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FIREFIGHTERS PREVENT MAJOR INDUSTRIAL DISASTER PAGE 3 SNAKE ANTIVENOM PRODUCTION RESUMES IN SA PAGE 4
TWO OCEANS AQUARIUM TURNS 30! Malachi Newman (3) shares a smile with Bruce the shark mascot at Lagoon Beach during a windy but rewarding beach clean-up, organised by the Save a Fishie team in partnership with the Trash Bash Team and the Two Oceans Aquarium. The latter recently celebrated its 30th anniversary of ocean conservation and education. The clean-up saw volunteers amassing an incredible amount of hidden litter, an impressive 96 kg of mostly microplastics.
CITY CONDEMNS MASS KILLING OF 19 TORTOISES
Poachers kill tortoises KAILIN DANIELS
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he City of Cape Town has condemned the brutal poaching of 19 Angulate Tortoises at the Table Bay Nature Reserve recently, calling it a shocking act of cruelty and a serious breach of environ-
mental-protection laws. Reserve staff made the grim discovery earlier this month, when they came across several empty tortoise shells scattered along footpaths near the Environmental Education Centre. On closer inspection it became clear the tortoises had been
forcefully removed from their shells and harvested, likely for their meat or possible traditional use. “This is a serious case of animal cruelty and a violation of environmental protection laws under the National Environmental Management:
MOBILE ID DRIVE EMPOWERS Biodiversity Act and the City HUNDREDS IN of Cape Town’s by-laws,” said Deputy Mayor and Mayco MELKBOSSTRAND member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Eddie Andrews. PAGE 5 TO PAGE 2 ‘ANIMAL CRUELTY’