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Hangklip-Kleinmond Directory | 2026 31 They were provided with a varied diet meeting all their nutritional requirements, so that they learn to recognize and select items that they would eat in the wild. The youngsters were fitted with the colored identification bands to their legs, which will make it possible to easily identify the birds once released, and provides valuable data about Crane movements and longevity. By April it was time to move the sub-adult siblings to a remote farm where they could begin their integration into a wild flock. This soft-release process is essential to ensure that not only are they accepted by their own kind, but that they are able to survive life in the wild. Each day involved flight exercises in ever increasing circles, and time spent communicating with the resident birds. Before long, these chicks, now sporting long primary feathers, stopped returning to the safety of the enclosure they knew, and have begun their lives as part of the resident flock on this remote farm. We wish them all the best! LOCAL INFORMATION EMERGENCY WILDLIFE CONTACT NUMBERS WILDLIFE Kogelberg Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre and Rescue Team Michelle Watson 073 314 0674 Emergency 060 861 5653 BaboonsKleinmond/Hangklip Area 069 151 5962 SNAKES Snake catcher Kleinmond Michael Green 082 212 5116 Snake catcher Pringle Bay Francois van Zyl 083 271 8809 MARINE MAMMALS AND SEABIRDS Stranding Network for all marine mammals Meredith Thornton 082 746 5579 Seals Houtbay Seal Rescue 072 988 5193 Seabirds SANCCOB – Cape Town 021 557 5155/6 APPS - Hermanus 072 598 7117 Sea turtles Two Ocean Aquarium 021 418 3828 BEES Gys Boonzaaier - Kleinmond 083 225 5695 DOMESTIC ANIMALS Kleinmond Animal Welfare Society Kleinmond 028 271 5004 / 083 516 5535 Kleinmond Animal Clinic Dr Peter Dave 028 271 4183 / 083 440 5191 Southern Vet - Kleinmond Dr Kruger 064 527 7346