Derek | August 29, 2011
EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF MERYL HARRISON : APRIL 2010- END JUNE 2011 ( compiled by Mel Hood – VAWZ’s Animal Welfare Officer) LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTATION (73 CASES) LIVESTOCK INVESTIGATIONS (40 CASES). ABATTOIR CHECKS (14 CASES). Enforcement of the use of stun guns as opposed to ordinary rifles/more humane treatment prior to slaughter. SECURITY DOGS (53 [...]
Derek | August 29, 2011
URGENT APPEAL! We have unfortunately found ourselves in a VERY DESPERATE SITUATION!! Due to unforeseen circumstances, WE HAVE TO MOVE OUR SHELTER! We need new premises and funds to establish our new shelter. Please, help us by supporting our various fundraising initiatives (PLEASE SCROLL FURTHER DOWN FOR DETAILS), making a kind donation, or contact us [...]
Derek | August 29, 2011
(What I like about FARR is tthat they have taken it upon themselves to add capacity to a scarce resource in the animal welfare community – fostering. They also have a unique approach, and it is one that the ‘Lords’ of welfare have not considered, much less tried, since they oppose fostering, thereby giving up [...]
Derek | August 28, 2011
(‘All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.’ said Lord Acton, in his letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887, on the promulgation of the doctrine of papal infallibility. It seems relevant here…) This is Gay Freeborough’s heartfelt email to Jaco Pieterse of the NSPCA… To Mr Jaco Pieterse; 15 August 2011 When my [...]
Derek | August 3, 2011
Last week, the NSPCA arrived with a warrant at Happy Yappers (HY) and proceeded to euthanize 5 dogs and removed 122 dogs, 9 cats, 2 hamsters and 2 birds over the next two days. On the one hand, the necessity for an intervention was patent. HY was well over capacity and significantly under-resourced for such [...]
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