"Falkirk"
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| DATE: | ANIMAL: | LOCATION: |
| April 26th, 2001 | MONGOOSE | Not Known |
| 15th March 2004 | LLAMA | Union Canal |
LLAMA
LLAMA GOES FOR A SWIM
An escaped llama was recaptured and returned to its owners after it decided
to take a swim along the Union Canal in Scotland. The canal, which runs between
Edinburgh and The Falkirk Wheel, had been drained down in order to allow work
to be carried out. The llama had made its way to the canal after escaping
from a farm nearby. The canal reopened in 2001 and since then it has been
a great place for wildlife. Llamas are very strong for their size, they are
usually kept as companions or for trekking in the UK. Llamas are pack animals
and have been bred for many centuries. The llama is said to be unharmed from
its adventure.
(Source:
waterscape.com)
15th March 2004
Written by: Steve Jones
MONGOOSE
MONGOOSE ON LOOSE
STUART CAMERON BAFFLED animal welfare officials are trying to trace the owners
of an African mongoose found wandering round a town
The furry carnivore was handed to the Scottish SPCA after being caught near a chicken run in Falkirk, hungrily eyeing up the hens. It is now being looked after at the society's Middlebank Wildlife Centre near Dunfermline, Fife, while staff try to trace its owner
Nicknamed Ricky by staff
- after the grey mongoose made famous as Rikki-tikki-tavi in Rudyard Kipling's
Jungle Book - the stray has been placed on a special diet of steak, fruit
and free-range eggs on the advice of experts
at Edinburgh Zoo.
Joiner Hugh Wallace, 43, who found the animal in his garden, said last night: "As soon as I saw it I thought 'that's a mongoose'. I'd seen one on TV. "But then I thought, no. You don't expect to meet a mongoose in your garden in Central Scotland."
Mirror Group: April 26th, 2001
Contributed
by:
Mark Fraser
Scottish Big Cats.
www.scottishbigcats.org
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