Eldorado Park: No room for rabid dogs
A rabies vaccination is something private vets charge a lot for and the Eldorado Park community got that chance for free.
For as long as many can remember, the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animal (PDSA) has been around the block and are the community’s version of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).
PDSA does exactly what its name implies which is that it cares for sick animals.
In Johannesburg, about 2 000 animals are cared for a month. Animals that are owned by people who cannot afford the services of private vets.
PDSAs Johannesburg operation includes a hospital in Mofolo South, Soweto and satellite clinics in Pimville and Diepkloof as well as mobile clinics that you see around Eldorado Park, where they treat injured or sick animals in informal settlements and other areas private veterinarians do not have premises in.
All services except vaccinations and sterilisation are carried out on a donation basis where owners are asked to pay what they can afford although no sick animal is ever turned away.
The PDSA does not run a shelter, nor does it inspect premises.
It does, however, do school visits (more than 50 a year) educating young people about the proper and humane treatment of animals including what to feed them and how to keep them healthy.
The Department of Health has, On October 10, granted the Eldorado Park community an opportunity to get their best friends or dogs a chance to rid their chances of contracting rabies.
A rabies vaccination is something private vets charge a lot for and the Eldorado Park community got that chance for free.
Eldos was filled with people walking their dogs to take advantage of the opportunity to get man’s best friend vaccinated.
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