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The Cape of Good Hope SPCA released a rehabilitated adult female caracal back into the wild. The feline suffered severe injuries after she was attacked by a dog in Camps Bay.

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In a post on social media, Urban Caracal Project stressed again how important it is for dog owners to keep their dogs on leashes as they walk through Table Mountain National Park with their pets.

Dogs are known to chase, harm, and sometimes kill caracals, but these incidents can be avoided.

“Picking up after your dog while walking and keeping up to date with vaccinations are also important ways to reduce the spread of parasites and disease. These actions will lower the impact of dogs on all wildlife in these areas,” adds Urban Caracal Project.

Below is a video of the caracal’s release:

 

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Ways to support the project

  • Please immediately report all roadkill caracals in the Cape Town area (i.e., the Peninsula and outer suburbs) to Dr Gabriella Leighton at [email protected] or call 079 837 8814.
  • The project relies exclusively on donations and grant support that has funded everything from GPS collars and caracal tracking efforts to genetic analyses, supplies, pesticide and disease testing, health assessments, and much more.
  • Report caracal sightings here.

Its current project expenses are focused on supporting the work of a PhD student, Gabriella Leighton, as she wraps up her urban caracal project on disease testing at the University of Cape Town.

Any amount helps, and 100% of donations go to the project

Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

  • Beneficiary Reference: iCWild Urban Caracal
  • Account name: UCT Donations Account
  • Branch name: Rondebosch
  • Branch code: 025009
  • Branch address: Belmont Road, Rondebosch 7700, Cape Town
  • Account number: 071522387
  • Account type: Current
  • Swift address: SBZAZAJJ

To assist with the prompt identification and processing of donations, please include an abbreviated donor name and donation purpose in the bank reference field. 

Once a deposit or electronic payment has been made, please notify the project by email at [email protected] and [email protected], explaining what the donation is for.

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Picture: Pierre Blignaut

 

 

 

 

 

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