An ambulance driver for ER24 helped the Owl Rescue Centre by collecting an injured owl in the South of Johannesburg and driving it to safety in the North West.
North West, South Africa (29 April 2020) – The Owl Rescue Centre has continued its efforts to rescue injured birds during the lockdown. Sometimes stuck with travel options, they have teamed up with an incredibly selfless ambulance driver.
ER24 have proven to be animal lovers at heart! The ER24 team have been happy to help whenever needed. They have helped the Owl Rescue Centre team by sending ambulance drivers out when the rescue centre has been a little stuck.
Recently the team was deployed to help rescue a sick Spotted Eagle Owl that was found in Alberton, Johannesburg. The Owl Rescue team arranged with the ambulance driver to collect the bird and drive it to the South African Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, which was waiting to assess the owl.
Once the owl had been rescued, it was assessed and found to have avian trichomoniasis; a parasite. It can be caught from eating infected doves and pigeons. According to the Owl Rescue Centre, it takes a few weeks to treat and recover. This means it won’t be too long until the Spotted Eagle Owl is back roaming the skies of South Africa.
The Owl Rescue team were so grateful for the assistance from the ER24 ambulance team; the named the owl ER24!
“One of our rescue calls yesterday was for a sick owl in Alberton. I told the lady on the phone our “Owl Ambulance” was on it’s way and she chuckled.. So I called our jolly good friend Shawn Hefer and said we need an ambo and paramedic quite quickly.
Now Shawn is one of those guys that if you asked for a spaceship to take you to planet Mars, he will organize, he’s made like that.
Within an hour Paramedic Petrus Pretorius from ER24 EMS (Pty) Ltd. arrives at the client’s house, loads our patient and rushed him to South African Wildlife Rehabilitation Center where Shawn, Lauren and Petrus stabilized the Spotted Eagle Owl. He has trichomoniasis which takes a couple weeks to treat and then he can go back home.
We named the little guy ER24″
The Owl Rescue Centre is in need of some assistance during the lockdown, they have set up a Thundafund where people can make donations and in return, the centre will send items like branded hats, socks, books and mugs. You can support them here.
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