James Janse van Rensburg, NSRI Hermanus duty coxswain, said: At 06h26, Thursday, 25 December, NSRI Hermanus duty crew were activated following eyewitness reports of a dog appearing to be in distress swimming in the Hermanus New Harbour. ...
John Nicholas, NSRI Port Edward station commander, said: At 08h15, Monday, 22 September, NSRI Port Edward duty crew were activated following reports from uShaka Marine World of 2 green turtles needing to be recovered at the Umzimkulu River. ...
Stephen van den Berg, NSRI Gqeberha duty coxswain, said: At 10h00, Sunday, 14 September, NSRI Gqeberha and the SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) volunteers were alerted to reports to NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) of a juvenile Humpback whale entangled ...
Kevin Warren, NSRI Gqeberha coxswain, said: At 09h06, Tuesday, 2 September, NSRI Gqeberha were alerted by SAWDN operations to prepare SAWDN (South African Whale Disentanglement Network) trained NSRI SAWDN crew and to prepare the SAWDN specialised gear and cutting equipment ...
On Thursday, 21 August, we have managed to intervene to prevent dog ACHI from being euthanised. In cooperation with authorities and the Department of Agriculture Ministers office we are working tirelessly to resolve this matter and save dog ACHI. ...
In 2 separate whale disentanglement operations, on Saturday, West of Gqeberha, and on Wednesday, offshore of Cape St Francis, NSRI rescue craft launched, accompanied by SAWDN trained NSRI crew, to successfully carry out 2 operations to disentangle whales, a juvenile ...
Last month, intense rains led to severe flooding at TEARS Animal Rescue in Sunnydale, inundating parts of the facility, with the dog kennels among the worst affected. Quick coordination and swift action from the NSRI, along with the broader community ...
A juvenile Humpback whale has been successfully disentangled from fishing rope and flotation buoys in a challenging disentanglement operation on Tuesday. ...
On Saturday, 7 June, BCMM (Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality) Aquarium arranged a local fixed wing aircraft (airborne on a flight) to scan the coastline in an effort to spot a Humpback whale trailing a large flotation buoy that had been ...
Sadly, a juvenile Humpback whale, beached at Robberg Nature Reserve, has unavoidably been humanely euthanised by marine authorities, assisted by Police, despite extensive efforts to try to save the whale. ...
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