Concerned children save fish
A couple of youngsters saved the lives of at least 30 fish that were stranded, after a stream overflowed due to the recent heavy rainfall.
Peter (13) and Matthew Blackman (7), from Arbor Primary School, and their friends and neighbours, Max (11) and Stella (7) Hornby, from St Dunstan’s, were intent on saving the lives of the fish after seeing them in the veld, trying to make their way into the main water on November 29.
“On the Friday evening at 4pm we took a drive in the field behind our plot in Killarney Avenue; we drove alongside the river and saw how strongly it was flowing,” said Peter and Matthew’s father, Tim Blackman.
“We came to the area near the big willow tree and saw that the water had burst the banks and was flooding the grassy lands.
“While standing there we saw fish jumping, trying to make their way back to the main river.
“For the whole of Friday night the children were thinking of ideas to catch the fish without harming them and carrying them back to the main river.”
Max and Stella, who also live in Killarney Avenue, were part of the think tank on the Friday night.
The determined children put their plans into action and spent most of the following day in the sun, re-locating the fish.
About two years ago, Peter and Matthew donated a year’s pocket money to the John Robbie show on Talk Radio 702, towards night vision goggles to help to save the rhinos.
The two boys had been saving the money towards paintball guns, and were sponsored with paintball gear when a paintball company heard of their good deed on radio.
