A veteran urban wildlife conservationist has commented on the recent furore over the shooting of Egyptian geese, saying shooting culls are needed to reduce the ecological and human health problems the species is causing.
It was starving and near death, but thanks to a call from a concerned Motherwell resident and swift intervention by a Gqeberha conservation organisation, a young secretary bird was saved and on Wednesday released to stalk through the grasslands another day.
Wildlife rescue expert Arnold Slabbert says to stop the decimation of animals in the Baakens River Valley and at the same time prevent the spread of rabies, all uncontrolled dogs must be shot.