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The Mdzananda Animal Clinic and Shelter spread festive joy to pets across Khayelitsha on Tuesday, December 23, distributing 332 food gift packs to dogs and cats and their owners.
ANIMAL CARE

Mdzananda Animal Clinic brings Christmas cheer to 332 pets in Khayelitsha

The Mdzananda Animal Clinic and Shelter spread festive joy to pets across Khayelitsha on Tuesday, December 23, distributing 332 food gift packs to dogs and cats and their owners.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
Artistic reconstruction of a newly hatched troodontid-like dinosaur resting among fragments of its eggshell (loosely based on Mongolian microtroodontid-type). These eggshells, when buried within ancient soil, interacted with meteoric waters, leading to early uranium incorporation into the eggshell calcite crystals.
FOSSILS

Groundbreaking method utilises dinosaur eggshells for accurate fossil dating

A groundbreaking study led by a Stellenbosch University researcher has unveiled a new technique that uses fossilized dinosaur eggshells to determine the age of rocks containing…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
Dr Esté Spies attending to an animal patient at their Ottery-based animal hospital.
OTTERY

Animal Rescue Organisation welcomes new veterinarian Dr Esté Spies

Discover how Dr Esté Spies, a passionate veterinarian, is set to transform animal welfare at the Ottery-based Animal Rescue Organisation, stepping into the shoes of her dedicated…

  • WESLEY FORD
2 min read
The City started a pilot mass pet sterilisation project in Dunoon and Brown’s Farm in 2013. Picture: Tracey Adams - African News Agency/ANA.
ANIMAL

Almost 15 000 animals sterilised in a decade, says City

Almost 15 000 domestic pets have been sterilised over the past decade, in areas identified by Cape Animal Welfare Forum, at a cost of more than R6.3 million, according to the…

  • Sibulele Kasa
1 min read