{"id":52486,"date":"2022-09-06T06:03:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T04:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T20:02:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:02:22","slug":"fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight to save porcupines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Residents of Glencairn say they are devastated not only for the way porcupines are killed by speeding cars but that a porcupine sign erected by the community had been vandalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, a porcupine was killed by a speeding motorist, bringing it to four deaths in a year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Jaie Adriaens moved to Glencairn in 2021 the property she bought was used as a thoroughfare by one particular porcupine family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m new to the area and the property I\u2019ve moved into is a space where porcupines used to visit. The previous owner told us before he moved out that there was one porcupine that always came to the property. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t think much of it at first but soon as I moved in a massive porcupine was scratching at the door and we actually started to feed it. At the time we named him Stinky Majestic because of his size. After a few visits Stinky brought its mate and baby along.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adriaens explained that their property is not fenced off and is easily accessible to wildlife moving from the mountain in search of food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One night in August last year, the majestic porcupine did not make his usual visit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe didn\u2019t come that night and then we heard that he was killed by a speeding vehicle. I was so traumatised that I started a porcupine group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are living in a conservancy and it is the porcupine\u2019s natural habitat. They are very vulnerable and not aggressive. Some people complain about porcupines digging up their gardens but they can just put potatoes out for them to eat.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September last year, residents who formed part of the porcupine group spent R2 000 to erect two signs in Glen Road, Glencairn, to highlight porcupines using the roads at night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two weeks ago, a sign was vandalised when someone allegedly took a saw to it, cutting it in half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGlen Road is a very busy road and the signs are there for a reason. Porcupines have suffered and died there, if you drive slowly, you won\u2019t hit a porcupine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, another porcupine was killed on the same stretch of road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love porcupines; two days ago another porcupine was killed while crossing the road. All the head quills came out and blood was everywhere.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a social media post Adriaens voiced her disappointment about the death of another porcupine as well as the vandalising of sign boards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can\u2019t actually believe people would stoop this low to destroy the beautiful porcupine sign that nature lovers of Glencairn raised money for and had erected.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commenting on the destruction of the sign, Lorraine Svoronos Holloway wrote that it was disgraceful behaviour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCould another location be found where it would be possible to monitor it in some way?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Lizanie Teron, she saw the sign on Saturday and still thought it was cute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAg no, drove past on Saturday morning and still thought how cute the sign was. Such disgraceful behaviour,\u201d she wrote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adriaens says she is often criticised for feeding the porcupines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe porcupines were here before we moved in and they don\u2019t receive all their food from us.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She hopes that motorists would be more mindful of porcupines and wildlife crossing the roads at night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPorcupines only have two babies a year and there\u2019s a lot of poaching going on here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe most important thing is that they cross the roads late at night. The speed limit is 40 km\/h and yet people are using the road to dice and some people don\u2019t act responsibly. If you knocked over any animal you have to pick it up and get help or drop it at the SPCA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t understand why people are so standoffish with our wildlife. We have to fit in here, they also have a right to live.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"

<\/p>\n

The porcupine sign erected by residents was vandalised in Glencairn two weeks ago.PHOTO: supplied<\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"\"

<\/p>\n

Head quills from a porcupine that was killed on a busy road in Glencairn. PHOTO: supplied<\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, in a statement last month, the Cape of Good Hope SPCA said it was time porcupines were given some respect, this after a porcupine was beaten to death in Retreat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Cape of Good Hope SPCA wildlife department routinely gets called out to collect injured porcupines from roadsides after being run over by speeding cars or purposely poisoned by homeowners who consider them a \u201cmenace\u201d and a \u201cnuisance\u201d for their habit of digging up plant bulbs and gnawing on tree bark in search of a nutritious snack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn fact, it is this very act of digging up and aerating the soil and debarking certain trees that means porcupines play a very important role in the design and healthy maintenance of the natural (and man-made) ecosystem.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It further added that the Cape porcupine remains heavily persecuted across their natural ranges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWeighing in at between 10 and 30 kg with a suit of armour of needle-sharp spears, and with an attitude of an angry bear, our porcupines are not to be messed with, and yet while they deserve our awe and compassion, they remain heavily persecuted across their natural ranges.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Residents of Glencairn say they are devastated not only for the way porcupines are killed by speeding cars but that a porcupine sign erected by the community had been vandalised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":52492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":"","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"","_yoast_wpseo_inclusive_language_score":"","_yoast_wpseo_is_cornerstone":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image-id":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image-id":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","_crsspst_to_novanewscoza":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozabloemnewsexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozacityvision":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozadistrictmailhelderberg":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaeikestadnuus":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozahermanustimes":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozakomani-karoo":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozakougaexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozamthathaexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozanoordkaapbulletin":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapaarlpost":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapeexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaswartlandgazette":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozatygerburger":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaudexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozavistanews":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozavrystaatkroon":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaweskusnuus":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaweslander":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaworcesterstandard":false,"_EventAllDay":"","_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":"","_EventShowMapLink":"","_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":"","_EventVenueID":"","_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":"","_VenueShowMapLink":"","_application":"","_batch_id":"","_company_name":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_company_website":"","_custom_id":"85f60e2f-8289-4d4b-8afb-eec1c510ee30","_EventDuration":"","_EventOrigin":"","_EventTimezoneAbbr":"","_featured":"","_filled":"","_job_expires":"","_job_location":"","_media_credit":"","_media_credit_url":"","_menu_item_menu_item_parent":"","_menu_item_object":"","_menu_item_object_id":"","_menu_item_target":"","_menu_item_type":"","_menu_item_url":"","_menu_item_xfn":"","_navis_media_can_distribute":"","_navis_media_credit_org":"","_OrganizerOrigin":"","_provider":"","_pum_built_in":"","_pum_default_theme":"","_pum_form_conversion_count":"","_remote_id":"","_remote_name":"","_remote_position":"","_report_frequency":"","_report_reference_dates":"","_send_attempts":"","_site_id":"","_sitemap_exclude":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_sitemap_priority":"","_source_url":"","_subscription_period":"","_subscription_period_interval":"","_subscription_price":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":"","_template_type":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_tribe_aggregator_allow_multiple_organizers":"","_tribe_aggregator_content_type":"","_tribe_aggregator_file":"","_tribe_aggregator_finalized":"","_tribe_aggregator_hash":"","_tribe_aggregator_import_id":"","_tribe_aggregator_import_name":"","_tribe_aggregator_interactive":"","_tribe_aggregator_origin":"","_tribe_aggregator_post_status":"","_tribe_aggregator_preview":"","_tribe_aggregator_source_name":"","_tribe_aggregator_type":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_hide_attendees_list":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":"","_tribe_ticket_version":"","_type":"","_VenueOrigin":"","_wp_attachment_context":"","_wp_attachment_image_alt":"","_wp_font_face_file":"","_wp_old_date":"","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"","_yoast_wpseo_focuskw_text_input":"","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_block-catalog":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_job_listing_type":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_nova_retailer":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_publication":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_tribe_events_cat":"","_yoast_wpseo_videositemap-duration":"","_yoast_wpseo_videositemap-rating":"","_menu_item_classes":[],"_tribe_modified_fields":[],"_wp_attachment_backup_sizes":[],"_wp_suggested_privacy_policy_content":[],"_yoast_post_redirect_info":[],"_yoast_wpseo_video_meta":[],"activation_date":"","archive_insertion_is_repeating":"","archive_insertion_posts_count":"","article_feature_media":"","article_feature_type":"","article_main_image_caption":"","article_media_icon":"","article_template":"","author_byline":"Natasha Bezuidenhout (@NatashaLeeBezu1)","background_color":"","block_editor":"","byline":"","cmplz_hide_cookiebanner":"","competition_end_date":"","contact_advertise_email":"","contact_advertise_phone":"","contact_editorial_email":"","contact_general_email":"","contact_general_phone":"","contact_office_hours":"","contact_physical_address":"","enabled":"","featured_image_custom_caption":"","featured_video_url":"","fields":"","font_body":"","font_header":"","frequency":"","headline":"","hide_border":"","icon":"","is_wp_suggestion":"","issuu_download_url":"","issuu_embed_url":"","language_version_url":"","large_border":"","name":"","nm_contact_name":"","nm_contact_number":"","nm_date_lost":"","no_overlay_background":"","node-url":"","obituary_born_date":"","obituary_died_date":"","obituary_memoriam_text":"","origin":"","overlay_color":"","overlay_opacity":"","overlay_size":"","placement":"","plural_label":"","post_author":"","post_id":"","post_language":"en","secret-key":"","sponsored_utm_campaign":"","sponsored_utm_content":"","sponsored_utm_medium":"","sponsored_utm_source":"","sponsored_utm_term":"","start_date":"","utm_suppression":"","video_embed_url":"","wp_pattern_sync_status":"","data_version":[],"enclosure":[],"pongrass_image":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_content_restriction_is_exempt":false,"scaip_prevent_shortcode_addition":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"publication":[],"class_list":["post-52486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nFight to save porcupines | People's Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fight to save porcupines\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Residents of Glencairn say they are devastated not only for the way porcupines are killed by speeding cars but that a porcupine sign erected by the community had been vandalised.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"People's Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PeoplesPostNewsPaper\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-06T04:03:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-19T18:02:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1dc14691b2724e3987e3651ec2903a06.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"810\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Natasha Bezuidenhout (@NatashaLeeBezu1)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@thepeoplespost\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@thepeoplespost\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"People's Post\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"People's Post\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a55ab3f8723ad7eb7c816b50d6f060e0\"},\"headline\":\"Fight to save porcupines\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-06T04:03:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-19T18:02:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":869,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/1dc14691b2724e3987e3651ec2903a06.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\\\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2022\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\\\/\",\"name\":\"Fight to save porcupines | People's Post\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/1dc14691b2724e3987e3651ec2903a06.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-06T04:03:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-19T18:02:22+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/1dc14691b2724e3987e3651ec2903a06.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/1dc14691b2724e3987e3651ec2903a06.jpg\",\"width\":810,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Residents erected a sign to warn motorists of porcupines. INSERT: Head quills from a porcupine that was killed on a busy road in Glencairn. PHOTOs: supplied\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Fight to save porcupines\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/\",\"name\":\"People's Post\",\"description\":\"To Inform, Engage and Empower Local Communities\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Peoples Post\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/peoples-post-site-icon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/peoples-post-site-icon.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Peoples Post\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/PeoplesPostNewsPaper\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/thepeoplespost\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/peoplespostnewspaper\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@peoplespostnewsCPT\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a55ab3f8723ad7eb7c816b50d6f060e0\",\"name\":\"People's Post\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"People's Post\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/author\\\/peoplespost\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fight to save porcupines | People's Post","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Fight to save porcupines","og_description":"Residents of Glencairn say they are devastated not only for the way porcupines are killed by speeding cars but that a porcupine sign erected by the community had been vandalised.","og_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/","og_site_name":"People's Post","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PeoplesPostNewsPaper","article_published_time":"2022-09-06T04:03:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-19T18:02:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":810,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1dc14691b2724e3987e3651ec2903a06.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Natasha Bezuidenhout (@NatashaLeeBezu1)","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@thepeoplespost","twitter_site":"@thepeoplespost","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"People's Post","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/"},"author":{"name":"People's Post","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#\/schema\/person\/a55ab3f8723ad7eb7c816b50d6f060e0"},"headline":"Fight to save porcupines","datePublished":"2022-09-06T04:03:03+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-19T18:02:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/"},"wordCount":869,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1dc14691b2724e3987e3651ec2903a06.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2022","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/","name":"Fight to save porcupines | People's Post","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1dc14691b2724e3987e3651ec2903a06.jpg","datePublished":"2022-09-06T04:03:03+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-19T18:02:22+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1dc14691b2724e3987e3651ec2903a06.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1dc14691b2724e3987e3651ec2903a06.jpg","width":810,"height":1080,"caption":"Residents erected a sign to warn motorists of porcupines. INSERT: Head quills from a porcupine that was killed on a busy road in Glencairn. PHOTOs: supplied"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fight-to-save-porcupines-20220905\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Fight to save porcupines"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#website","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/","name":"People's Post","description":"To Inform, Engage and Empower Local Communities","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#organization","name":"Peoples Post","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/peoples-post-site-icon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/peoples-post-site-icon.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Peoples Post"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PeoplesPostNewsPaper","https:\/\/x.com\/thepeoplespost","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/peoplespostnewspaper\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@peoplespostnewsCPT"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#\/schema\/person\/a55ab3f8723ad7eb7c816b50d6f060e0","name":"People's Post","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"People's Post"},"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/author\/peoplespost\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1dc14691b2724e3987e3651ec2903a06.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52457,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/porcupines-are-like-humans-messy-creatures-wasteful-but-20220912\/","url_meta":{"origin":52486,"position":0},"title":"Porcupines are \u2018like humans, messy creatures, wasteful but…\u2019","author":"People's Post","date":"13 September 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Cape Town is considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world because it nestles in the mountains and the fynbos.","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5a4d461a9e0145ae938dcd9223ce4dc6.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5a4d461a9e0145ae938dcd9223ce4dc6.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5a4d461a9e0145ae938dcd9223ce4dc6.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5a4d461a9e0145ae938dcd9223ce4dc6.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5a4d461a9e0145ae938dcd9223ce4dc6.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49768,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/pedestrians-have-nowhere-to-walk-speeding-cars-at-busy-express-way-in-glencairn-puts-lives-at-risk-20230523\/","url_meta":{"origin":52486,"position":1},"title":"‘Pedestrians have nowhere to walk’: Speeding cars at busy Express Way in Glencairn puts lives at risk","author":"People's Post","date":"23 May 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Residents of Glencairn Heights, near Simon\u2019s Town, are at wits' end about having a pedestrian walkway implemented at the Glencairn Expressway.","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5b2ebdc111154b99a3cf2dc7a4e81c5b.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5b2ebdc111154b99a3cf2dc7a4e81c5b.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5b2ebdc111154b99a3cf2dc7a4e81c5b.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5b2ebdc111154b99a3cf2dc7a4e81c5b.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5b2ebdc111154b99a3cf2dc7a4e81c5b.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5b2ebdc111154b99a3cf2dc7a4e81c5b.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":52772,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/education-key-to-saving-wildlife-20220808\/","url_meta":{"origin":52486,"position":2},"title":"Education key to saving wildlife","author":"People's Post","date":"9 August 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Local animal welfare initiatives Youth Pet Care and Steenberg Paws are calling on residents not to hurt and kill wild animals, this after a porcupine was beaten to death in Retreat earlier this month.","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/310410b83f2940869adfbade27135b0f.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/310410b83f2940869adfbade27135b0f.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/310410b83f2940869adfbade27135b0f.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/310410b83f2940869adfbade27135b0f.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":302172,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-talk-to-explore-history-and-myths-of-freemasonry\/","url_meta":{"origin":52486,"position":3},"title":"Fish Hoek talk explores history and myths of Freemasonry","author":"Keanan Harmse","date":"12 May 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A public talk at Fish Hoek Library will explore the history, myths and community role of Freemasonry in South Africa.","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Cape Town","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Phoenix-Lodge-Glencairn-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Phoenix-Lodge-Glencairn-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Phoenix-Lodge-Glencairn-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Phoenix-Lodge-Glencairn-2.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Phoenix-Lodge-Glencairn-2.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54903,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/a-prickly-rescue-for-an-inspector-20220110\/","url_meta":{"origin":52486,"position":4},"title":"A prickly rescue for an inspector","author":"People's Post","date":"11 January 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A porcupine got itself into quite a pickle when it found itself trapped in an open drain culvert while rummaging for a tasty snack.","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/f5c9e3e919ad4e44bfad9feb2b6d4056.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/f5c9e3e919ad4e44bfad9feb2b6d4056.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/f5c9e3e919ad4e44bfad9feb2b6d4056.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/f5c9e3e919ad4e44bfad9feb2b6d4056.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49404,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/residents-plant-hundreds-of-aloe-trees-to-beautify-glencairn-neighbourhood-20230627\/","url_meta":{"origin":52486,"position":5},"title":"Residents plant hundreds of aloe trees to beautify Glencairn neighbourhood","author":"People's Post","date":"27 June 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Hundreds of aloe plants in bloom along Glen Road in Glencairn is thanks to neighbours Malinda Coetzee and Dane Cherry who, for the past three years, have set out to beautify the area of their own accord.","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/894a33ed16f540a8b052d42fb4da6fb7.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/894a33ed16f540a8b052d42fb4da6fb7.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/894a33ed16f540a8b052d42fb4da6fb7.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/894a33ed16f540a8b052d42fb4da6fb7.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"People's Post","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52486"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=52486"},{"taxonomy":"publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication?post=52486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}