Hope for Homeless Animals

A Light in the Darkness for Homeless Animalsin South Africa

Open Letter to the South African Animal Rescue and Welfare Community

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 [...]

Giveaway Pets – Warnings and the Reality

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 [...]

Letter of Apology

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, [...]