{"id":656045,"date":"2026-06-24T16:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/656045\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T16:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:49:10","slug":"seal-of-disapproval-locals-eastern-cape-municipality-clash-over-seal-in-kowie-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/656045\/","title":{"rendered":"Seal of disapproval: Locals, Eastern Cape municipality clash over seal in Kowie River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/seal.jpeg\" alt=\"A seal spotting in the Kowie River, Port Alfred, has had some locals fuming over the intention of the local municipality to deal with the seal\u2019s \u201cunusual behaviour\u201d.\" height=\"476\" width=\"496\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    A seal spotting in the Kowie River, Port Alfred, has had some locals fuming over the intention of the local municipality to deal with the seal\u2019s \u201cunusual behaviour\u201d.\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                        Screenshot\/Sipho Tee\/Facebook\n                    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment. You can only trial once.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A seal spotting in the Kowie River, Port Alfred, has had some locals fuming over the intention of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2851,161984,220357,90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-656045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-eastern-cape","tag-port-alfred","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}