A porcupine carcass washed up on Melbosstrand Beach in Cape Town in the early hours of Tuesday. It is unclear how long the dead animal was laying there and what caused its death. | Lisaleesolomon1
The Cape of Good Hope SPCA said it was investigating the circumstances.
The inspectorate team said it was important to guard against misinformation and it would issue a statement with its findings once the post-mortem results were ready. "It had a little blood on his nose but no other serious injuries from what I could see. It did not give off a bad smell which could possibly indicate the carcass was only laying there for a few minutes before we placed it into a box," she said.
"When Liezl came to the beach, we moved the little carcass into a box and called the SPCA who then collected the animal at Liezl's house. It's definitely not the first time that some sort of wildlife animal washes up on this beach but I was shocked to see a porcupine of all animals wash up," Jansen said.Last Friday, a female adult aardvark washed up on Sunset Beach in Milnerton.
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