Support for Have A Heart-Namibia

Dear AKI & Have A Heart Supporters,

When I received a message from Geesche with HAH-Luderitz that said,

"We have a feral cat group in Karibib (small town between Swakop and Windhoek) and 1 of the volunteers asked Have a Heart for help. If it's ok with you, I will use some of the AKI money and plan an AKI feral cat spay day. What do you think?"

Thanks to our GlobalGiving donors, I was able to say, "YES, we'd be happy to support humane population control of a feral cat colony!"

Geesche sent me more information:

"According to the lady in Karibib, the feral cats live in a commercial yard (RR Importers), are fed and taken care of, but they don't want them to keep reproducing."

In the end, one other donor from Namibia came forward, and HAH (with Dr. Maya doing the surgeries) was able to sterilize all 16 feral cats (see poster).

2015 was certainly a good year for HAH, and so much of the success can be attributed to AKI's GlobalGiving Donors. During 2015, in Luderitz, HAH sterilized 76 dogs and cats; in Aus, 139 dogs and cats for a total of 215. 2015 was the 1st year that HAH worked in Aus. In 2014, HAH sterilized a total of 110 animals in Luderitz. Of the 2015 total (Luderritz & Aus), about 80 of those dogs and cats were s/n'd thanks to AKI donors!  Check out the poster attached for more statistics on HAH-Namibia's spayathons.

And lastly (and finally!), AKI has been accepted as a permanent member of GlobalGiving! We are looking forward to a long and fruitful partnership.

Thank you so much for your generous and ongoing support! We are so grateful for your help.

Dear Animal-Kind International & Have A Heart-Luderitz Supporters,

Your support to the AKI/HAH GlobalGiving project covered the costs for the Spayathon in Aus at the end of September (see picture).

Have A Heart-Luderitz spayed 21 dogs and 2 cats and one of the cats was a feral cat. Altogether 94 dogs have been spayed in Aus to date, most of them pets, a few of them street dogs and cats. And most of that is thanks to AKI-HAH supporters! Imagine, in Aus, as of just about 1 1/2 years ago, there was no spay or neuter available to pet owners--none at all!

The plan is that HAH-Luderitz will next visit farmers in the vincity of Aus, and wll probably have to use catchpoles to capture some of the dogs that aren't used to being handled. These are dogs that have puppies over and over again, and getting them spayed will make a huge difference in the lives of the dogs and in the cruelty and suffering prevented.

Also, Geesche has identified several dogs and cats for the next spay day in Luderitz (see pictures). While sometimes it seems as if there's a neverending supply of dogs and cats needing s/n, Luderitz is really getting a handle on the problem, and that is only because of HAH and your support.

I'll send more information on the dog houses in the next progress report--so stay tuned for that!

Thank you so much for supporting this project. To remain on the GlobalGiving site, we need to get one unique donation for October, so if you have friends or family who want to make a real difference in the lives of dogs and cats, please let them know about our GlobalGiving project--thank you very much!