Dana Bay fire leaves trail of wildlife destruction
"Nothing can truly prepare you for what you face when you arrive and see only ashes. In that moment, you realise how small the chances of survival are," said Elize Goosen, the SPCA Mossel Bay's branch manager. "With everyone working together, we recovered snakes, lizards, spiders, tortoises, mice, birds and monkeys. One of the most heartbreaking scenes was finding a group of monkeys together, a family, which deeply affected us all. I picked up a very small tortoise, and it struck me how frightened it must have been in its final moments."
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