Birds are terrible gifts to give

Karen Kotze|Published

I am utterly owned by three African greys, two budgies and two zebra finches. They are a font of laughter and awe: every day they teach me something about them, ...

Man and dog do charity walk for homeless huskies

Karen Kotze|Published

A seven-year-old red Siberian husky, Jaxx, and his 62-year-old owner, Desmond Langkilde, are walking from Plettenberg Bay to Cape Town to raise an SOS about abandoned ...

Baboons back in paintball gun cross hairs

Karen Watkins and Karen Kotze|Published

In the Constantia area in the past few weeks, two baboons have been killed and a third was euthanised by the Cape of Good Hope SPCA. Three baboons in southern troops ...

Petition takes City to task over Zandvlei pollution

Karen Kotze|Published

The public mood over what is happening in Zandvlei has changed. It is no longer just four or five disgruntled environmentalists muttering about the waterways - there ...

World-record rower arrives home

Karen Kotze|Published

After 7 200km and 71 days alone on a rowboat - and setting two new world records - extreme adventurer Zirk Botha arrived home in Cape Town on Monday. Family and ...

Kataza faces move to Limpopo rehab centre

Karen Kotze|Published

The male Chacma baboon, SK11, known as Kataza, is facing yet another move: this time to a rehabilitation centre in Limpopo. On Thursday, January 7, the City of Cape ...

Kataza heads back to his troop

Karen Kotze|Published

The return of Kataza, a male chacma baboon, to its original troop heralds the start of positive change for baboon management in the province, says animal activist ...

City ignores call to close Zandvlei

Karen Kotze|Published

The City of Cape Town took a week to respond to pressing questions about “off the charts” pollution in Zandvlei; it hasn’t closed the vlei, despite a water expert’s ...

Zandvlei riddled with E coli

Karen Kotze|Published

Water-quality testing – done privately during the 11th Peninsula Paddle – has found off-the-chart E coli readings in Zandvlei. Dr Kevin Winter, of the Future Water ...

City goes to court to defend baboon policy

Karen Kotze|Published

The City of Cape Town says it will oppose a court bid to reverse its decision to relocate a raiding male baboon. The City was notified of animal activist Ryno Engelbrecht’s ...

Help for suicide survivors to rebuild their lives

Karen Kotze|Published

Every year on September 10, World Suicide Prevention Day, there is a concerted effort to highlight the tricky topic. But what happens when it’s too late, when the ...