THE STORY OF SHAGGY!

I was was born a while ago, maybe 3-4 weeks ago? I hardly got to know my mum! I just know I am very weak and hungry !
Currently I am dumped under a tree somewhere - opposite me I can hear children playing but nobody seems to worry about us I am here with my sister. We have no water and no food for a few days already! As I am still wondering why the children just ignore us, I see a car coming - I stand up and waggle my tail and hope this car will stop and help us! The car stops ! I stand up - still waggling my tail and see a woman getting out of the car and coming towards us. But my sister is too weak being without food and water for too long and she can hardly lift up her head. We both are full of ticks and
I see that my sister is really hanging in there. The ticks have nearly sucked us dry. The woman seems very concerned and first picks up my dying sister and puts her into the car. Then she comes towards me and she smiles and I waggle my tail even more but then I drop on my knees because I cannot stand anymore. At last help has come. The woman speaks to us and it gives us a feeling not to worry anymore and that she is there to help. She puts us in the back of the car and we can feel - there is hope coming towards us for a better life. She arrives at the SPCA and there are so many kind people - they cannot understand that people could have just left us under the tree to die. HEY !! WE CANNOT SURVIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE, WATER AND FOOD! AND if the SPCA would not have been there for us - WHAT THEN!!

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The  SPCA requests the public to please report any missing pets immediately to their Windhoek offices at 061-238654 during office hours or cell 0811244520 or email to spcawhk@mweb.com.na, and also to please bring any animals collected in the streets to the Windhoek SPCA premises in Robert Mugabe Avenue, so that these runaway pets can be returned to their rightful owners as soon as possible.
Objections to this fireworks display or any other complaints can be forwarded to the Windhoek SPCA at either email spcawhk@mweb.com.na or fax – 061-225715.

The Windhoek Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has received numerous complaints about not only the fireworks display held on normally for New years celebrations, but also about the public shooting into the air, and the public acting in a disorderly manner, and also due to owners leaving their pets unattended and unfed.

The public mainly objected to the fact that the fireworks display was piercingly loud and that the venue was within a residential area.  The animals housed at the SPCA kennels and catteries in Robert Mugabe Avenue, were really stressed, and it took a while to calm them down.  A local veterinarian, a SPCA manager and numerous volunteers were on duty all night, to deal with a number of emergency call outs.  As the SPCA cell phone was flooded with calls from distraught pet owners desperately searching for their lost pets, who had either jumped over their fences or had dug underneath fencing trying to escape the sounds.  Point being that all animals are extremely noise sensitive, and any unusually loud detonations and whistling and hissing sounds are inevitably stressful for them.   Animals do not understand what is happening and this is extremely scary to them.   Please find attached photos of one dog that had become frightened by the fireworks and was trying to escape the unfamiliar sounds, and had become impaled on the fence. Without the swift action from passers by and a private veterinarian this animal would have most certainly lost its life.  In total 12 dogs, 3 of these were injured, and 1 injured cat were taken in, a further 6 dogs & 3 cats were reported missing. One pug was picked up and safely returned to its owner immediately, thanks to it having been microchipped.
The SPCA’s major goals are to be a safe haven for animals, teach people respect for animals, and to stop cruelty to animals.
The  SPCA requests the public to please report any missing pets immediately to their Windhoek offices at 061-238654 during office hours or cell 0811244520 or email to spcawhk@mweb.com.na, and also to please bring any animals collected in the streets to the Windhoek SPCA premises in Robert Mugabe Avenue, so that these runaway pets can be returned to their rightful owners as soon as possible.
Objections to this fireworks display or any other complaints can be forwarded to the Windhoek SPCA at either email spcawhk@mweb.com.na or fax – 061-225715.

Cases of Abuse: Tel   238 654    Fax   225 715    Cell  081 1244 520