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Welcome to Easter 2012!

The Administrator April 3, 2012 General

Welcome to Easter 2012.

Photo credit: Origins Church

A fluffy chick or a chocolate Easter bunny… Hunting for Easter eggs and hot cross buns… Celebrating Christ’s resurrection…

Photo credit: Tea and Talk

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SPCA name, logo and personnel

The Administrator March 24, 2012 Animals

It is extremely sad to report that the name of the SPCA and our registered trademark logo are being falsely, deliberately and dishonestly used.

SPCA Logo

The most recent incidents occurred in the areas of Vereeniging and Vanderbijlpark where adult males wearing uniforms identical to or easily mistaken for the official SPCA uniform attempted to remove animals [...]

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Irwins – let them suffer and be killed.

The Administrator February 17, 2012 Animals

Despite offers from rescue clubs and “pro-life” animal groups to take dogs from the Irwins Animal Rescue Centre for care and re-homing, Ann Cronje decided that she would rather have them killed.

This is tragic

The National Council of SPCAs and the SPCA Brakpan assisted the SPCA Vereeniging at the “no-kill” Irwins Animal Rescue Centre on [...]

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It’s nearly Christmas…

The Administrator December 22, 2011 General

Oh dear… it’s nearly Christmas already and you missed the last date for sending those overseas Christmas cards! Would they get there anyway??
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Attitudes!

The Administrator December 20, 2011 Animals

ANIMALS ARE NOT COMMODITIES OR DISPOSABLE ENTERTAINMENT is the message from the National Council of SPCAs as more issues come to light that indicate a callous, uncaring and reckless attitude towards animals.
“Animals are sentiment creatures,” affirms Christine Kuch, spokesperson of the NSPCA. There is no question that they feel pain and can suffer, including fish. [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

The Administrator November 23, 2011 General

Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the USA on November 24 this year… and of course Cards.co.za has lots of free virtual cards for you to send to your family and friends to let them know you are thinking of them on this important day.

Photo credit: Coppal House Farm

What is Thanksgiving Day all about? It’s a [...]

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Qurbani (Eid-ul-Adha)

The Administrator November 3, 2011 Animals

The National Council of SPCAs, on behalf of the SPCA movement in South Africa, extends good wishes to all our citizens of the Islamic faith who will be celebrating or partaking in Qurbani which begins this year on 06 November 2011. This festival is celebrated annually and involves the slaughter or sacrifice of animals for [...]

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New report reveals serious disease risk from keeping wild animals as pets

The Administrator October 27, 2011 Animals

The National Council of SPCAs forwards the media release of the Euro Group for Animals below.

Eurogroup for Animals

A Eurogroup for Animals report released today illustrates the high risk of zoonoses from wild animals kept as pets. Zoonoses are diseases which are passed from animals to humans with sometimes fatal consequences. With an ever growing [...]

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Vote for Table Mountain!

The Administrator October 18, 2011 Environment

Table Mountain is in the running to become one of the New7Wonders of Nature, but this South African attraction is falling behind!

Let's do it for the Mountain!

Table Mountain is one of 28 finalists in the New 7 Wonders of Nature competition, in which the world’s top natural sites are being whittled down to seven winners [...]

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National Bandana Day

The Administrator October 12, 2011 General

National Bandana Day 2011 has started off with a bang. Premier Helen Zille has endorsed the work of The Sunflower Fund as she announced that she has accepted the request to become a Patron and assist us in the education and awareness about becoming a bone marrow stem cell donor.

Buy your bandana and help the [...]

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