A high-stakes animal rescue operation led by the Cape of Good Hope SPCA took a turn in Dunoon on Tuesday, when inspectors pulled over to make an emergency roadside stop to save a school child experiencing a medical crisis on the M5 highway.
The joint SPCA and Law Enforcement convoy was traveling southbound on the M5, returning the rescued animals to the SPCA base, when an inspector spotted a schoolboy convulsing violently on the shoulder of the highway.
SPCA inspector Rudi Philander, who is also a qualified paramedic registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), took control of the scene, administering emergency medical care to stabilise the seizing child.
While Philander treated the boy, team members coordinated a rapid emergency response:
"Our team held a dying puppy, lifted neglected dogs from filth, and knelt beside a stranger's child on the side of a highway, all within a single shift," the SPCA said.
