{"id":72845,"date":"2017-09-27T09:03:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T07:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=72845"},"modified":"2017-09-29T10:46:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T08:46:16","slug":"litter-claims-life-father-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/09\/27\/litter-claims-life-father-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Litter claims the life of \u2018father of two\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Middelburg SPCA were notified of the strange behavior of a goose, who lived at the Athlone dam. It was jumping around on one foot and could not walk normally.<\/p>\n

The male goose could not keep up with the rest of his family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cHe was the father of two chicks, but he could not swim properly. The babies could not understand why their father could not keep up with them,\u201d said an eyewitness.<\/p>\n

Also read:<\/strong> Video: Faan Likkewaan relocates<\/a><\/p>\n

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After numerous futile attempts to capture the bird the SPCA called in the help of a www.mobserver.co.za<\/strong><\/a> journalist to take photos of the bird\u2019s injuries with a long lens.<\/p>\n

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The photos did not bode well for the bird.\u00a0According to Dr Leon Connoway,\u00a0 local veterinarian, the fishing line has already damaged the birds legs, tendons and muscles and was cutting into the bone.<\/p>\n

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It was determined that the leg could not be saved and advised that the bird be euthanized.<\/p>\n

\u201cHumans are the cruelest species on earth. This is the cause of people carelessly leaving behind fishing linen after a day at the dam. We picked up bundles and bundles of fishing line,\u201d said senior inspector Petro Oberholzer of the Middelburg SPCA.<\/p>\n

Also read:<\/strong> Boy arrested after dog raped, killed<\/a><\/p>\n

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The\u00a0mother and her two goslings now have to make do without the help of the male.<\/p>\n

Lees ook:<\/strong>\u00a0\u2018Gelukvarkie\u2019 word nie kaings<\/a><\/p>\n

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An Egyptian goose had to be euthanized after falling prey to the actions of heartless humans who left behind fishing line at a dam in Middelburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5031,"featured_media":72857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Daleen Naude","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[7713,7715,7714,7716,7252,21966,7718,2999,7717],"class_list":["post-72845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-animal-cruelty","tag-athlone-dam","tag-egyptian-goose","tag-euthanized","tag-leon-connoway","tag-middelburg","tag-nature-conservation","tag-spca","tag-vets-in-middelburg"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["animal cruelty","athlone dam","egyptian goose","euthanized","leon connoway","middelburg","nature conservation","SPCA","vets in middelburg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}