Arboretum Veterinary Clinic

23/07/2025

😩 Yet another Sad day today in Richards Bay! Samantha was picked up in front of a garage in Nyala Berry in Arboretum. Tiaan just picked her up and carried her. Without gloves or any protective gear. Just a soft blankie. Very brave. She collapsed. She was busy dying. She could not carry on with her troop and they left her behind. She just surrendered and laid in front of the garage waiting for help. But why??? During examination it was found Samantha was shot 4x. Once at least today as the blood was still fresh. The other a couple of days ago. One pellet penetrated the liver and caused a peritonitis. In normal language it caused her to rot inside her body! Her intestines were full of puss. An emergency operation was performed during which the vets decided to euthanise her, preventing her a cruel agonising, slow, horrific death. One of the pellets went into the liver and caused an abscess which ruptured and then led to peritonitis.

Who does that? Who shoots an innocent monkey girl, 3-4 years old in a residential area - in Nyala Berry? When will this massacre and cruelty stop? When will people get common sense that this is illegal and cruel?? When??? Who can sleep at night and know he has harmed an animal? What if someone shoots your dog or cat and this happens?

The following footage it real, sensitive and 🔥 NOT FOR SENSITIVE VIEWERS 🔥 . Scroll on if you do not want to be confronted with the truth and pain! If this cruelty does not bother or affect you. Just scroll on!

22/07/2025

After Saturdays power outage in Arboretum our switchboard burned out! Our phones 📞 will he diverted to the emergency line 0827711345. We are at the surgery 7am-6pm. Please just come in or use the emergency line. So sorry for this inconvenience. Please would you share this message to the rest of Richards Bay. This will take a couple of days to be replaced. Thank you for understanding. Regards
Arboretum Veterinary Clinic

21/07/2025

After the long power failure on Saturday our switchboard is just dead ⚰️. Monday morning starts good. Please just come to the surgery - we are open and here to help you. Hopefully we get it sorted in the course of the morning. Thanx. Dr Otto

20/07/2025

What a brilliant 💡idea :

Ons het besluit om die jaar met Mandela-dag iets terug te gee aan die DVB (SPCA Uitenhage Charity Shop) vir al hulle harde werk en toewyding aan ons viervoetige vriende.

Ons span het ou filters hergebruik en hondehokke daarvan gemaak. Elke hok bevat ’n matras, ’n kombersie en ’n teddiebeer.

Ons wil graag ons skenkers bedank vir hul waardevolle bydraes:

Des Harington, Patat Petre Strydom, Trevor Butler en Johanna Meyer vir die komberse.

Luzelle van der Watt, Renier Strydom, Trevor Butler, Rene' Le Roux en Geraldene Stumke vir die teddiebere.

’n Groot dankie aan Haggie en sy span wat hul tyd afgestaan het om hierdie projek moontlik te kon maak.

Haggies Swimpool Service and Supplies

20/07/2025

My time has come and all is set and done.
On Wednesday we leave Richards Bay to connect with the group on Thursday morning at 5am to start our journey to Kei Mouth, Eastern Cape.

What is my drive and motivation and mission? During the last 3 to 4 years I got involved with the killing, mauling and maiming of our wildlife around us. In particular the Chlorocebus pygerythrus, Vervet monkeys. Yes, the most insignificant and most hated little bodies around us. Bush babies are loved, yet Owls are battered and mongoose purposely driven over. Why are we doing this? Is my ongoing question. Just why? Why are some loved and others hated - so much that we are willing to shoot them and drive over them purposely and let them suffer a cruel, agonising slow death next to the road. Like trash. Like a nothing. Why are Godly people ungodly when it comes to Vervet Monkeys, Owls, Mongoose, Herons, Ibises and the list carries on….

So it happens that I picked up Jane next to the road - navel cord still attached and sucking on her dead mommy. That day 9 November 2022 - changed my life.

And something - call it God - call it the Holy Spirit - call it what you want, touched my heart and I realised this massacre in Richards Bay cannot go on the way it does.

For nearly 28 years I turned a blind eye. I ignored the plea of the voiceless. I did nothing.

And now I am! We have started catching, treating and releasing all sorts of wildlife that come through our doors and releasing once an injured wildlife animal, is a price nobody can pay neither is it a feeling I can describe. There is no Thank you. No smile or even a kiss. Maybe a “looking back” and a never return….

But I know deep in my heart if we safe one life, created by God for our joy, that satisfies my soul and brings honour to God then it is good. I will never be a Dian Fossey or a Steve Irwin - but I can make a difference in Richards Bay. So can you!

I am cycling this coming Friday to Monday next week 200km. Taking part in the Nuvo Wildride. My dear brother Martin Cramer is my team mate and together we are “Team Sisbro”. Together we will cycle from Kei Mouth to Port St Jones. My aim is to raise funds to treat and feed the wildlife that get admitted to our practice. Help them recover and put them right back in nature where they were picked up. Treating and feeding them does cost a lot of money and every cent helps to cover that. Should you feel prompted in your heart to donate or to sponsor towards my fundraiser - please use the following bank account:

Which is The White Eye Foundation a registered NPC established for this purpose.
Please use “Miriam - Nuvo” as reference. You may also just pray for our travels and pray that God will protect us, lead us and return us safe home.

Thanking you already from the bottom of my heart.
If you want to join my journey and see some photos on fb please use this link 🔗

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1DfFP68RMz/?mibextid=wwXIfr

or the closed WhatsApp group

https://chat.whatsapp.com/KjLLJnhwAjFFOd54Cej3aV

In the interim I have also started a “Richards Bay Wildlife network, helpers, carers and warriors” group, should you like to help look after Richards Bay Wildlife, please join with this below 👇🏻 🔗 link:

https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ip99iBDuiOu94SI9DD3NBi

20/07/2025

If having a soul means being able to feel love loyalty & gratitude, then animals are a lot better off than a lot of humans.
-James Herriot

He remained loyal right to the very end.
He didn’t venture far away from her at all.
Even with both dogs on the property barking at him, he didn’t leave her side. He always came back.

He communicated with me the whole time and allowed me to assess her.
He watched intensely with everything i did.

She had suffered irreparable nerve damage from being in a fence but to make it worse, she had a beautiful little velvet girl in her pouch.
His little girl in her pouch.

He did not charge.
He did not attack.
He did not show any sign of aggression.
He showed worry.
He showed loyalty to his family.
He showed me absolute heartbreak.

I took Mums body across the road, to lay under the trees for him to grieve.
For him to say goodbye.
He watched me the whole process.
Im glad he knows where she is.
I gave her bubba time to say goodbye to her Mum.
She is now with a carer, where hopefully she can grow to be a big girl ♥️

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17/07/2025