Durban SPCA campaign aims to keep food bowls full over holiday season

THE Durban and Coast SPCA is gearing up for a busy festive season.

According to Tanya Fleischer, marketing manager at the SPCA, the holiday season is the busiest time of the year for the organisation and expectations were that between now and mid-January, around 1 500 stray, unwanted and abandoned pets would be ‘dumped’ at the SPCA by uncaring owners.

“We’ll hear the merry jingle of a 100kg of dog and cat pellets being poured into food bowls every single day. Food isn’t just a necessity – it means comfort and reassurance to a frightened, bewildered dog or cat that suddenly finds itself in a strange place, separated from a beloved owner and a home that should have been theirs for life. Your donation to help keep the food bowls ‘jingling’ all through the holidays doesn’t just feed a dog or cat. It helps restore their trust in the human race too!” said Tanya.

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She said the hungry orphans munch their way through more than 10 8kg bags of food every day, as well as umpteen cartons of canned food and pouch meals.

“Even after all the Christmasses we’ve experienced, we are still shocked at the way people treat pets who’ve been part of their family for years. Our hearts break for the little dog left all alone at home when his owners go off on holiday, watching his beloved human family get into the car and drive away, waiting all day for them to come back. But they don’t. Our inspectors will be on duty round the clock to rescue abandoned and ill-treated animals like this. But when they bring that little dog or frightened cat back to the safety of our SPCA, we must have a bowl of food to give them,” she said.

By making your donation, whether you drop off some food at SPCA, 2 Willowfield Crescent, Springfield Park, drop some food into one of the food bins at the premises, or make a donation online at www.spcadbn.org.za, every donation will help keep the ‘jingle in the bowls’ this festive season.

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