Brave little Sausage Dog stealing the fierce Woolly-Necked Stork's tasty tidbits!
This was taken at my brother's home that he has since sold, so of course my sister in law who regularly fed this pair of Woolly-Necked Storks has really been concerned as they got used to getting daily tidbits here.
The day we were there, only the one came for his/her food!
My sister-in-law who is passionate about caring for all kinds of animals, earnestly asked the new owners to please continue feeding the Storks, or rather taper it off slowly!
Here in Kwazulu Natal these large wading birds that are indigenous to Africa, have started colonizing in urban areas and their numbers have been increasing; a big change compared with the early 1980's when they were one of the rarest storks in South Africa and also listed as an endangered species.
Urbanization has now taken them off the endangered species list which goes to prove that humankind can co-exist with wildlife; something not so easy though for farmers whose crops are threatened by some wildlife. The challenge therefore is that they need to learn to allow wildlife to co-exist amid crops in order to safeguard the future of many wildlife species, not just this bird.
The Woolly-Necked Storks are known to be quite fierce and apparently will attack a small animal if they feel threatened, so this little Dachshund was really brave but obviously feels they're trespassing on his territory!
NB I edited this post as it was way too empty as I was trying out 3-Speak for the first time.
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