{"id":8336,"date":"2021-07-23T10:46:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T08:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sibayaprecinct.co.za\/site\/?p=8336"},"modified":"2024-10-05T13:20:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T11:20:29","slug":"a-collective-effort-from-the-sibaya-and-hawaan-conservation-trusts-and-wessa-provides-clean-water-for-animals-along-ohlanga-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sibayaprecinctmgt.co.za\/site\/a-collective-effort-from-the-sibaya-and-hawaan-conservation-trusts-and-wessa-provides-clean-water-for-animals-along-ohlanga-river\/","title":{"rendered":"A collective effort from the Sibaya and Hawaan Conservation Trusts and WESSA provides clean water for animals along Ohlanga river"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following last week\u2019s fire and chemical spill in Cornubia and subsequent pollution of the nearby\u00a0<\/span>Ohlanga<\/span>\u00a0river,\u00a0<\/span>teams from\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Sibaya<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Hawaan<\/span>\u00a0Conservation Trusts\u00a0<\/span>and WESSA\u00a0<\/span>have been hard at work placing water stations in strategic areas for animals to drink. According to ecologist, Allister Starke, water stations were positioned<\/span>\u00a0on game paths near the river to encourage the animals to drink from them rather than the river itself.\u00a0<\/span>T<\/span>hese stations are being used<\/span>\u00a0by the animals<\/span>\u00a0and will be filled\u00a0<\/span>as needed.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We are pleased to report that hazardous waste management company Spilltech was in in the area this morning clearing the beaches of dead fish and other potentially harmful debris. <\/span><\/p>\n

These efforts will go a long way in protecting the animal and bird life in and around the river and lagoon areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Above and below images: The water stations are located along the north and south banks of the Ohlanga river as far as the N2<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Below: Spilltech conducts a cleanup of uMhlanga beaches<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Following last week\u2019s fire and chemical spill in Cornubia and subsequent pollution of the nearby\u00a0Ohlanga\u00a0river,\u00a0teams from\u00a0the\u00a0Sibaya\u00a0and\u00a0Hawaan\u00a0Conservation Trusts\u00a0and WESSA\u00a0have been hard at work placing water stations in strategic areas for animals to drink. According to ecologist, Allister Starke, water stations were positioned\u00a0on game paths near the river to encourage the animals to drink from them rather…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-and-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sibayaprecinctmgt.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sibayaprecinctmgt.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sibayaprecinctmgt.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibayaprecinctmgt.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibayaprecinctmgt.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8336"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sibayaprecinctmgt.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8340,"href":"https:\/\/sibayaprecinctmgt.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8336\/revisions\/8340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibayaprecinctmgt.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sibayaprecinctmgt.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibayaprecinctmgt.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibayaprecinctmgt.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}