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    • Ambulance Stopped And Forced To Pay Chapman’s Peak Toll Fee

      17 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments

      Cape Medical Response recently got a call to transfer a patient to Constantiaberg as an emergency. But they were stopped at the Chapman’s Peak toll first. According to Entilini Concession – the company that operates the road – even ambulances must stop and pay the toll fee, “irrespective of whether it is an emergency.”

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    • Dog Whispering Shaman Exposed

      17 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 11 Comments

      James Lech, the dog whispering shaman, and so-called “dog behavioural specialist,” appears to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing. His pilot television series never made it to air, and a number of incidents of animal abuse have begun to emerge – all painting a dismal picture of the man.

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    • Top South African Dog Whisperer’s Rottweiler Responsible For Clifton Attack

      13 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 47 Comments

      Morning spice reported that a dog attacked a two-year-old girl at Clifton’s first beach on Wednesday this morning. It turns out that the same dog whisperer, James Lech, responsible for a dog that mauled a girl in a similar attack last year, is responsible for this latest incident too.

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    • DA Lashes Out Against ‘Draconian’ New Weather Bill

      12 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments

      There’s a storm rapidly brewing over a very contentious amendment to the South African Weather Service Bill. The Democratic Alliance has slammed the “undesirable” and “draconian” sections on the grounds that they are a threat to the safety of all South Africans and would create an unfair monopoly over weather forecasting.

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    • Should We Farm Rhino?

      11 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 12 Comments

      On the back of the dreadful news that eight rhino carcasses were found in the Kruger National Park within the space of 24 hours the day before yesterday, a South African columnist and well respected journalist has asked whether we should be farming rhino.

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    • Fire Services To The Rescue

      10 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      The Cape Town City Bowl has, luckily, had a fairly quiet fire season. Just before midday today, a fire started on Signal Hill, and drew the attention of two helicopters, which brought it under control rapidly. Pictured is the yellow Working on Fire, chopper dropping water from its Bambi Bucket.

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    • Uproar Over Chapman’s Peak Office Development

      10 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      Hout Bay residents are furious about a R54 million office development along Chapman’s Peak that will be used by Entilini, the company that operates the Chapman’s Peak toll road. It goes without saying that the development would be one of the most exclusive offices to work at in the country, but is it legal?

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    • Tourist Miraculously Survives After Bungee Cord Snaps [VIDEO]

      09 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments

      Ever wondered how many times a bungee cord can be used before it snaps? The answer, as an Australian tourist recently found out, turns out to be about 50 000 times. Miraculously she survived her 111-meter nosedive into the Zambezi River – video after the jump.

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    • Alien World Discovered Beneath Antarctica [VIDEO]

      05 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Scientists researching previously unexplored deep-sea vents in Antarctica stumbled upon a host of new species, including hairy-chested crabs, ghostly octopus and predatory starfish, in what has since been dubbed a “lost world”.

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    • What Can Be Done For Rhino Poaching Orphans?

      05 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Yesterday we brought you an update on the news of the hunter who has paid nearly a million rand to shoot an endangered trophy white rhino. But where rhinos are poached, there are even more far reaching implications, not least finding the resources to care for their orphaned young.

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    • Rhino Hunting Permits Are Common Practice In South Africa

      04 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments

      A public and media outcry followed the release of information that a KZN businessman, who has not been identified, made a winning bid of R969 150 for the right to hunt a male white rhino in Mkuze Game Reserve. Rhino hunting permits are actually issued far more often than you might think.

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    • Samoa Cancels Friday

      29 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      At the moment, Samoa is the last country to see the sun go down every day, but a change in the international dateline will now make it the first to see the sun rise. Samoa is getting ready to skip a day and shift its time zone forward by 24 hours.

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    • BBC Picks Giant Panda As “Woman Of The Year”

      29 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      When it comes to representing females in the media, one has to tread very carefully in order to avoid offending people. This is a lesson the BBC has recently learned after they included a giant panda called Sweetie alongside Pippa Middleton and Adele in its list of the 12 women of the year.

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    • Hugh Hefner And Crystal Harris Involved In Custody Battle Over Puppy

      27 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Life is difficult for those who live on a permanent diet of Viagra and velvet robes. Not only does Hugh Hefner have to juggle himself between a whole group of playmates, but now they want to take his puppies away from him as well.

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    • Shell Announces Huge Oil Spill Off Nigerian Coast, Worst In A Decade

      23 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Shell has just alerted Nigerian coastal communities that up to 40 000 barrels of crude oil was spilled on Wednesday off the coast of the Niger delta while it was being transferred to a tanker about 120 kilometres off the coast. The spill is likely to be the biggest in a decade.

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    • Scientists Invent Solar Paint

      23 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      A team of scientists has finished developing a cheaply manufactured paint-like product prototype that they hope you will eventually be able to put on the outside of your home. The paint will generate electricity from light – electricity that can then be captured and used to power the appliances and equipment on the inside of your home.

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    • Taxidermist Behind Bars For Importing Exotic Animal Parts [PICS]

      22 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Miami taxidermist, Enrique Gomez De Molina, is facing five years of jail time and a quarter million US$ in fines for importing body parts of rare and exotic animals to build a series of bizarre hybrid taxidermy sculptures.

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    • What Is Santa’s Carbon Footprint?

      22 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      While the polar ice cap melts away under Santa’s jolly black boots, let’s take a look at this cool infographic that illustrates the deep deep carbon footprint those hefty heels leave.

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    • BREAKING: Massive Animal Horn Bust In Tableview [UPDATED]

      20 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 13 Comments

      Aquila Game Reserve posted the following at 13h43 on their Facebook page: Saving Private Rhino – An Aquila Private Game Reserve Initiative have just received information about a “burning hair” smell and the sound of grinding coming from a garage at an apartment block in Tableview. Suspecting it could involve rhino horn, owner of Aquila […]

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    • Top Ten Animal Jerks Of 2011

      19 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Most end of the year top ten lists are pretty boring, but this one is a little different. A New Zealand website has now released the top ten list of animals that were dicks in 2011 There’s even a South African on the list.

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    • Rhino Horn Smuggler Sentenced As Death Toll Rises To 443

      15 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      National Geographic announced yesterday that we have lost a staggering 443 rhinos to poaching this year – a number that seems to climb exorbitantly on a daily basis. It’s with open arms that the country welcomes the sentencing of Hsu Hsien Lung to six years imprisonment for his part in rhino horn smuggling.

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    • Google’s Updated Streetview of Fukushima

      13 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      True to the pledge it made back in July to digitally archive images of the parts of Japan affected by the March earthquake and tsunami, Google has uploaded imagery of post-earthquake Fukushima to Street View. They’ve also set up a ‘Build the Memory’ website which compares before-and-after shots of the affected towns.

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    • Monkey’s Paintings Fetch Up To R3500 Each [PICS]

      13 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Pockets Warhol is white-capped capuchin monkey. He has been given that name because he uses his tail, hands, feet, and of course, a brush, to daub canvases with his own unique artistic paintings. Pockets has become a money-spinning machine for bosses at at Story Book Farm, a primate sanctuary in Canada, with his paintings selling for as much as R3 500 each. See examples of his work after the jump.

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    • Toronto’s Gay Penguins Not Gay – One Mates With Female

      13 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Two male African penguins recently made worldwide headlines after it appeared the two might be gay. As it turns out, Toronto Zoo’s gay penguins were not really gay after all. A female has come between them, and they have officially been split up.

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    • Girl Waves At Bear. Bear Waves Back At Girl [VIDEO]

      13 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      This clip, taken last year, is believed to have been filmed at the Olympic Game Farm in Washington. It features a huge Kodiak bear waving back at sightseers and has quickly become a hit on the internet. Viewers are particularly delighted by his cheery demeanour. I love how he gives that, “OH IT’S YOU!” look before waving back.

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    • Life Is Possible In “Large Regions” Of Mars

      12 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      It’s official – Earth and Mars are similar enough for terrestrial life to be sustained on the red planet. Australian scientists have confirmed that organisms from our planet can survive on a substantial percentage of Mars. This study is said to be the best estimate yet of how habitable Mars is for Earth-dwelling microbes.

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    • Earliest Known Human Beds Found Near Durban

      09 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Not only are the beds about 77 000 years old, but it appears they were also designed to ward off insects like mosquitoes. The fossilized material has been found at an ancient cliff shelter known as Sibudu, which is near to Durban on our east coast, and continues to fuel the debate that modern man evolved out of Africa.

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    • Chinese Lose Their Minds Over Zoo Animals

      08 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Love is in the air at Yunnan Wild Animal Park in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, as millions of Chinese internet users have flooded staff at the park with requests to keep a very odd couple together.

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    • Kruger Park Halts Rhino Info On Maps And Notice Boards

      07 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      On the back of the dreadful statistics that poachers have killed a new record of 405 rhino’s in South Africa since the beginning of the year, comes the news that the Kruger National Park will immediately halt the posting of rhino sightings on its notice boards.

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    • Pregnant Giraffe Saved From Swimming Pool [VIDEO]

      07 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Wild at Heart is a British TV show being shot in South Africa. One of its stars is Lucy, a nine year old pregnant giraffe. This week she fell into a swimming pool on set – forcing rescue workers to demolish it in order to free her. Video after the jump.

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