For the Tin Can Town team working in Blikkiesdorp on the outskirts of Delft, every dog saved is a reason to celebrate. Our JOCK representative, accompanied the dedicated team on an outreach to witness how they help a community of animal lovers to care for their furry friends. Situated on the outskirts of Delft, the […]
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Just off the N1, on a farm outside a town called Touws River, an extraordinary couple has created a canine retirement home for the elderly, the sick and the desperate, aptly named Roscan Dog Sanctum. There is a scene at the end of South African Nobel laureate JM Coetzee’s most well-known novel, Disgrace. The
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Dancing for the love of dogs 7 years ago, while holding a malnourished puppy in her arms, dancer Brigitte Reeve Taylor, made a decision to alleviate the suffering of stray dogs. With more than 30 years of experience in the dancing and theatre world, the solution was obvious: use the gift of dancing to
After its humble beginnings in 1999 in the township of Masiphumelele in Cape Town, TEARS has grown to one of the most widely respected animal rescue organisations in the country. We had a chat with TEARS’ animal care manager Luke Kruyt about the challenges and triumphs of helping canine souls in need. The name of
It was Christmas eve and Mark was sitting comfortably on the couch, watching the extended family’s children unwrap their presents. His nephew opened his parcel — a big, red remote-controlled truck! Then his niece — a pair of Hatchimals, the newest craze! Even better! Mark sat back with a knowing grin on his face. His
There’s this public perception about your average police dog. It’s the vicious German Shepherd, riding at the back of a police van, ready to pounce with speed and aggression the moment its let loose on the unlucky souls who stepped onto the wrong side of the law. Or the English Bloodhound, slobbering away as he
In the heart of the north-east Free State, just outside the town of Frankfurt, lies the farm Palmietput. This part of the country is a landscape of sepia tones. A landscape made up of subtle, rolling hills and grassland painted with a subdued palette of rustic hues. For over twenty years, Elize Janse van Rensburg
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If it’s true that the greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated, as Mahatma Gandhi once put it, the pupils of Edenglen Primary on Johannesburg’s East Rand represent a tiny universe of animal heroes.
“Has anyone brought in my dachsies?” a distraught — but still hopeful — Knysna resident queries as he rushes into the town’s animal-rescue shelter. He has just lost everything in the hellish, early-June fires ripping through the historical Western Cape town. But his home and possessions are insignificant compared with his irreplaceable dachshund companions. Elsewhere,
Our story begins on a hot summer’s day in Cape Town. Batty, an eight-year-old pavement special, is sniffing around Alan and Marianne McLean’s home. His partner-in-crime, Emma, a beautiful German Shepherd is nowhere to be found. His puzzlement has a simple cause: Emma has been taken to the local vet to be spayed. She will
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