By Karen Menczer | Executive Director, Animal-Kind International
Dear HAH-Namibia/Mobile & AKI Supporters,
Our GlobalGiving fundraiser covers the cost of vet care for any animal brought to the HAH-Namibia/Mobile spay/neuter clinic and s/n of cats. These are 2 funding shortfalls, usually not covered by other donations to HAH (most donations to HAH cover s/n of dogs, standard vaccinations, but no vet care).
Over the last few months, several cats and dogs were helped at HAH-Mobile clinics, thanks to your donations. Here are a few of their stories:
Beautiful Nica, is from DRC, a poor township of Swakopmund (see picture of the area below). Nica is a very sweet and friendly little girl. Her leg had been injured, and her owner didn't care enough, didn't have the money, or otherwise, couldn't get access to vet care, so her leg was never treated and didn't heal well. And then her owner moved away and left Nica behind! A local organization, Feed a Paw, stepped up and provided food for Nica and contacted Geesche/HAH. Geesche told Feed a Paw that HAH would spay Nica and get her leg treated--thanks to AKI donations! When the neighbor heard that Nica would be spayed, he agreed to adopt her.
At the end of February, Nica was spayed and she had surgery on her leg. In early March, we heard she was healing very well (see picture).
When she went to live with her new owner, Geesche sent along a big bag of dog food and a blanket, also thanks to AKI donors!
Another sweet dog didn't fare as well. While at the Luderitz SPCA, Lady hadn't eaten for 5 days, so the SPCA contacted the Windhoek Flight and Training Center, and they agreed to pick her up and fly her from Luderitz to Windhoek--850 kilometers!, where she could get the care she needed (see Lady's picture of her on the plane, ready to take off). In Windhoek, the vet immediately put her on a drip and then did a blood test and a liver scan to check if she might have a liver tumor. It turned out that her liver was destroyed, there was nothing more that could be done for Lady and she was humanely euthanized. Thanks to AKI donors, she received vet care in Windhoek and no longer had to suffer.
In mid-March, Blompot visited the HAH-Namibia/Mobile clinic in Bethanie. Blompot had been attacked by a dog last year and her leg had been broken. There's no vet in or near Bethanie, so Blompot's family had to wait for the HAH clinic to arrive. At the HAH mobile clinic, Blompot's leg was repaired, thanks to our GlobalGiving supporters. Her family brought her back to the HAH mobile clinic last month for a check up and mainly to say hello and thank you (see picture of Blompot, 100% healthy!)
And last for this update, is Jose. He and his 2 sisters had been sterilized at the August 2016 mobile clinic in Luderitz. And then, in mid-March, Jose was hit by a car. His family immediately asked the Luderitz SPCA for help and the SPCA contacted HAH/Geesche. Geesche posted, “Of course we said we will help and luckily because of Animal-Kind International we had funds available for Jose to be treated by a vet!” Luderitz doesn't have a vet, so HAH organized a lift for Jose to Mariental. The vet there was prepared to take Jose to Windhoek so that his open fracture could be operated on and he would be under supervision over the weekend. But then sad news came in: an x-ray showed that not only was Jose's leg terribly damaged, his hip was destroyed. There was no way to help him and he was humanely euthanized. Geesche wrote, “But the reason we post this sad story is to say thank you everyone who helped Jose so that he didn't need to suffer!...Thank you to Animal-Kind International to make it possible for us as a spay and neuter program to also help injured animals in need.”
And we say, THANK YOU to our GlobalGiving project supporters-because of you, animals in need in Namibia receive help--and most go on to live happy, healthy lives.
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By Karen Menczer & Geesche Neuberg | Executive Director, AKI; Volunteer, HAH-Mobile
By Karen Menczer | Executive Director, Animal-Kind International
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