WATCH: Young conservationist climbs 20m pole to free seagull

Clarence Ford chats to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman about stories making waves online.

Listen below.

A seagull was stuck at the top of a 20m street lamppost in Gordon's Bay.

Renet Engelbrecht took to Instagram (@rinetengel) to share the moment because her son (JJ) who she describes as a 'passionate conservationist' climbed up the street lamppost to save the seagull.

"Despite several phone calls to rescue services requesting help to free the bird, with no luck, a passionate conservationist JJ took matters into his own hands.

"Not all heroes wear capes," the caption also said while urging people not to try this dangerous pole-climbing move.

"It's an incredible video to watch because he went up and freed this struggling seagull," says Friedman. 

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