MARLOTH PARK – Lowvelder yesterday morning learnt that the bomas for the capture of game in Marloth Park were not being erected as planned. Wildlife Vets confirmed late last week that the permits for the sale of the animals should be in place before it could be done.
According to the spokesman for the Marloth Park Property Owners Association (MPPOA), Ms Pat Wilmans, the conservation manager at Nkomazi Local Municipality (NKLM), Mr Velly Makwakwa, told the MPPOA that the bomas were going to be erected yesterday, implying that the permits were in order.
However, the veterinary service appointed to perform the game capture, said no permits were in place yet.
The administrative and operations manager of Wildlife Vets, Mr Géran Raath, told Lowvelder that the postponement was a problem for the veterinary practitioners. “Marloth Park is our priority now and all our other contracts are being postponed until Marloth Park’s game capture has taken place. We delivered more feed for the game this past weekend.”
On the question of the condition of grazing for the game that would be left behind, Makwakwa and Marloth Wildlife Fund confirmed that the feeding of game will continue to give the grazing and veld time to recover.
Wildlife Vets does not have a date on which the issue of the permits will be completed and thus cannot advise Lowvelder when the bomas will be erected.
