Hazyview’s Pets in Distress (PID) is not only worried about the increasing number of abandoned or abused pets, but also the growing population of feral cats and their continuous littering as a result of not being neutered.

The organisation is urgently pleading with owners to stop abandoning their pets and to take proper care of them.

As some of these animals go without food for days, it is inevitable they would roam around and cross roads to find something to eat. In some cases they are hit by cars and this leads to emaciated dogs being found.

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The PID said it is once again extremely grateful for the Hazyview community’s assistance and for the funds donated to them.

“We ask the community to please continue to support our feral cat campaign as we desperately need to put an end to unwanted kittens. We normally rely on our golf day to bring in enough funds for sterilisations for the next year. So far, because of all the new kittens, we have spent more than 75% of the funds of our previous golf day and haven’t even made a significant difference,” a spokesperson said.

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The organisation is also calling on members of the public to adopt or provide temporary shelter to abandoned and abused pets. In the course of one week, three dogs were abandoned on the R536 near Hazyview and they urgently need homes.

“We don’t have homes for all these animals or money to feed them while we look for a home for them. So we are requesting people to own up to being a responsible pet owner.”

If people are not in a financial position to take proper care of an animal, they should not get a pet, because these animals often end up abandoned or abused.

Additional donations are urgently needed. Individuals and businesses able to assist in any way, should contact 068 085 2822.