By Joette Emerton | Individual Giving Manager
Dear Friend,
In recognition of World Spay Day on 25 February, the Cape of Good Hope SPCA launched a coordinated sterilisation initiative aimed at addressing the root cause of rising animal admissions and preventing further suffering across communities.
The We Step in Together campaign, now in its second year, brings welfare organisations into a unified sterilisation effort designed to ease mounting pressure on an already overextended animal welfare system and to reduce the suffering experienced by unwanted animals.
As part of this initiative, the SPCA undertook a two-day Mass Animal Sterilisation drive in partnership with Paws a While and Aid4Animals in Distress, sterilising 207 pets over two days. Since February 2025, collaborative efforts in Lavender Hill have collectively sterilised 718 animals, with a demonstrable impact of fewer unwanted puppies and kittens originating from this community. This is the measurable impact of focused, high volume sterilisation coverage.
Admissions data from the Cape of Good Hope SPCA reveals the scale of the challenge faced by the organisation, which operates under a policy of never turning any animal away and continues to accept animals brought in by members of the public, law enforcement and other welfare organisations.
An average of 2 300 unwanted and stray animals come through the organisations gates every single month. Approximately 69% of these admissions are animals people no longer want.
451 animals were given up last year because “they would not stop breeding” or because owners had too many animals.
This highlights the impact of unplanned breeding.
The Cape of Good Hope SPCA continues to absorb the majority of stray and unwanted animals entering the welfare system in the City, including those handed in by other animal welfare organisations. The We Step in Together campaign, aligns the welfare sector around prevention as the most effective response to rising pressures within the sector.
Every sterilised animal represents future suffering prevented.When access to sterilisation increases, unwanted litters decline, pressure on the sector begins to ease. Prevention at scale remains the most effective way to reduce animal suffering across the City.
Thank you for being part of the solution – and thank you for being a valued part of our animal-loving family! We truly appreciate your support.
Kindest Regards,
Joette Emerton
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