Red hartebeest spotted in open veld in Edleen
The buck was spotted in the veld across Flame on CR Swart Drive
A red hartebeest, spotted by residents in a veld on Green Avenue opposite Flame, has so far been able to evade those looking for it.
Although Kempton Park SPCA, as well as the society’s game division went looking for the animal, they could not find it.
The latest sighting of the buck was on Thursday evening around 6.30pm when Edleen resident Des Bezuidenhout spotted it. She also saw it on Wednesday morning at about 5.30am.
“There is a lot of reeds in the veld where it likes to hide. I also saw it among some bushes,” she told Express on Friday morning.
She said when she and a friend stopped to take photographs, it ran away.
Jan du Toit, manager of Kempton Park SPCA, said: “We first received a call from a resident that there was a buck tied up and hurt in the veld but on arrival we could not find anything. We have been there twice with our game division and we can’t find it. We don’t know if it’s hiding during the day.”
Residents who saw the animal said they think it might have escaped from Modderfontein Nature Reserve. A red hartebeest escaped from the reserve in August last year but was captured. Whether this is the same animal, is not known.
“I hope they find the buck before somebody shoots it or it runs in front of a car,” said an Edleen resident.
If you have any information or see this buck, call the SPCA on 011-975-6537/8.
