South Africa - Zuid Afrika
ARO
TEARS
Vervet Monkey Foundation
TEARS
Vervet Monkey Foundation
ARO
The Animal Rescue Organisation was started in 1986 and celebrates in 2008, 22 years of working for the welfare of sick and suffering animals living in the townships and informal settlements around the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. www.animalrescue.org.za
TEARS
TEARS is a Pro-life, non-profit organisation whose core aim is to rescue, rehabilitate, re-unite and re-home lost, abandoned, abused and neglected dogs and cats.
We strive to meet the needs of the underprivileged communities we serve, namely Masiphumelele, Ocean View, Mountain View and Red Hill by:
Sterilising companion animals from disadvantaged communities as well as feral cats is our primary focus and in 2009 we sterilised almost 2000 animals.
TEARS is a Pro-life, non-profit organisation whose core aim is to rescue, rehabilitate, re-unite and re-home lost, abandoned, abused and neglected dogs and cats.
In 2007 we bought a beautiful 3,1 hectare property on Kommetjie Road, Sunnydale, not far from our present shelter, known as Wenga Farm. We intend building a world-class, eco-friendly, “green” animal shelter, and will begin planning our exciting project in the near future. We have, however, already established a feral cat sterilisation and assessment facility at Wenga Farm, a dedicated cat maternity unit as well as a boarding cattery to generate income for our feral cat project.
www.tears.org.za
We strive to meet the needs of the underprivileged communities we serve, namely Masiphumelele, Ocean View, Mountain View and Red Hill by:
- providing primary health care such as vaccinations, deworming and parasite control;
- offering free sterilisations for their companion animals;
- providing a scheduled daily Mobile Clinic, offering basic health care (vaccinating, deworming, parasite control) and food to the animals six days a week.
- establishing an essential working relationship with the residents to protect the rights of the animals and empowering and supporting them through effective education, guidance and follow up;
- providing a registered clinic on our premises, offering veterinary care for pets for any condition, illness or injury.
Sterilising companion animals from disadvantaged communities as well as feral cats is our primary focus and in 2009 we sterilised almost 2000 animals.
TEARS is a Pro-life, non-profit organisation whose core aim is to rescue, rehabilitate, re-unite and re-home lost, abandoned, abused and neglected dogs and cats.
In 2007 we bought a beautiful 3,1 hectare property on Kommetjie Road, Sunnydale, not far from our present shelter, known as Wenga Farm. We intend building a world-class, eco-friendly, “green” animal shelter, and will begin planning our exciting project in the near future. We have, however, already established a feral cat sterilisation and assessment facility at Wenga Farm, a dedicated cat maternity unit as well as a boarding cattery to generate income for our feral cat project.
www.tears.org.za
Vervet Monkey Foundation
The Vervet Monkey Foundation is a non-profit organization (#020 694 NPO) established in 1993 and a member of PASA (Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance) since 2006. Our centre is based in Tzaneen in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. We rehabilitate and provide sanctuary to over 400 vervet monkeys, orphaned, injured, abused, ex-laboratory or unwanted pets. The vervet monkey is listed on CITES appendix 2. In addition to being a rehab centre/sanctuary we provide:
The vervet monkey was once listed as vermin but now people must have a permit to shoot them. Due to urbanisation their habitat is diminishing. We expect many orphans to arrive yet again at our sanctuary this year. We help people in the local area find solutions to problems with vervets who they associate with being a nuisance to peacefully co-exist with the wildlife. We have recently raised funds for an on site education centre and hope to have school visits in the future. We try to educate the local farmers who often wrongly accuse the vervets for crop damage when they are an essential part of the eco-system – for without them, some plants and vegetation cannot exist due to germination.
At present, vervets are brought into the centre and released into natural enclosures that we provide to live as naturally as possible. We are still in need of a lot of funding for a new arrivals area, for finishing our quarantine area and to be able to purchase a large area of land to be able to release some troops outside of the centre but to still be protected.
www.vervet.za.org
- a facility to research the life style and environment of this species,
- a program to rehabilitate orphaned and injured primates,
- a program to research the claims of damage and problems caused by vervet monkeys and offer possible solutions to co-existence,
- an education program to inform the public of the role that the vervet monkey plays in the eco-system,
- a sanctuary for primates unfortunate enough to be unreleasable but, manageable enough to be used for educational purposes.
The vervet monkey was once listed as vermin but now people must have a permit to shoot them. Due to urbanisation their habitat is diminishing. We expect many orphans to arrive yet again at our sanctuary this year. We help people in the local area find solutions to problems with vervets who they associate with being a nuisance to peacefully co-exist with the wildlife. We have recently raised funds for an on site education centre and hope to have school visits in the future. We try to educate the local farmers who often wrongly accuse the vervets for crop damage when they are an essential part of the eco-system – for without them, some plants and vegetation cannot exist due to germination.
At present, vervets are brought into the centre and released into natural enclosures that we provide to live as naturally as possible. We are still in need of a lot of funding for a new arrivals area, for finishing our quarantine area and to be able to purchase a large area of land to be able to release some troops outside of the centre but to still be protected.
www.vervet.za.org
