Back your furry buddy and help others as well
Claw is in serious danger of having to close its doors
For fear of having to close its doors, Community Led Animal Welfare (Claw) started a Back-a-Buddy campaign to ensure that they can continue to assist the impoverished community with animal care.
According to Taren Welthagen, Claw enjoyed the support of an international benefactor for years, but due to budget constraints and focus changes, their sponsor is no longer able to assist them. “This means that we are in serious danger of having to close our doors or re-look the services we offer. This also means that might have to downscale drastically.”
She said Claw started the Back-a-Buddy campaign to make donating accessible to all corners of the world. “We are hoping to raise enough money to ensure that we can buy medicines for a year to continue the work that we do,” Taren said. She added that medicine is one of their biggest expenses and vital in ensuring that they can treat all of the animals in their care. “When our clinic is full, we have over 85 patients, and this doesn’t include our homeless dogs or cats that are searching for their happy endings.”
Claw looks after between 2 500 and 4 000 animals in impoverished communities monthly, providing basic veterinary treatment (vaccinations, deworming, tick treatment) as well as dealing with more serious conditions and surgeries such as sterilisations, and hospital stays for diseases such as biliary and gastro-intestinal problems. They are also available to these communities and animals for after hours emergencies such as poisonings and traumas (such as pets injured by passing cars).
Taren said in additional to their standard programme, they also have an outreach team that is on the road daily, providing care in areas where there is no access to veterinary care or transport available for people to reach the clinic with their beloved companion animals. “We also do outreach sterilisation campaigns, most recently taking on the Tarlton area with the end goal being to reduce the numbers of unwanted animals and sale of puppies at the infamous Tarlton intersection.”
Donations can be made to Claw’s Nedbank account number: 190 512 5232, Florida Branch Code: 190 541.For more information, email Taren on clawdirector@gmail.com.
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