Derek | November 17, 2010
(People who work in animal rescue and welfare speak of the ‘war’ – it is a war against incredible odds with scarce resources and a never-ending time-frame. I’m not sure we’re winning it. – animalman) Today I put down a dog. I don’t know if she had an owner and I don’t know if she [...]
Derek | November 4, 2010
(Bronwyn Dengler loves cats. She loves them so much that she has been investing her money, energy and time in feral cats, some in Fourways and some at Forest Farm (http://www.napcp.org.za/t_1.htm ), a facility for children, youths and adults with cerebral palsy/other disabilities. One of the stated objectives of this organisation is “to develop the potential, [...]
Derek | October 12, 2010
“Tracy Forté fired from Wet Nose” said the headline. Had it been a legitimate press release based in fact, I might have been perturbed. It was not, and had the media checked their sources, they would have discovered that the report was produced by an organisation with a vendetta against Tracy but more importantly whose [...]
Derek | February 8, 2010
(It’s great when the public respond to situations, and it’s even better when the animal escapes what would have been a slow and agonising death. What kind of person does this to an animal? In my opinion they should be behind bars, since they are a threat to society. I would like to point out [...]
Derek | February 1, 2010
(Often, it is only a series of fortuitous events that leads to the discovery of cruelty, and this may well have gone unnoticed had it not been for the chance meeting of rescue workers with an unknown man. In many cases, it is only rescue workers that stand in the gap between cruelty and justice, [...]
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