An animal sanctuary in Oudtshoorn, in the Western Cape is counting the costs after being flooded twice by the storms which hit the region. After reopening, this week following the May 6th floods, Cango Wildlife sustained further damage. They had just started moving hundreds of animals that were evacuated back to the facility when this week’s rain caused the Grobbelaars river to flood again. Staff at Cango Wildlife say they’re grateful to have jobs despite the blow to the tourism industry. ‘It started on the
6th of May which was so disastrous on the facilities. So we as the workers over here are so traumatised. Our animals are also traumatised and the hardest part of it all is that we are still stressed out due to the flood and we were all wondering and hoping that all our animals will be safe. But we managed to get all the animals out before the flood could get even worse,” says wildlife guardian, Thembinkosi Mjula.
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