Badenhorst was out on patrol on Sunday, November 25, when she happened to notice a desperate Guinea hen calling to her flock stuck in the ditch of a stormwater drain on Milkwood Drive.
The hen was trying to encourage them to follow her, but they were too small to climb out of the ditch. However, with Badenhorst's help, the youngsters were reunited with the mother hen.
"Later the same day I noticed a second guinea fowl hen calling at the entrance of another drainpipe in the same street," recalls Badenhorst. "But this time I couldn't manage to get them out myself as they were in too deep."
She then asked Prime Security's control room to contact Knysna Animal Welfare Society (KAWS) for assistance and although is was on a Sunday, Lastborn Monki of KAWS showed up to help her and together they managed to save two of the three keets and reunite them with the frantic hen.
"We were unfortunately not able to reach the last one in time. We heard it chirping as it moved along the pipe and then suddenly it became quiet and we sadly realised it had fallen into the septic tank," explains Badenhorst.
Prime Security wishes to thank Monki and KAWS for being willing to come out to assist them in their 'rescue operation'.
Prime Security patrol officer Tanja Badenhorst holds one of the rescued guinea fowl chicks.
Tanja Badenhorst of Prime Security and Lastborn Monki of KAWS with one of the guinea fowl keets they managed to save from a drain pipe. (Photo: Jerome Baadjes/Allsound.)
ARTICLE: ANOESCHKA VON MECK, KNYSNA-PLETT HERALD JOURNALIST
