Deur die jare is Wellington verryk deurdat individue van buite, besighede wat noodsaaklike dienste verskaf, hulle in die dorp gevestig het. Mettertyd het hulle vanwe\u00eb hul werk bekend geword en is deel van die gesig van Wellington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sommige het \u2019n stokperdjie waardeur hulle \u2019n unieke diens aan die gemeen\u00adskap lewer en waarvan min mense weet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Frans en Janet Meyer van JJ Electrical staan hierin uit deurdat hulle \u2019n dieretuin in die kleine op hul erf bedryf waar almal reg van weg in en om die huis geniet, nie wegdwaal nie en in vrede saamleef. Weinig van di\u00e9 baie pote en bekke is as troeteldiere aange\u00adskaf. Die meeste is \u00f3f deur die Meyers \u00f3f deur ander uit ongewensde omstan\u00addighede gered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die plaaslike DBV bring ook dikwels babadiertjies vir grootmaak en soms volwasse diere vir permanente verblyf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ook die katte en hond leef in harmonie met mekaar en met die verskeidenheid inwoners en besoekers aan die plant- en boomryke agterplaas. Pronkpoue, eekhorinkies, hase, veervoet- en kapokhoendertjies, kwakereendjies, papegaaie, tuinvo\u00ebls, almal floreer in die spreekwoordelike paradys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Selfs die brulpadda wat saans op \u2019n vasgestelde tyd uit sy slaapplek onderin Janet se klerekas kom, spring ongestoord deur die sitkamer buitentoe. Opvallend is dat al die genoemdes wegskram van die kantoor, wanneer een of meer slange in spesiale slanghokke, daar gehou word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slange is die eintlike liefde van di\u00e9 egpaar. As slangvangers is bewaring van alle slange \u2019n noodsaak. Hulle was jare lank medewerkers van die Transvaalse Museum om \u2019n volledige databank van Suid-Afrikaanse slange te help opstel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die drie kinders het di\u00e9 liefde ge\u00ebrf. Van babadae het hulle saamgegaan op slanguitstappies. Dus vroeg-vroeg name en gedragspatrone van die verskillende slange geleer en op sig geweet watter giftig is en ni\u00e9 sonder hul ouers se toesig gevang behoort te word nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Frans en Janet se opvallend spesiale verhouding m\u00f3\u00e9t spruit uit albei se liefde vir di\u00e9 koningsreptiele. Dis prettig vir haar as hy vertel hoedat hy eenkeer toe sy siek was die nag met sy terugkeer van sy slangekspedisie sy trofeevangs \u2013 darem nie \u2019n giftige een nie \u2013 by haar op die bed losgelaat het sodat sy die beauty<\/i> kon bekyk. Asook eenkeer n\u00f3g \u2019n pragtige een as \u2019n verjaardaggeskenk op haar spie\u00ebltafel neergesit het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alles het 37 jaar gelede begin toe hy in Pretoria by sy dokter-broer gekuier het en die dogter van die \u201crooinekbure\u201d vir fliek nooi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Op pad het hy gewaarsku oor \u2019n slang onder die passasiersitplek. Sy was geensins ongemaklik nie. Wat hy nie geweet het nie, was dat sy \u2019n finalejaar- BSc-so\u00f6logie-student was. Sy weer was onbewus dat hy as stokperdjie slange gevang het vir die Transvaalse Museum en ander bekende navorsers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hulle is kort daarna getroud, maar op voorwaarde van Janet se pa dat sy klaar studeer en Frans daarvoor betaal. Nadat sy ook HOD voltooi het, bedank hy sy werk in die glasbedryf om in sy oorspronklike beroep as elektrisi\u00ebn by Carolusberg-kopermyn te gaan werk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit was die ideale geleentheid om saam hul passie uit te leef. Janet het weefselmonsters van dooie slange versamel vir die Transvaalse Museum en Frans onbekende, lewende slange. Hulle het egter hul slegste slang- ervaring daar beleef met kwasi -slangkenners wat slange en ander inheemse reptiele buiteland toe gesmokkel het. Maar ook die lekkerste ervaring met die ontdekking van \u2019n nuwe huisslang-subspesie, wat geboek\u00adstaaf is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Frans verwyder dikwels slange waar hy werk en hervestig hulle weer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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