Dangerous rescue attempt of a wild civet cat in South Africa
http://youtu.be/byDTxO1GV8s
A South African man took pity on a civet cat caught in a barbed-wire fence and risked a nasty bite to free the stricken animal.
Touching footage captured near Alldays shows Anthony Peniston patiently pacifying the wounded creature and then disentangling it.
"I was on the way to our closest town for a meeting when I saw this civet cat badly tangled up in a barbed-wire fence," said Peniston.
Peniston happens to be a wildlife rescue specialist and even though he wasn't prepared or dressed properly to help out the animal in peril, he decided to take his chances despite the risk of the civet biting or hurting him looming large.
"There was no way to get a veterinarian to help as the closest one was over 2 hours' drive away," he said.
"Also, I couldn’t simply cut...
