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Heroes to Hoedspruit street pets
Humane Society International/Africa has joined forces with local organization Hoedspruit Animal Outreach (HALO) to improve the lives and welfare of community cats and dogs in the villages around Hoedspruit.
HSI/Africa is providing HALO with grants in 2019 totalling approximately R150,000 to increase spay/neuter efforts and to provide medical care to more cats and dogs in the area.
Read: HOEDSPRUIT: R1 000 each for local organisations
In this wild corner of South Africa, animal vaccination and sterilization will be used not only to improve domestic animal welfare and manage overpopulation but also to help protect wild and endangered species such as the African Wild Dog and African wild cats against diseases such as rabies that are spread by domestic animals.
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