Hope for Homeless Animals

A Light in the Darkness for Homeless Animals in South Africa

US Marines/SANDF Spayathon

Derek | July 31, 2011

It was the start of a busy week-long spayathon on Saturday.  With state of the art equipment, eye candy in uniform (!) and things being run with military precision, the total number of sterilisations for the weekend was 51.  These dogs have never been so well-treated, with no less than 5 injections during Bookmark this post:

DERDEPOORT PROJECT

Derek | July 18, 2011

(Cilla and Dorette are the kind of ‘let’s do it’ people I admire, and Cilla is always ready, willing and able to make a plan when it somes to the animals…) We received a plea for help from an informal settlement (low cost housing) nearby Pretoria whose animals are in desperate need to be sterilized, [...]

BE WISE – STERILISE! (African Tails Report)

Derek | July 18, 2011

(Anyone who is doing sterilisation is part of the solution. Here is what African Tails in the Cape are doing.) As we all (should) know, STERILISATION is the ONLY solution.  Since the beginning of 2011 we have sterilised / funded the sterilisation of 637 dogs and cats.  We’ll tell you a little bit more about [...]

Tragedy and Travesty at Philippi

Derek | July 18, 2011

The pictures accompanying the recent reports from Sweet Home Farm in Philippi in the Western Cape said it all: humans taking revenge against animals because a human child was killed by a pack of dogs. Some puppies were tossed on a train track and crushed by a passing train, while others were beaten to death [...]