Cancer association raises money to fight cancer in animals
The aim of the event was to raise money for conducting research about cancer in animals and create awareness about the illness.
The Southern Africa Animal Cancer Association (SAACA) with the Centurion Theatre successfully hosted their first Annual Animal Carnival event on Saturday at the theatre in the area.
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The aim of the event was to raise money for conducting research about cancer in animals and create awareness about the illness.
“Today’s charity event is all about raising money to support SAACA’s initiative of doing research about animal cancer,” Centurion Theatre representative Lian Sachse said.
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She cited that this was a field in which not a lot of research had yet been done.
“A lot of research has been done on humans but not on animals,” Sachse said.
She said the theatre found it easy to host the event because the organisation has a passion for animals.
The event saw more than 10 stalls sell various goods to in support of the initiative.
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The goods for sale included food, drinks and clothes, among other things. The Centurion Theatre treated children to a theatre production.
“This is our first big event to have with SAACA,” Sachse added.
She said since the event was a big success, they were motivated to do it annually.
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SAACA CEO Munnik Marais said their aim was make people aware of cancer in animals.
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“We believe that once people are aware about cancer in animals, they will talk about it and in a way learn what to do when their animals are facing cancer.”
Marais also had a word of advice to pet owners.
“We noticed that during Covid-19, a lot of pet owners lived with their animals inside their houses. While this might be a good thing to do for the animals we urge owners to also focus on keeping their pets clean for hygiene purposes,” he said.
People should keep their pets clean including washing, combing them as well as well brushing their teeth.
“This is because the pets are sleeping more in the beds and on couches which raises the issue of hygiene.”
He also said they should wash the food and water bowls the animals too.
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