Archive for Jul 2020
Little Girl Popcorn is the Apple of Our Eye
About a month ago, little Popcorn arrived at the TEARS Welfare Clinic. She was young, thin and weak. Popcorn had been rescued off of the streets of Mitchells Plain where she had been wandering around. Despite a search of the area, her other siblings and her mother were never found. When Popcorn arrived at TEARS,…
Read MoreMandela Day in Cathkin Informal Settlement, Heideveld – Collaboration Between Breadline Africa and TEARS
On 18 July 2020, as part of a Mandela Day initiative, TEARS and Breadline Africa collaborated to distribute kennels, blankets, food and bowls to needy animals in a severely impoverished community, Cathkin Informal Settlement, in Heideveld, near Athlone, which is home to +/- 500 people. Breadline Africa have been working in the Cathkin, providing food…
Read MoreEmma: Dumped to Cherished
Meet Emma. This Cavalier King Charles Spaniel cross puppy was discovered at the dump in Vrygrond in early June. She was only 7-8 weeks old, small, starving and scavenging for any little shred of food she could find among the trash. Despite her young age, she had obviously been thrown out at the dump to…
Read MoreFrom bag of bones to the happiest dog on the planet: Meet Kira!
On the 16th of July 2019, TEARS was brought to a halt with the arrival of Kira. The TEARS Mobile Clinic picked her up in Vrygrond and brought her immediately to the TEARS Welfare Clinic for critical veterinary intervention. This poor girl was skin and bone weighing only 14-kg, much less than the 24-kg a…
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