Abandoned Pets, Adoption, Animal Rescue

September – National Hill’s Pet Dental Health Month – time to brush up on your pets’ oral health care

By admin | 2 September, 2011 | Pet News | No comments

Bad ‘doggy breath’ is no laughing matter!

September is National Hill’s Pet Dental Health Month when owners are reminded that ‘doggy breath’ is no laughing matter and could indicate poor dental hygiene and a serious oral disease that may ultimately affect the health of your pet.

Oral disease is the number one health problem vets diagnose in adult dogs and cats. It causes smelly breath, discoloured teeth, bleeding gums and potentially tooth loss, and the bacteria accumulation can damage your pet’s heart, liver and kidneys. Yet according to Dr Guy Fyvie, veterinary adviser to Hill’s Pet Nutrition, severe oral disease is easily preventable. For many owners, by the time they become aware of the problem it has advanced to affect not only the teeth, but the gums and jaw as well.

“Prevention is better than cure, from both a health and financial perspective,’ says Fyvie. “Oral disease, which can be prevented by a simple pet dental routine, is painful, potentially life-threatening and can be extremely costly if major veterinary treatment is required. Good dental care for cats and dogs is just as important as it is for people and good oral health can result in longer, healthier lives for our pets.”

Gauteng Vet Listing Added

By admin | 14 August, 2011 | Abandoned News | No comments

We’ve expanded our vet directory. We’ve now got a listing of 167 Gauteng Vets.

We’re going to continue growing this new section of our site so be sure to check back often for updates.

Did you know the vet directory is also browseable via your mobile phone? We’ve got an awesome looking mobile skin that makes browsing the site a breeze. Stay tuned for a post about our mobile skin.

Abandoned Gets A Fresh New Look and Some Updates

By admin | 14 July, 2011 | Abandoned News, News | No comments

Welcome to the new look Abandoned. We’ve been a little quiet for a while but we’re back with a bang with a fresh new look and some exciting new content.

We’ve added a new section to the site which contains a large list of Veterinary Hospitals, Clinics and Vet Shops. We’re still busy growing the section so bare with us please.

We also now have our very own Forum. Thanks go to SystemShock who have hosted a forum for us for the past couple of years. We’re hoping that with your help we can grow it to be a SA’s leading pet lovers community.

We’ve done our best to update a lot of our information that was out of date. If you come across information that isn’t correct please let us know and we’ll make the appropriate changes.

Lastly, please don’t forget that if you’re an organization and you would like to be listed with us that there’s no cost involved. We would love to welcome you to our family.

Thanks,
The Abandoned Team

Cats’ 9 Lives

By admin | 20 May, 2010 | Gauteng | No comments

The “cats’9lives” is a registered Non- Profit Organization (NPO048-500), dedicated to caring for stray, unwanted and abandoned cats and kittens until such time that they are able to find permanent loving homes. This organization has no source of income and does not benefit financially from the adoption fee. Care is given by volunteers, therefore we are appealing for sponsorship of cages or donations for food, litter and veterinary fees.

ADULTS

We have very limited space for adult cats. When an adult cat is re-homed the adoption fee ensures that the cat is vaccinated, dewormed and sterilized. While the cats are at one of our volunteer’s homes it is fed, given lots of love and the necessary veterinary care when needed.

KITTENS

The kittens come mostly from backgrounds where the mother has disappeared or they have been dumped and left to fend for themselves. Where possible we try to keep them with their mothers until they are 6- 8 weeks old. If they are too small to feed themselves, our willing volunteers bottle or syringe feed them until they can eat solids. At this stage they come to our shelter to await adoption, which takes place from 7-8 weeks onwards. Due to the space restriction we have curtailed our numbers to about 20 kittens. The adoption fee includes 2 vaccinations, deworming, and sterilisation at 5-6 months by one of our designated veterinarians.

Since the start of Cats’9Lives in 2006 over 2000 kittens have been adopted. With the emphasis of the Organization on STERILISATION we have thus kept the number of unwanted kittens to the absolute minimum.

Uitsig Animal Rescue Centre

By admin | 11 March, 2010 | Western Cape | No comments

Uitsig Animal Rescue Centre don’t believe in having animals in cages and fortunately we have the space. Our dogs are housed in “units”. These “units” consist of grassed fenced camps. We find that the animals are far happier in this environment. Our policy is on of NO euthanasia, except when the animal is suffering and cannot be rehabilitated. The animals stay with us until they find the perfect home. We work very closely with the dogs on a daily basis and because of this intimacy we are able to place them in exactly the right environment. We also believe in all our dogs going out with basic training. So many times these poor souls are returned to the rescue centres, not because they are problems, but because they have no idea how to behave and interact in the home environment. One of our dreams is to eventually train some of these dogs to become companion animals to the deaf, blind and handicapped. To take these dogs who have been “thrown away”, give them a job and forever change their lives and the lives of the people they serve. This is our main goal.

Animal Rescue Coalition

By admin | 11 August, 2009 | Gauteng | No comments

To Improve and Accelerate the Provision of Welfare and Rights to Animals and to ensure that such Welfare and Rights are upheld.

Mission

To bring Alliance Partners, which may include members of the public, animal welfare organisations, animal care professionals, animal product distributors and producers, and any other organisations that have an interest in the welfare and rights of animals, into a collaborative interaction by means of communication and coordination.

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Cape of Good Hope SPCA

By admin | 25 June, 2009 | Western Cape | No comments

We speak for, protect and care for animals

Established in 1872, The Cape of Good Hope SPCA is the founding society of the SPCA movement in South Africa and is the oldest animal welfare organisation in the country. A registered non-profit organisation (NPO 993 244) and Public Benefit Organisation (PBO 930004317), the society receives no government funding and relies on the support of concerned individuals and corporates to continue operating.

We are affiliated to the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals (RSPCA) and are Executive Members of the National Council of SPCAs South Africa (NSPCA). The Cape of Good Hope SPCA is also a member of the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA).

Our SPCA covers a vast area – around 11 000km2 – and looks out for the interests of domestic, farm, working and traction animals, animals reared for consumption, wildlife, animals used for entertainment and exhibitions, as well as animals used in sport and for research.

We don’t turn any animal away. No matter what the breed, condition, age or reason for animals being brought to the SPCA, we’re here for them, day and night. And we’re on call 24/7 to respond to rescues and emergencies involving animals.

All this takes a lot of hard work; our 104 staff members are assisted by volunteers – at our headquarters in Grassy Park, Cape Town, and in the field. The organisation is run by a Management Team under the guidance of our Board of Directors.

Second Chance Kitten Rescue

By admin | 16 June, 2009 | KwaZulu-Natal | No comments

Second Chance Rescue Centre was established in January 2009. We are a no-kill shelter and take the responsibility for sick, injured, abandoned and orphaned kittens from 0 – 7 weeks in the greater Durban area. Up to date, we have successfully re-homed 49 kittens, and have a constant flow of new arrivals, there are also 31 adult cats in our care, which could not be homed.

The kittens that come into our care are often in need of great medical attention and our vet bills tend to mount, we therefore rely on donations to keep the sanctuary running. All donations are used for the general care of the kittens such as medical treatment, bottle feeding, feeding, blankets, de-worming, de-fleaing, constant laundering, etc…

We seek permanent, loving homes where our kittens can live a long, happy and healthy life. Re-homing is done after an adoption application is completed and a home check has been done to ensure that the kitten will be cared for the rest of its life.

Township Animal Rescue

By admin | 24 February, 2009 | Western Cape | No comments

Jillian was with HH Animal Welfare Societys since the early eighties as their fundraiser and Hon. Inspector.

She realised there was a special need to concentrate on the townships of Lwandle and Nomzamo so in 2003, with her daughter, Vanessa, started Township Animal Rescue, later to be registered as an NPO.: O39 758

Vanessa runs a weekly clinic on a Thursday in Lwandle/Nomzamo and often gets call outs during the week to attend to and bring sick animals to the vets for treatment.

We rescue, treat and re-home many dogs and cats. We have a free advertisement weekly with the District Mail and take our animals regularly to an Adopt-a-Pet at the local Craft Markets and Veldwinkels at Southeys Vines.

We are always looking for good foster homes, especially for very young puppies and kittens. Our vets are from Gordons Bay Animal Hospital and Helderberg Animal Hospital.

We run weekly clinics in the townships (Lwandle/Nomzamo) for minor medical treatments. We transport pets from the townships to local vets for major treatments. We have put a sterilization program in place. We rescue the neglected and unwanted pets for which we try and find loving homes.

Puppy Mills in SA

By admin | 19 February, 2009 | News | No comments

“How much is that doggy in the window?’ Ever wondered where that cute little puppy in the pet shop window comes from? The sad reality is that it could very well come from one of the many disgusting puppy mills throughout the country.

On Tuesday 10 February Wet Nose Animal Rescue Centre’s Inspector Wynand le Roux accompanied a team from Jacaranda 94.2fm to one of these alleged puppy mills in Haakdoringboom, Pretoria North, with the aim of exposing this shameful practice and to allow the media to see first hand just what goes on behind the scenes. What they came across will not easily be forgotten by the team or anyone else who has seen the photos and the video footage taken and is now available on the Jacaranda 94.2fm Blog website!

Rotten chicken carcasses littered the plot, feathers were all over the place, cow’s udders were lying around to be eaten and the stench was unbearable. Flies were feasting on dogs ears causing big open wounds while a three- legged pot in the middle of the room where the puppies are born was crawling with maggots!! Dogs were being housed in dilapidated shacks all over the plot and they had to fight their way through long grass to find some of the dogs which were being housed in camps that were completely hidden amongst the mess and the bush!