animalman | August 25, 2009
The Hopeful Initiative has now been up and running for two months. The nucleus of the resource base is in place, the systems and policies have been implemented and tested, and it is now important to answer two questions fundamental to the success of the Initiative:
Why Hopeful?
I do not need to tell you of the [...]
animalman | August 24, 2009
The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) received the following message by e-mail from a colleague in Zimbabwe: -
“We are finding that adult dogs are coming into the country quite legally, and then being sent to the rural areas – for breeding or hunting. These dogs are good quality animals. Would it be at all possible [...]
animalman | August 12, 2009
Merry Browne said that “preconceptions are the locks on the door to wisdom”. The following article, found by Bernice and Brenda in different places during the same week (?!) clearly illustrates the ignorance prevailing in the world of domestic animals. Thanks to Bernice for doing the editing of the original which had some grammatical problems, [...]
animalman | August 7, 2009
I am writing this to both experienced and inexperienced rescue workers as a life lesson in rescue work with domestic animals.
Some of you have been at this for many years, and others are just starting out… I’m not preaching, but be prepared…
Take heed of the following story, so that if you are serious about doing [...]
animalman | August 2, 2009
So you’re an animal lover, and you want to do your bit to help animal welfare, but don’t know how to help, read on …
CONCEPT
Fostering domestic animals is a relatively new concept in South Africa, whereas it has been in practice for a number of years in Britain and other countries.
The purpose of fostering [...]
