Derek | June 24, 2011
Jenny Forest sent me an email in March in which she asked if I could help, since Wet Nose, contrary to their policy historically of sterilising animals when people could not afford it, and even feeding their animals when they ran into hard times, were not responding to her emails: “Can you help. I did [...]
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Derek | June 24, 2011
While there is much that animal welfare organisations do that is admirable and makes a difference in the lives of both the animals and those who love them, nothing has a more significant effect, or has more strategic importance in the war against animal neglect and abuse, than sterilisation. In case you are not aware [...]
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Derek | June 12, 2011
Sometimes in life you have to put in that extra effort of help and that we did yesterday. Animal Outreaches and AACL in a combined effort to ease the pain of the people and animals of Missionvale Township after the flooding did that,with trucks full of dog food-blankets-juice-fruit-chocolate-clothes-bedding. It was nice to see people smiling [...]
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Derek | June 10, 2011
(I have featured Missionvale before, where AACL have been busy in the past, treating and sterilising dogs in the township and educating the people. The rains in the last few days have reduced this community and their animals to desperation. Please help.) “This has been one of my hardest days in a township – old [...]
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Derek | June 5, 2011
(The unemployment rate in Zimbabwe, according to the latest published figures, is 95% – I know, I didn’t believe it either. If you think you can imagine, when humans don’t have enough, how the animals are suffering, you’re probably being optimistic. Meryl and Bernard have to deal with ALL animals they come across, and they [...]
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