The beautiful zebra who was found running in the streets of Germiston, last Monday, has been set free.
After being taken to a boma on a wildlife conservancy in the south of Johannesburg, she stayed there under veterinary observation until she had recovered.
Then, last Wednesday afternoon, the mare was released to join an existing herd of zebra currently on the conservancy.
Arno de Klerk, an inspector from the NSPCA’s Wildlife Protection Unit, who was involved in her capture, was pleased that she had been released.
He also told the GCN that details of the matter were relayed at the outset to Gauteng Nature Conservation, who gave a general undertaking to go out and look for the animal but to date, there has been no record of any Nature Conservation official attending or taking any form of action that could have assisted the zebra.
“The lack of assistance from Gauteng Nature Conservation is noted with grave concern.
“They are government-funded. We are not.
“Yet when animals need help, it is ourselves, the National Council of SPCAs, who go out willingly, efficiently and with commitment to the immediate and long-term welfare of any animal being helped,” de Klerk said.
With regard to the mare, de Klerk said, “The NSPCA will continue to monitor her progress and will ensure that the rest of her life will be in a non-captive situation with others of her kind.”
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