{"id":79586,"date":"2018-03-22T12:06:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T10:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=79586"},"modified":"2018-03-26T09:01:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T07:01:39","slug":"video-ubhetyan-o-africa-welcomes-four-healthy-leopards-rehabilitation-later-released-back-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/03\/22\/video-ubhetyan-o-africa-welcomes-four-healthy-leopards-rehabilitation-later-released-back-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO &#8211; uBhetyan-o-Africa welcomes four healthy leopards for rehabilitation to later be released back into the wild."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cats, three males and one female, arrived on the game farm at around 01:00 Saturday morning, after a trip from Wild Cats World outside PE to Middelburg, over 28 hours.<\/p>\n<p>One of the males, Solo, weighed in at a whopping 63 kg.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2HQ7Nvsuvo0' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>The other males Beau and Bahati, and single female Olive, all weighed in between 40 and 45 kg.<\/p>\n<h4>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/54355\/spot-the-leopard\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spot the leopard<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Wild Cats World decided to move the animals to uBhetyan with the help of Wild Heart Wildlife Foundation for release back into the wild.<\/p>\n<p>A team from the University of Pretoria&#8217;s Faculty of Veterinary Science monitored the cats alongside Dr Nolan Landman from eMalahleni during the trip.<\/p>\n<h4>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/68347\/watch-leopard-saved-from-snare\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leopard saved from snare<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The cats all fed after growing accustomed to their new environment where they share the reserve with white and brown lions, hyenas and other wild animals.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Video courtesy of Antare Productions and Mr Frank Schoombee<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/79518\/classic-clashes-tussen-hoerskool-middelburg-en-hts-middelburg-af\/\" target=\"_blank\">Classic Clashes afgestel<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/79483\/video-bokse-vlieg-aflewerings-trok-uit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video: Bokse vlieg by aflewerings trok uit<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/79459\/dennesig-dam-clean-draws-community-together\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dennesig Dam clean up draws community together<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/79152\/investigate-called-abortion-clinics\/\" target=\"_blank\">We investigate so called abortion clinics<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/79136\/annica-van-staden-stole-money\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAnnica van Staden stole my money\u201d<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/79121\/volle-video-vuisgeveg-tracers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Volledige Video: Vuisgeveg in Tracers<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/79108\/verdagte-veld-geskiet-inwoner-verduidelik\/\" target=\"_blank\">Verdagte in veld geskiet \u2013 inwoner verduidelik<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h3>Want breaking news on the go?<\/h3>\n<p>Add us on WhatsApp for regular news updates. Save the Middelburg Observer standby number 072 248 3855 on your phone and send a WhatsApp message with the words \u201cAdd me\u201d to receive news links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four healthy leopards, born in captivity but destined for freedom, are being reintroduced back into the wild by uBhetyan-o-Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5031,"featured_media":79587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Gerhard Rheeder","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[10932,1964,21966,21990,10931,10268,1340],"class_list":["post-79586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-cute-leopards","tag-leopards","tag-middelburg","tag-mpumalanga","tag-nature","tag-ubhetyan-o-africa","tag-wildlife"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["cute leopards","leopards","middelburg","Mpumalanga","nature","ubhetyan o africa","wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79586","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=79586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}