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D’VILLE HILLS: CARACAL IN RESIDENT’S KITCHEN
Caracal causes chaos ESMÉ ERASMUS
Atkins, opened the door of the study room to investigate and found the animal going wild in its t is not every day that a caracal, attempts to escape. or rooikat, is found in a residenThe caracal fled to the living tial neighbourhood such as room and then to the kitchen, Durbanville Hills. where it jumped onto a cupboard But that is exactly what resi- and hid behind a blue porcelain dents in Franshoek Road (opposite chicken. the St John’s Wood complex) found They left the sliding doors open to their astonishment about two for the animal to escape and went weeks ago. back to bed, but it just stayed in its According to Jean Sprake, her hiding place. neighbour shouted something The next day Sprake phoned the about “rooi ...” in the SPCA, which came to early morning hours catch the animal. of 20 September when Rico Pentz, trainee The caracal she went to put out the wildlife inspector at bin. She did not unthe SPCA, was disfled to the derstand what he patched to solve the meant, but was still in problem. living room her pyjamas and did According to Belinnot enquire any furda Abraham, the and then to ther. SPCA’s manager of She was home most communications, rethe kitchen of the day – leaving source development the doors to the garand education, “it was den and courtyard open. “Later a real challenge for our inspector that evening I had a feeling that I who had to employ the use of a bird was being watched, but thought it net and some ingenuity coupled was due to the scary movie I had with a lot of experience in hanwatched the night before,” she dling wild animals.” says. The caracal was released in the That night at about 02:20 their Tygerberg Nature Reserve the alarm went off. Their security next day. “It’s becoming more and company came to investigate, but more common as urban sprawl imnothing out of the ordinary was pacts on the natural habitats of found. many of our wild animals, not just Just an hour later, the alarm the caracal. went off again. Her partner, Mike V To page 2.
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Ash and Isabella – friends of a different feather Pet hen Ash perches on the shoulder of Isabella Colatruglio from D'Urbanvale, who hatched Ash and other chickens and ducks from eggs in her incubator. See the article on page 3. PHOTO: ESMÉ ERASMUS
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