIA) application following the alleged euthanasia of 59 monkeys the government seized from the rehabilitation site.
In a statement posted on a Facebook page she alleged that Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, which had confiscated the monkeys, had not complied with the legal process to allow her to appeal its notice.
Ezemvelo earlier said that the owner of the centre had been charged with allegedly contravening two sections of the Nature Conservation Ordinance 15 of 1974 as follows:
Rise in illegal hunting incidents in KZN
By Lorna Charles
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Durban - Upper Highway residents have reported an increase in illegal hunting in the area near the Kloof gorge.
Shelley Keene, who resides on the edge of the Kloof conservancy area, told The Mercury that she had noticed that on weekends men, armed with weapons, came with dogs to hunt for animals in the gorge.
“So far we have seen them kill porcupines, a large spotted genet, hedgehogs and a buck.”
Keene said her family became aware of the issue a few years and had reported it to the SPCA.
CapeNature reviewing application to send Kataza to Limpopo wildlife centre
By Siphokazi Vuso
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Cape Town - The Cape of Good Hope SPCA has filed an application with Cape Nature for permission to capture and translocate beloved Kommetjie baboon Kataza to a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Limpopo.
This followed a meeting between the City and the Cape of Good Hope SPCA on Tuesday last week to discuss welfare concerns associated with Kataza (SK11), his lack of integration with his natal troop and continued raiding behaviours.
“The Cape of Good Hope SPCA confirmed at this meeting that should the situation not improve, they will submit an application to CapeNature, as the mandated authority in terms of the Nature Conservation Ordinance, for a permit to have SK11 translocated to a rehabilitation centre where he can be released back into the wild, once he has been rehabilitated,” said the City.