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A K9 Patrol Pet Army member faces animal cruelty charges after shocking footage reveals him supergluing a dog's ear, sparking an urgent SPCA investigation.
As African penguin numbers plummet, SANCCOB’s crucial work reveals the urgent need for conservation and stronger protections to save this species from extinction.
Another must-read today is Wendy Jasson da Costa’s interview with Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, who survived Idi Amin to become Uganda’s first wildlife vet. We also have an extract from her book.
Mtetwa, who is a lecturer in the Department of Anatomy and Physiology in the Faculty of Veterinary Science, said that she remembered the first time she saw a rhino in the wild, and it took her breath away.
Josh, a pure-bred wire-haired fox terrier, was bitten in the face and had to spend several days at Valley Farm Animal Hospital in Pretoria, but he was released a week ago and is recovering at home.
Despite intense persecution as a livestock predator and rabies vector, the black-backed jackal has remained a common species in most parts of its range, even in areas close to large cities.
That’s how pet owner Michael Blake described how his 5-year-old Yorkshire terrier Delphi survived being picked up on Tuesday by a crowned eagle, carried across a valley and dropped.
Emanzimtoti and uMlazi are the worst area for rabies in Durban