· Reducing the number of suffering domestic animals in the greater Clanwilliam area. ·Achieving this by mass sterilisation drives and animal health and welfare education.
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Sunday, December 1, 2013
Update for 2013
Hello All
Thank you for your help and support over the last year, for the donations you gave and funding you collected; the second hand goods you collected for us to sell; for those who came and got their hands dirty bitten and scratched at our clinics and those who offered help when we needed it most.
Here is an update for the progress of the sterilisation project that we manage in Clanwilliam under CLAWS for 2013,
with your help we managed to sterilise 205 animals this year down on last year for a number of reasons.
Firstly, Dr Longland was no longer able to offer his services to Clanwilliam and we lost his monthly sterilisations.
Secondly, the masonic lodge where we were operating from and storing our equipment was sold and we are without premises at the moment.
Thirdly, at the moment there is no-one permanently in Clanwilliam looking out for animal welfare and we do not have a vehicle of our own to use and rely on borrowing vehicles which is not always possible also I work full time one hour distant from town and am not always able to respond to calls for help.
I have been for training with Dr Roos from Envirovet CVC and have worked on various projects with her over the last year and have recently qualified as an Animal Welfare Assistant (AWA). I am being registered through Dr Roos and Envirovet CVC and will be able to use her NPO number during fundraising so any donation to CLAWS will now be tax deductible.
I am hoping to be able to spend more time next year on my first love working with animals and running CLAWS. On top of doing the normal sterilisation drives I am planning to start off with a wash and dip; vaccination; education and deworming program one day twice a month from next year.
To do this we will need either some premises or a container in Clanwilliam to operate from; store our equipment and to sell the second hand clothing we collect. Alternatively we can use a caravan as a mobile facility. We also hope to be able to train volunteers in basic animal first aid that can help us with our work.
To succeed we need to organising the following, so if any of you can help or have any ideas how we can go about it we will be most grateful.
We need : a shipping container and a place to park it in Clanwilliam
: a small caravan
: transport to access the townships and farm around Clanwilliam
: a small fridge for medicines
: a microscope
: a fan for hot days
: old or new collars to replace the wire that is often used
: pet food
: ice cream containers or bowls to send home for water or food bowls
For further information you can follow these links:
Envirovet CVC http://www.envirovetcvc.co.za/
Animal Welfare Assistant qualification: http://www.savc.co.za/?option=com_content&view=article&id=44&Itemid=58
Have a wonderful festive season, have fun, be Happy and spread the love!
Kind Regards
Jeanine Mitchell
Friday, June 14, 2013
Sterilisations
Welcome and Thank you for visiting CLAWS!
We hosted Another Successful Mass Sterilisation event this MAY 2013!
103 ANIMALS 63 CATS and 40 DOGS
How can you help us?
by clearing out any unwanted items in your home.
The benefits of an uncluttered home are amazing! You can find thing you have forgotten you had J
It's fun and exciting to venture into the forgotten back cupboard, and if you find things that are not useful to you anymore, you can donate them to CLAWS.
We sell the goods to people who really need them and in turn use the money raised to fund sterilisation programs.
Alternatively we need, dog food, cat food, collars and leads, blankets, towels, food bowls for the animals or anything of value that we can sell to fnd their operations.
Please support us in our initiative to reach our target of 500 sterilised animals for 2013!
Thank you for your time and contribution
Jeanine, Clanwilliam Sterilisation Projects
CLAWS
Capitec Bank,Clanwilliam
Acc…………..1265459728
Branch……..470010
Many thanx guys,please we need your help……………………………..without it we can't carry on.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Sterilisation Drive May
Make a difference
Sponsor A Spay Today…
Help the Clanwilliam Animal Sterilisation Project reduce the number of sick, hungry and abused dogs and cats in this area by making a donation towards our next mass sterilisation drive this May 2013.
Our focus this drive is for the cats at Bulshoek Dam- colony of 30 and we have a waiting list of 200 in Clanwilliam township.
How you can help: Donations of money, pet food, 2nd hand clothes, books, crockery, bedding, any unwanted items we sell to raise funds.
Visit our blog at Clanwilliamanimalwelfare.blogspot
.com,
email us clawsclanwilliam@gmail.com,
or follow us on Facebook -CLAWS
Donations can be made to:
CLAWS, Capitec Bank ,Clanwilliam,
Acc 126 545 9728, 470010
CLAWS
non-profit organisation, run solely by volunteers.
Our municipality is unable to assist us.
We receive no funding from government or bigger welfare organisations. We are a member of the animal welfare Forum.
We are reducing the numbers of unwanted, suffering dogs and cats in Clanwilliam. If one unsterilized dog can produce 64 000 dogs in its life, one sterilisation makes a huge difference.
We run mass sterilisation drives as we raise funds. We aim to sterilise at 500 animals a year. Each sterilisation costs an average of R300 with a vaccination.
From November 2010 to DEC 2012 we sterilised 1019 animals with the help of VETSOL, Annelize Roos CVC and Dr Longland from Langebaan.
We do not have a permanent vet in Clanwilliam. Our closest vet is 75km away.
How you can help: Donations of money, pet food, 2nd hand clothes, books, crockery, bedding, any unwanted items we sell to raise funds.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
Hello…
We are planning to host the first mass sterilisation event for 2013 in March .
Making a life time difference,
by clearing out any unwanted items in your home, you can help many…
The benefits of an uncluttered home are three fold!
You can find things you had forgotten about ,
give to those who don't have and
save lives.
It's fun and exciting to venture into the forgotten back cupboard, and if you find things that are not useful to you anymore, you can donate them to CLAWS.
We sell the goods to people who really need them and in turn use the money raised to fund sterilisation programs.
Please support us in our initiative to reach our target of 500 sterilised animals for 2013!
Since Nov 2010 we have sterilised 966 animals.
Thank you for your contribution
Jeanine, Chairperson CLAWS
Monday, November 19, 2012
Monday, November 12, 2012
Welcome!
We are planning to host the Last mass sterilisation event in December this year.
Making a life time difference to animals,
help us by clearing out any unwanted items in your home.
The benefits of an uncluttered home are amazing! You can find thing you have forgotten you had J
It's fun and exciting to venture into the forgotten back cupboard, and if you find things that are not useful to you anymore, you can donate them to CLAWS.
We sell the goods to people who really need them and in turn use the money raised to fund sterilisation programs.
Please support us in our initiative to reach our target of 500 sterilised animals for 2012!
Thank you for your contribution
Jeanine, Chairperson CLAWS
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Getting to Zero euthenasia's of stray, abandoned and unwanted cats and dogs can only be achieved through a spay campaign.
The more pets are sterilised the less we have to euthanase.
UNDERSTANDING STERILISATION
There are up to 1 million animals (mainly dogs and cats) euthanased per year in South Africa.
WHY?
- Each female cat or dog can produce about 4000 lives in 7 years.
- 6 puppies / kittens are born for every human baby
- Homeless and hungry strays could be aggressive and carry disease
- Repeated pregnancies cause unnecessary strain on the female dog and reduce her life span
- Unsterilised bitches face an increased risk of breast cancer each time she comes on heat
- Uterus infection is common in unsterilised bitches
- Sexually active males spray or mark their territories, roam and jump fences to get to bitches on heat. They are more aggressive and prone to fighting each other.
- Unsterilised males are vulnerable to prostrate disease and perianal hernias.
- There are just not
enough homes for all those dogs and cats.
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What your pet will NOT
become:
- fat after sterilisation (unless you feed too much and exercise too little; like in humans)
- have stunted growth and
- there are NO benefits in letting your pet having a first litter
THEREFORE
STERILISE instead of EUTHANASE
Which in the end means:
- Less pain and suffering for the animals
- Improved health conditions for both pets and humans
- Less heart sore for the people involved
- Reduced costs at the end of the day
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Mass Sterilisation Drive For MAY 2012
Welcome!
We are planning to host the next mass sterilisation event in April this year.
Making a life time difference to animals,
help us by clearing out any unwanted items in your home.
The benefits of an uncluttered home are amazing! You can find thing you have forgotten you had
I'ts fun and exciting to venture into the forgotten back cupboard, and if you find things that are not useful to you anymore, you can donate them to CLAWS.
We sell the goods to raise the much needed funds to host the mass sterilisation drives in this area.
Thank you for your contribution
Jeanine
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Auctions for funds
- Clanwilliam Animal Welfare Society hold auctions to raise funds for mass sterilisation drives in Clanwilliam.
- We have had a few negative comments about it but no suggestions as how we are expected to otherwise raise funds for these events without outside assistance.
- I asked the people out there what they thought and here are a few replies.
Thank you once again for the support without you we would not be able to do good work!
For those of you who do not agree with the auctions that CLAWS hold, please let us know if you have a better idea to bring in money every month, without the help of other organistions, and without the help of the municipality. We have alot of work to do and we are not going to let small obstacles stand in our way. We have proved that we can get on with out the help because we try. We have done more sterilisations than many smaller organisations who do recieve benefits.
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Marili Esterhuizen Good for you! Ek dink die "auctions" is 'n baie oulike idee! Moenie julle steur aan die kleinlikheid van mense nie!
Cara Smith Ek dink julle doen n fab job! Well done!
Felix G Günther Jul doen wonderlike werk.doen so voort.dis mense soos jul wat n verskil maak.al voel dit gering,jul maak wel n enorme verskil,op lang termyn.
Helena Visser Doe so voort!
Alma Renate Truter Hou so aan! XxX
Linda Saayman baie oulike manier van geld insamel. Ek kannie wag vir die volgende een nie.
Meisie Kuhn Baie oulik, sal bietjie kyk of ek items het, bietjie deurmekaar by my, besig met renovasies aan huis! Een van die dae stuur ek al my 'goed' na julle! Hou so aan
Ria Slabbert Hoekom gee die mense wat klanie 'n groot genoeg donasie nie, dan hoef daar mos nie 'n veiling te wees nie. Die veiling is 'n oulike idee.
Menanteau van der Walt Ek hou van die veilings. Hou so aan!
Johan Mulder Moenie jul aan sulke kleinlike gud stuur nie laat die wat moun n slag hul hande slag uit hul sakke haal en bydrae lewer
Johan Mulder Moenie jul aan sulke kleinlike gud stuur nie laat die wat moun n slag hul hande slag uit hul sakke haal en bydrae lewer
Johan Mulder Moenie jul aan sulke kleinlike gud stuur nie laat die wat moun n slag hul hande slag uit hul sakke haal en bydrae lewer
Johan Mulder Moenie jul aan sulke kleinlike gud stuur nie laat die wat moun n slag hul hande slag uit hul sakke haal en bydrae lewer
Madelyn Ras Nieuwoudt Aaag moet asb nie vir my sê mense het gemoan oor die veilings nie!!! Tipies hierdie dorp. Almal kla dat niemand iets doen re 'n saak nie, maar wee die arme drommel wat waag om iets te doen, dan voel daai een hoe skerp is hierdie dorp se tong!!!! Wie het tog nou gemoan?
Lize Enderstein I love the work that you do
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Steri Drive 13 and 14 March
Thank You!! Thank You!!
Our Success for last week, 103 animals sterilised.
Dr Annelize Roos and Team were amazing!!
The biggest challenge was catching the feral cats.
Thank you for all the help received, and the hands that helped and worked very very hard.
Next Steri Drive is End of May
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
APRIL STERI DRIVE
Welcome!
We are planning to host the next mass sterilisation event in April this year.
Making a life time difference to animals,
help us by clearing out any unwanted items in your home.
The benefits of an uncluttered home are amazing! You can find thing you have forgotten you had J
I'ts fun and exciting to venture into the forgotten back cupboard, and if you find things that are not useful to you anymore, you can donate them to CLAWS.
We sell the goods to raise the much needed funds to host the mass sterilisation drives in this area.
Thank you for your contribution
Jeanine
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Festive Season
Hiya!
So the end of the year is upon us, time for chilling and having fun!
Relaxation and party time J! CLAWS is doing the last sterilisation drive for the year on 21 and 22 November 2011.
CLAWS is helping to make the season more bearable for a few animals out there!
Our 'impossible' target of sterilising 500 animals in one year is short of 50…
If you would like to be part of the very impressive achievement as a sponsor please feel free to make a donation no matter how small to CLAWS J to help us achieve this goal!
This will be preventing 480 000 unwanted pups and kittens!
Thank you for your help have a beautiful day
May Love Peace and Happiness surround you forever
Team CLAWS
Monday, September 26, 2011
Note from the Chairperson September 2011
Hello All and Thank you
We had great success with the last sterilisation drive!
Thank you to all our volunteers for your help and care we would not have been able to do this without your help.
Thank you to the
Freemasons for letting us use the Masonic lodge for the sterilisation drive, it was a great success!
Thank you to Venessa and Lizette for handling the entrance and filling in the books for the patients. Through mad rushes and people who couldn't speak or know who they were or their own numbers she kept her cool and handled everything. Up early and at the lodge before the rest of us, opening up and ready for action all three days. Thanks to Venessa I always knew where my phone and car keys were! Venessa also made all the necessary phone calls to the owners and arrangements for the day to run smoothly. Thank you.
Thank you to Lizette and Dawie for helping to carry and drive patient to the surgery and home when possible, it was a great help.
Thank you to Cheryl for all her support and popping in to offer a kind word of encouragement when needed. Thank you to Joseph for helping to lift the heavy gear and taking time off your lunch break to help us.
I am happy to work with and in an organisation that works well together and gets things done and not just talk about it. Thank you for a good year and I'm glad we achieved what we have in 2011.
The work we have done had made a huge difference in the lives of many animals in Clanwilliam that is what is important
May Love, Peace and Happiness surround you always.
Friday, July 29, 2011
MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY?
CLAWS Clanwilliam Animal Welfare Society raises funds to organise mass sterilisation drives in the Clanwilliam Area.
We do not have a full time vet in Clanwilliam and we do not have a state vet in Clanwilliam and we rely solely on donations for funding.
We are aiming to sterilise 500 animals in one year, so far in 6 months we have sterilised 244! The next sterilisation drive is in September and we are aiming to sterilise another 110 animals!
To fund this project we sell second hand goods at the end of the month on the streets of Clanwilliam, second hand books at the farms stall and clothes on the neighbouring farms.
If you are able to help us reach our goal with a donation of good second hand clothes or goods, please contact us and we will arrange to collect it from you. We are also in need of blankets, collars, leads, dog food and volunteers!
Thank you for your help! Have a Beautiful day J
Jeanine Mitchell Chairperson CLAWS
Monday, July 18, 2011
MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY
MASS STERILISATION DRIVES
CLAWS: Working to increase the sum of animal happiness!
Friday, May 27, 2011
Steri-Drive Success!!!
Mon 23 Tue 24 and Wed 25 May we had another sterilisation drive!
We had sterilised and vaccinated in total 98 animals.
Thank you to all members for your help! Without you we would not have managed to achieve this effective event.
On Sunday afternoon the setting up began, Bill, Jacolien, Anton, Johanna, Venessa, Marinda, Liesel, Chena and Charlene all went into Clanwilliam to start the big clean up set up operation. Not one of them actually live in Clanwilliam but they all came to help. They cleaned and scrubbed and fixed and patched and virtually transformed the show grounds into a make shift surgery. I was told that any dust to be seen would have been sterilised tooJ. Thank you team you did great! Thank you to you all who gave your valuable time on Sunday to come in to town to help with the start up. Sunday evening Natalie arrived at Oudrif with her bag of surprises. We thought that when we got there on Monday morning with six cats from the farm, all we had to do was put on the heaters and electric blankets and start.
Monday morning it was raining, those of us that came in from the farms were quite wet. The roads were wet with the first rains for the winter which made driving interesting. The hall was lovely and wet too, besides the hall being so big it leaked like a sieve! The holes in the roof were not small and we ran out of buckets, but we managed it and we had no electricity problems. Natalie brought 20meters of fleece with paw prints on to send home with the animals so they would sleep warm this winter. Natalie, Lynn and Anton Ferreira donated their electric blankets to keep the patients warm after surgery. The first day we sterilised 40 animals, Daggie and Charl were fresh and ready. Daggie once again proved that no mission is impossible, injecting feral cats that jump 8ft in the air to scratch you face, no problem! Natalie whipped out her second surprise she had ordered 100 luminous orange name tags for the patients ones that not even the big puppies were able to remove with their teeth. Venessa and Marinda took over the reception table and did the best job I've ever seen when it comes to keeping a record of everything that came in and out of the front door! Venessa was also ready to drive and fetch anything we needed. She had organised food and hot drinks too, this much needed sustenance kept us going. Anton helped to drive and pick-up and drop of animals that needed to be dropped and fetched. Natalie also had T-shirts printed for the team involved! Team CLAWS! The team was too busy on Monday and we forgot about the t's… At the end of the day, we packed up and setup for Tuesday morning.
Tuesday the roads were rivers, we had a slip and slide drive to Clanwilliam and when we got there Venessa had opened up again and Cheryl had fed the vets a good breakfast to prepare them for the day. There was more rain and more water to deal with but no vet or patients got wet, in fact the patients were so comfy and warm they did not want to go home form there warm heated recovery beds. We had extra help on Tuesday and the whole team was kitted out in their team CLAWS t-shirts- they looked great! Bill came in to help which lightened the load; he was on Heavy Dog Duty. Inside we had Natalie at the vet's table to assist where needed and Charlene, Chena and Jacolien at the patients every need. Bill went to fetch Mr Dale Morgan to show him what we were accomplishing. He was quite surprised to see the conditions under which we had to work and even went home to fetch his camera. He said there should be more money and privileges coming our way soon J the paper didn't pitch again. Thank you to those of you who did come to help us even though it rained. Thank you Cheryl for letting the vet's take over your kitchen we really appreciate you going the extra mile to make them feel comfortable and at home! They loved it! Thank you! Leesie and Charlene made great coffee!
Wednesday morning Team CLAWS gathered again, I was late with a load of animals but we quickly caught up and the vets were happy and settled. Lizette had managed to drive in to town on Wednesday morning when the rain had stopped and was able to come lend a hand again. We also had two strong young men arrive to help with Heavy Dog Duty, Thank you Rudi and Jacques It was much appreciated. Thank you! Once again Venessa had sandwiches for every need, vegan, vegetarian whatever your need! Natalie had to leave her post and let Lizette take over as she has a deadline and really is too busy to be here. She had jobs in CT and London to be done but she stayed in Clanwilliam to help us out – Thanks Nat! Sorry the ash cloud couldn't stop your flights… The vets finished and thanked us all – I got my stethoscope J . The rain had cleared, the vets and the Team were tired and 98 animals were sterilised. We did however forget that it was Margie's birthday… Sorry Margie and Happy Belated birthday!
While we were working to get this to run smoothly, Lynn helped us on the phone, we got our bank account changed to a steady account and a bank with lower bank charges. Thank you Lynn for your help with all the organising and on-call support, we missed you there. Thank you Anna Koeglenberg for fetching me in the pouring rain on Tuesday and going with me to the bank to sort out the changes, I love the car even with the doors that don't want to open J
Thank you Team CLAWS, Anton Ferreira, Lynn Ferreira, Georgia Sinclair, Cheryl Spilsbury, Venessa Ferreira, Bill Mitchell, Marinda Cloete, Charlene Cloete, Chena Petro, Jacolien Tekiso, Natalie Becker, Margie Smit, Leesie Jantjies, Liesel Hoffman, Lizette Burger, Anna and Joseph from the yellow Aloe, Rudi and Jacques. You were all a great help with everything you did, thank you for coming out in the cold wet weather and thank you for dealing with all the smells… Without you we would not have made this the success it was.
Have to thank Vetsol for their hard work and dong the great job that they do. Thank you for doing such amazing work and applying it where it is needed most. It's a difference you can see. See you later this year for the next adventure.
Dogs from nearby farms taking a nap
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Please take note of our new banking details:
- CLAWS Capitec Bank
- Clanwilliam
- Acc number : 126 545 9728
- Branch : 47 00 10
