{"id":295596,"date":"2026-02-26T09:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/?p=295596"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:42:11","slug":"gemeenskap-bring-hulde-aan-oom-silverfox-worcester-se-slangvanger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/gemeenskap-bring-hulde-aan-oom-silverfox-worcester-se-slangvanger\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemeenskap bring hulde aan &#8216;Oom Silverfox&#8217;, Worcester se slangvanger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vir langer as 20 jaar was Andr\u00e9 du Preez van <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Silverfox-Snake-Rescues-100042120415791\/\">Silverfox Snake Rescues<\/a> die man wat Worcesteriete gebel het as &#8216;n slang onverwags sy opwagting maak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit was met groot skok en hartseer dat die gemeenskap verlede week van sy <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/slangvanger-van-worcester-kritiek-maar-toon-verbetering\/\">onverwagse dood <\/a>kennis geneem het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Du Preez is verlede Donderdagoggend (19 Februarie) in die hospitaal oorlede nadat hy &#8216;n ruk lank gehospitaliseer was. Hy was n\u00e1 &#8216;n hartstilstand die laaste paar dae aan &#8216;n ventilator in die waakeenheid gekoppel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Hy was &#8216;n toegewyde man en &#8216;n ongelooflike pa vir sy twee kinders. Andr\u00e9 was die anker van ons huis, bekend vir sy groot hart en die onbaatsugtige liefde wat hy aan mense en die diere by Silverfox Rescues geskenk het. Sy leiding, warmte en sagtheid laat &#8216;n groot leemte. Ons gaan hom ontsaglik baie mis, maar sy liefde sal altyd in ons harte voortleef,&#8221; het sy vrou, Tania, en twee kinders, Talisa en Jandr\u00e9 du Preez, ges\u00ea.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" data-attachment-id=\"295619\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/gemeenskap-bring-hulde-aan-oom-silverfox-worcester-se-slangvanger\/slangoom6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SlangOom6.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1751,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SlangOom6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SlangOom6-1024x702.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SlangOom6-1024x702.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-295619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SlangOom6-1024x702.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SlangOom6-300x206.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SlangOom6-768x526.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SlangOom6-1320x905.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SlangOom6.jpeg 1751w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Du Preez het baie gedoen om slange te rehabiliteer en weer in die natuur vry te laat. Foto&#8217;s: verskaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hulle het tot op die laaste toe nog gehoop dat sy toestand sou verbeter. Die gesin moes op dieselfde dag dat Du Preez in die hospitaal opgeneem is ook afskeid neem van sy pa, ook Andr\u00e9 du Preez, n\u00e1 &#8216;n kort kankerstryd.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daar is aanvanklik berig dat Du Preez weens &#8216;n spinnekopbyt in die hospitaal opgeneem is, maar &#8216;n virus het vermoedelik sy gesondheid onder druk geplaas en hy het daarna &#8216;n hartstilstand gehad. Hy het moontlik die virus opgedoen nadat hy oop wonde as gevolg van gordelroos ontwikkel het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Du Preez het nie net slange gevang nie, en ook sy liefde vir di\u00e9 reptiele gebruik om mense bewus te maak van hul rol in die natuur en hoe hulle veilig elders vrygelaat kan word, eer- der as om doodgemaak te word. Hy het nie net met slange gehelp nie en is ook vir hulp met talle ander diere uitgeroep.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die groot hoeveelheid huldeblyke wat ingestroom het, is &#8216;n getuienis van die impak wat hy op sy gemeenskap gehad het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hy het veral op jong inwoners &#8216;n groot indruk gemaak. Verskeie skole het hul medelye betoon. &#8220;Dankie vir die kennis, passie en respek vir die natuur wat jy met ons gedeel het,&#8221; het Rabie Prim\u00eare Skool op Facebook geskryf.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Ons is baie dankbaar vir die manier waarop hy ons leerders toegerus het met die vele sessies wat hy by ons skool aangebied het. Oom Andr\u00e9 het goeie werk by ons skool en in die gemeenskap gedoen,&#8221; het die Laerskool Worcester-Oos geskryf.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Hy was nie net ons dorp se slangvanger nie, maar ook &#8216;n passievolle opvoeder wat altyd bereid was om sy kennis met ons leerders te deel. 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