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Outreach Clinic!

Outreach Clinic!

Our Kloof and Highway were privileged to host a successful Outreach Clinic from 4-7 October 2022, sterilising 130 dogs and cats! 

The clinic was held during International Animal week which was very fitting as sterilisation is vital to stopping the suffering of unwanted litters and an important part of animal welfare.

The main focus of our Outreach Clinic was on sterilisations however, our Inspectorate Team also had the opportunity to reach people in the Dassenhoek area to provide basic animal health treatment. The Inspectors provided vital education on basic health care for their pets and livestock and advised them on how to report cruelty. An awareness of the growing threat of Rabies to their pets and family was also created.

We are so grateful to our team of staff and volunteers who worked so hard to make such a difference in the lives of 130 animals, no more unwanted litters, no more litters left to fight starvation or suffer cruelty and 130 animals who will be happier and healthier for the rest of their lives.

Our Outreach Clinic would not have been made possible without YOU our donors, sponsors, supporters and members of the public and very supportive community members – we cannot thank you enough for helping our Kloof and Highway SPCA and changing the lives of animals!

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29 Village Rd, Kloof, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 3640

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Sterilisation Clinic – saving lives one sterilisation at a time!

Sterilisation Clinic – saving lives one sterilisation at a time!

Our Outreach team were able to sterilise 119 animals and prevented many unwanted litters from being born.

Each dog and cat went home with a bag of food and a warm blanket, once they were discharged by our recovery Volunteers.

Our Inspectorate team had the opportunity to educate so many pet owners and spoke to them about the benefits of sterilisation, basic healthcare such as Rabies, internal and external parasites and how to contact our Kloof and Highway SPCA to report cruelty or in case of an emergency.

This would not have been possible without YOUR generous donations – with your support we managed to raise enough funds to pay the costs of our Clinic, thank YOU. We will continue to do Outreach sterilisations in our Clinic for our Community and educate owners.

A special thank you to Mtt Structures International for sponsoring our marquee, and to everyone who worked and volunteered at our Outreach Clinic, we had the most amazing 2-day Outreach Clinic thanks to you all and to everyone who visited our Kloof and Highway SPCA to support us.

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Justice for Rex!

Justice for Rex!

The Kloof and Highway SPCA received a complaint of a dog tied up on a short rope in the Embo area and Inspector Israel Silevu was dispatched on Saturday, 19 September 2020.

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When Inspector Silevu arrived at the property in Riverview, Embo, he found a dog tied up with a short rope that had created severe wounds around the neck area. He found that the living conditions were not acceptable as the dog did not have adequate shelter or access to food and water and was suffering immensely due to the untreated wound on its neck.

The dog, a Male Tan and White Africanis was named Rex. Rex‘s owner was not at home, however a family member who was, gave him the owners contact number. Inspector Silevu contacted the owner and explained that Rex needed immediate veterinary attention and that his living conditions were unactable. The owner did not want Inspector Silevu to take Rex to the Kloof and Highway SPCA for treatment even after Inspector Silevu explained the severity of the pain and suffering Rex was feeling and that he would be prosecuted, he declined and was adamant he would treat his own dog and did not care if he was prosecuted.

Luckily the family member who was home with Rex took pity on him. He understood that he had to take action in order to help Rex and allowed Inspector Silevu to remove Rex and take him to the Kloof and Highway SPCA. Rex was taken to our clinic and examined by our vet at the time Dr. Ramnanam who found that Rex had a laceration around his neck which was approximately 4cms deep cutting into the skin and muscular tissue, leaving the whole neck raw, infected and bleeding. This was caused due to a rope that was tied to Rex’s neck when he was a puppy and never loosened as he grew.

Rex also had a deep laceration to the sheath of his penis as well as broken teeth and a severe flea infestation. Due to the severity of Rex‘s injuries it was evident that he had been suffering unnecessarily with open infected wounds, the rope cutting deeper into the wound around his neck, broken teeth and no veterinary care. All these issues would have caused continuous pain and suffering whenever Rex moved. Sadly, the decision was made to humanly euthanise Rex due to the severity of his injuries and a case of animal cruelty was opened up against his owner by Inspector Silevu.

After 2 years of court visits as well as Inspector Silevu continuously following up on his case after it had been “withdrawn” and being shifted from pillar to post as well as hitting several dead ends and not being taken seriously – on 23 May 2022 JUSTICE WAS SERVED FOR REX!

The accused, Mr. Bongani Shabalala was found guilty as charged and sentenced to 12 months in prison or a R4000 fine and a denial of ownership of animals for 5 years.

The Kloof and Highway SPCA would like to thank the Prosecutor and Judge who understood the severity of the offense as well as acting swiftly and ensuring justice for Rex. As the Judge had asked Mr. Shabalala “If this was your child you would not let it suffer?” The Judge also commended Inspector Silevu for following up on his case from start to finish and not giving up as this shows we are dedicated to preventing cruelty to animals as well as thanking the Kloof and Highway SPCA for our work ensuring justice was served for Rex!

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KZN Floods & Outreach

KZN Floods & Outreach

Devastation.

This is the only way we can describe what our communities and other areas of KZN went through with the recent floods.

In the initial stages, our Inspectorate Team did not hesitate and headed out into different outlying areas where they knew people and their animals had been hit the hardest. Where their vehicles had no access due to the damaged roads they ventured on foot.

Inspector Petros Simamane found a family who had lost everything and had a litter of puppies. They immediately handed them over to our care knowing they could not look after them. Our Inspectorate Team gave food, water and blankets to many families with pets and where necessary they helped build some shelters and secure the properties for their animals.

A team of 12 Inspectors and Staff went to the rural Molweni area to help the animals in this affected community, distributing food and blankets and our Veterinarian was part of the team so that he was able to treat any animals needing our help. This has been made possible by the support of our generous community and supporters. We will continue our Outreach into the different areas. As long as we have the determination and you the community supporting us, we will strive to continue to be there for all these animals.

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Lilly the pool rescue

Lilly the pool rescue

On Sunday 12 December 2021 after hours Inspector Israel Silevu was dispatched to collect a sick stray for treatment and safe keeping at the Kloof and Highway SPCA.

The stray dog, a Swiss Shepherd Cross had fallen into a pool and was rescued by the caring family that lived on the property.

It was clear she had not been taken care of for a very long time and was immediately taken to our clinic where she was found to be both underweight and in desperate need of a groom. Throughout the next month the caring family who had rescued her decided they would like her to be part of their family and they named her Lilly. Once Lilly had a good bath and groom we started to notice what a gentle personality she had, something that was hard to determine before as her body language was that of a dog in pain and discomfort. Lilly joined her new family and we have had a wonderful update from her new mom Liane:

“This is Lilly on day 2 of being at home. This is her favorite toy. She is loving her new bug that we bought her. She gets on well with my two other little seniors. She is not used to the cats yet, but we are slowly introducing them. Otherwise she is an angel. She sleeps inside all day and night. She goes outside with the other dogs and the kids during the day and spends time in the garden. We gave her a good bath on Saturday and played with her today with the hose pipe. Who knew, she loves water. We have noticed she is terrified of being locked outside. Yay for us because none of our animals are outside animals. She has an absolutely beautiful nature. Takes her meds with no problem at all and has fitted into our tribe with no fuss at all. We just adore her and I hope she will be very very happy with us. Thank you for letting us adopt her. Regards Liane, Amanda and Ryan

Thank YOU Liane and family for adopting Lilly and thank you to Dog Guru Grooming for grooming Lilly and being so patient and gentle with her making it a stress free experience.

Liane Mullholand who adopted her commented: “It was a really tough decision to adopt Lilly simply because our futures are so uncertain. But she has won our hearts and is officially part of our family so where we go, she goes. What I love most about her is her gentle nature with humans which shocks me to my core considering humans were the ones who neglected and abused her so terribly. Oh and she loves the car. Double bonus when we finally get down to the beach with her. She takes her meds without a any problem. My beautiful old sausage dog shares her brand new bed every now and then. It will take time for her to adjust to the our tiny cross breed dog and the cats and the birds but the fact that she now even notices them shows us that she is feeling much better. Her painful arthritis is under control. She stands and walks painlessly now. We will be taking her for long walks on the weekend and my goodness she is so good on the leash. Her skins has healed beautifully as well and we use the ointment only when she becomes itchy. The redness has gone completely. Thanks again Kloof and Highway SPCA for bringing her back from the brink of death and nursing her through two months of intensive treatment.”

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General Enquiries Email: reception@kloofspca.co.za
Phone: 031 764 1212/3
Fax: 031 764 6665
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