Golf day fosters the future for needy pets

Foster Friends is caring for the community’s furry friends one animal at a time.
The organisation was founded in April this year, to help foster cats and dogs with the aim of finding them permanent homes.
Foster Friends hosted a golf day on Saturday to raise funds for the continued care of animals, including the sterilisation of dogs mostly in rural areas.
This is deemed important, as overpopulation can lead to the neglect and ill health of dogs.
Members of the group said many animals in both rural and urban areas of Vryheid had been successfully homed or re-homed in this year already. “We also help find great homes for the ‘furry friends’ and make sure they get all their vaccinations and are sterilised. From there, we have also focused on sterilising rural dogs to prevent over-breeding and puppies suffering from diseases and lack of food,” said Khalia Schmitting.
“This golf day fundraiser was to aid all our goals of helping animals. We were able to raise a fair amount and would like to thank all the sponsors and people who came to support us.”
Schmitting added Foster Friends would be posting pictures of the animals it treated in its Facebook page, and invited residents to like the page and see how they could get involved.
“For more information or to donate, please call 082 303 5220.”

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