Posted By Derek on January 16, 2012
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the very generous folk who have given us so much support in both cash, kind, and their time throughout the past year.
We have held five fund-raising events recently all of which have been very successful not just in terms of raising much needed funds, but also in awareness for the public of the work that VAWZ carries out for all animals in Zimbabwe. The premiere of Jock of the Bushveld was a huge success. Over 800 underpriviledged children from several orphanages attended the matinee thanks to many companies and individuals who sponsored their tickets. Many of the children had never been to a cinema before and were enthralled by Jock and his antics. The evening show was sold out days before and we ended up with folk in the foyer begging for any spare tickets as the film was about to begin.
In October a member of the public contacted us over her concern about some puppies that she suspected were not being looked after properly. On arrival we found 3 x 4 month old puppies in reasonable condition but the fourth lay listlessly on his side in the yard behind the house. As we approached him, he managed a small wag of his tail, but otherwise did not move. The owner came out to inform us that the mother had died when they were born, and whilst she wanted to keep the other three she told us “ You can take this thing, I wanted to kill it anyway”.
Very gently we picked up little “Sam” (as he is now known), he was totally emaciated, (more…)
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Posted By Derek on January 16, 2012
A recent letter to the Booysens SPCA from Andrea Marais-Potgieter:
I am a monthly supporter of the SPCA as well as a sporadic supporter (the funds I contributed for the Melville cart horses as only one example) but must say that I am devastated about the experience I had with Booysens SPCA last year.
I rescued a Sharpei in Westdene on Sunday the 6th of November 2011. He was in an extremely poor condition (skinny, skin disease, thirsty, swollen feet and scared). We managed to catch him (he actually got into our car by himself willingly) and took him home where we fed him (he was so hungry that he ate four bowls of food in the space of 3 hours) and we just let him sleep. He was surrounded by a deeply depressed energy…one filled with sadness and despair. On the Monday I took him to my Vet (Richmond Animal Hospital) where Claire prescribed antibiotics, cortisone and some oils to treat him. By Tuesday afternoon he looked 500% better with the medicine and loads of love and attention.
While he was recuperating I informed the surrounding SPCA’s and Vets for in case his owners were looking for him. Through Sandton SPCA we had a guy come and look as he had lost his Sharpei but unfortunately Nunu wasn’t his (this man adopted one of his four Sharpeis at a rescue so this breed CAN BE REHOMED). We decided to try and introduce our rescues (three) to him one by one to see whether we would be able to keep him should nobody claim him. Unfortunately our Dachshund is very aggressive and does not take well to other dogs which was a concern to us (we have had huge problems in the past with another rescues and therefore we could not take the same risks as before). Further, Nunu got very frustrated in a small area and we also realised that he would require a larger garden which we could not offer him.
On the Thursday (10th) we realised that we had a couple of options regarding where to take Nunu (more…)
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Posted By Derek on January 16, 2012
We had a township outreach a couple of years back and over 500 animals were treated.
I want to try and motivate every one to help with the largest township sterilising campaign we have ever attempted.
The townships Shamrock / Fitches Corner / Bossies Camp and Moses Madeba all very poor townships (more…)
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Posted By Derek on December 13, 2011
(Some years ago, I was involved in the rescue of the Onderstepoort Biological Products horse slaughter campaign, which resulted in slaughter being taken off the table and a committee was formed to make decisions concerning the future welfare of the horses and attempt to find them homes. This is an urgent appeal from Hayley of ARC, one of the committee members)
The status of the remaining horses still at OBP has now become urgent.
There are still 23 horses currently at the facility and unfortunately they cannot keep the horses there indefinitely as they are a testing facility and do not have the requisite facilities to accommodate the horses that have been released from the relevant testing protocols.
As such the horses need to either be adopted or put into foster care. Unfortunately there have been few (more…)
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Posted By Derek on November 6, 2011
From Mike Kerr in Umtata
Some days I just cant find the words to explain the pain I go through when you find an animal in this condition.
Some days I don’t know why I do this because its never going to stop.
This little guy was picked up on Friday just outside Umtata, we don’t know how old he is, he has very little teeth left and he is totally broken. He just turns his head away when anybody goes near him. (more…)
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