The aim is to sign up 600 members, @ R50.00 a month. This will help us to sustain our society and enable us to continue with our outreach/sterilization programmes, which are aimed at preventing cruelty to animals, and includes rendering desperately needed assistance to animals owned by indigent people.

Members sign up for a year and pay in an amount of R50.00 per month, per entry. This can be done via a debit order system, your own monthly scheduled payment, or a once of payment of R600.00

Debit order forms are available from our office - 035-7929129

or email  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or from Lynne van der Heuvel:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Lucky number's  are drawn at the end of each month and 1st & 2nd winners are announced via sms, email and placed on our website.
 

Until we reach the "Magic 600" prizes will be 1st R1500.00 and 2nd R500.00

Every year thousands of stray and unwanted pets end up at the S.P.C.A and other animal welfare shelters across the country. Less than 25% of these animals are reclaimed by their owners or homed to new owners. The fate of the other 75%  is euthanasia because there are simply not enough good homes to accommodate them. Spaying females and neutering male pets goes a long way in alleviating this situation by preventing unwanted litters of puppies and kittens. 

Sterilisation remains the most effective and safest method of birth control for our pets. Hormone tablets and injections are still used but potential side effects include uterine infections, diabetes, adrenal gland disturbances and increased risk of cancer.

On Saturday afternoon 24/10/09, I received a call from a very distressed man who had come across a young Staffie cross Boxer dog lying on the train tracks, near "The Barn" in Heatonville.
The dog was emaciated, tick infested and nervous. She appeared to be in much pain.
John Cooper then saw that she had a cable wire around her neck that was deeply embedded. The young dog had obviously managed to bite through the cable that had been set by poachers in the area. Possibly tied to a tree stump or branch, and had fortunately managed to free herself, only to be left with this awful injury. She would surely have faced a slow death if John had not been there to assist her.

The dog was brough to the SPCA, where I sedated her and we cut and removed the wire from her neck. Her wounds were cleaned and disinfected, the millions of ticks were removed, she was given a long acting antibiotic, pain control and placed in a warm kennel to wake up.