Paws’ing to help animals in informal settlements

PawsRehoming is a “home-grown” and privately run initiative which was started by Claudine Matthews five years ago to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome dogs and cats in informal settlements across Benoni and Boksburg.

To date, Claudine has taken care of hundreds of animals across six informal settlements in these areas.

PawsRehoming is passionately and actively involved in the following projects:

• Helping poor households with donations of food, blankets and shelter for their pets.

• Facilitating sterilisations which residents of informal settlements cannot afford, to curb out-of-control breeding. Many of these sterilisations are sponsored by the Namaqua Dog and Donkey Foundation.

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• Infiltrating informal settlements/squatter camps to either rescue or permanently remove animals or to provide food, blankets and shelter for pets, as well as dipping and deworming on a regular basis.

• Basic education is given to owners of these animals regarding responsible pet care.

• Sterilisation is a critical part of this outreach and owners are encouraged to surrender their pets for sterilisation, after which the animals are returned to them.

• Vaccinations are provided wherever possible to prevent outbreak and spread of deadly disease/viruses, where litters of puppies/kittens exist without the necessary care. PawsRehoming encourages owners to surrender these for rehoming.

• The breeding of animals in these settlements and elsewhere for the purpose of selling litters/financial gain is strongly discouraged and reported to the appropriate authorities, such as the SPCA, if necessary.

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