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MAWS Protecting Botswana's wildlife through domestic animal care. Something to celebrate.

Since MAWS opened its clinic doors, we have sterilised and vaccinated over 20,000 dogs. We have now got UK Charity status and a Justgiving site all ready for any donations. Our Vet and vet nurse volunteers either contact us via [email protected] or through WVS who have supported us through thick and thin. Our outreach clinics are always very busy and exciting to get into areas where there is no veterinary help of any form within hundreds of miles.

Today's is all about celebrating the amazing individuals and organizations who made the start of our Vaccination and S...
11/03/2025

Today's is all about celebrating the amazing individuals and organizations who made the start of our Vaccination and Sterilization campaign of 2025 a remarkable success in the remote villages of the South-East Okavango Delta.

During February, we visited the villages of Ditshiping, Morutsa, Nxhaxhana, Ghabamocha, and Mokgoba cattle post. We sterilized 104 animals (97 dogs and 7 cats) and vaccinated and treated 121 animals (114 dogs and 7 cats) for parasites.

A huge shoutout to African Bush Camps Foundation for sponsoring the clinics in Ditshiping and Morutsa and supporting the communities of NG32 and our organization. Your generosity has made a world of difference!

We also want to extend our heartfelt thanks to Botswana Predator Conservation, a program of Wild Entrust, for partnering with us and making this outreach possible. Your collaboration has been invaluable!

Our deepest appreciation goes to the Cha Cha Metsi family for providing our team with delicious meals and comfortable accommodation in such a beautiful camp. Your hospitality and contributions have greatly enriched our outreach efforts and the community.

We are incredibly grateful to Elephant Havens Wildlife Foundation for their unwavering support during these clinics. Your staff helped spread the word to the community, and we were fortunate to have your permanent veterinarian, Caron Botes, as one of our volunteer surgeons. Thank you for being such an integral part of our mission!

And last but certainly not least, a massive thank you to our amazing volunteers. Your dedication and passion for animal welfare have been truly inspiring. We couldn't have done it without you!

We will continue to work during this year to be able to cover the other villages of the area like Daunara, Xuxau, Mochaba, Shorobe, Matsaudi and Sexaxa.

Thank you all for your support!

05/03/2025

The MAWS Fundraising Auction is now live! There are some incredible items up for grabs with plenty more still to come. Head over to the page and get your bids in fast!

Some of our long term residents and some recent animals that have joined our care at the clinic are desperately looking ...
28/02/2025

Some of our long term residents and some recent animals that have joined our care at the clinic are desperately looking for their forever homes. Some of these animals have not had a good start in life and it is our duty to make sure they are loved for the rest of their lives.
If you have space in your home but most importantly your heart for one or more of these precious souls, please give us a call on 76499440 and arrange to meet them, we know they would love to meet you

We will be holding one of our very popular jumble sales tomorrow morning! Please stop by, you never know what treasures ...
28/02/2025

We will be holding one of our very popular jumble sales tomorrow morning! Please stop by, you never know what treasures you may find.
When - Saturday 1st March 2024 at 8am
Where - Outside Ta**us Pharmacy, Old Mall

Lost dog alert! This beautiful girl is Rubie, she got lost during the storm last night in New Disaneng. She may have b...
26/02/2025

Lost dog alert!
This beautiful girl is Rubie, she got lost during the storm last night in New Disaneng. She may have been spotted around exit 8 late last night and we are checking the area. But if anyone sees her, or has seen her, please call us on 76499440. Let's get her home safely.

MAWS is excited to see that our vet volunteer calendar for 2025 is filling up! This year, we are focused on taking our s...
20/02/2025

MAWS is excited to see that our vet volunteer calendar for 2025 is filling up! This year, we are focused on taking our services beyond Maun and reaching out to communities near wildlife zones who are in need of support. We are hoping to reach some villages that we have not been able to get to in the past.

We’re reaching out to safari operators and our extended Maun community for assistance in identifying these communities that require our help, so we can plan our outreach efforts. While we continue to actively fundraise, any safari operators who can provide accommodation for our team in specific areas would be greatly appreciated. To kick off the year, we’ve received support from Elephant Havens in the NG32 area, and our team is currently working in Cha Cha Metsi, Ditshiping, and Morutswe villages. A big thank you to Clyde Niven for hosting our team!

For more information or to let us know which villages need our support, please contact Carmen on 76499440 or 73 573774 or our Chairman, Dawn Torre at 71 411090. Our team in looking forward to getting out into the villages to help as many animals as we can.

It's that time of the year again - the MAWS Fundraising Auction is coming soon! We are beginning to collect items for th...
12/02/2025

It's that time of the year again - the MAWS Fundraising Auction is coming soon!
We are beginning to collect items for this auction - if you have any items you would like to donate to this wonderful fundraiser please may you drop them off at Powerserve or the MAWS clinic. Alternatively please contact one of our committee members on the numbers below to arrange.

Items that can be donated are things along the lines of vouchers, accommodation, experiences, services, artwork, jewellery, books, or anything that you think will be worth auctioning off.

This is all in aid of the MAWS clinic and upcoming outreaches, we have a lot of vets lined up for the year and are looking forward to getting out into the outlying communities and helping as many animals as we can. Your donations, and of course bids go a very long way in making these outreaches possible.

Our second goes out to a very special hooman who is always there when we need her. Gogs Stephen, a long time Maun resi...
06/02/2025

Our second goes out to a very special hooman who is always there when we need her. Gogs Stephen, a long time Maun resident and amongst many other things, a veterinary nurse, who oversaw the running of the clinic during December/January when our clinic administrator was away on a well-earned break. Without her assistance, we would have had very limited services, and we thank her from the bottom of our waggily hearts for her help during this time.

We have two big thank yous to this week.Our first thankful Thursday goes out to AnnCathrine Seaman and Michelle Goushe f...
06/02/2025

We have two big thank yous to this week.
Our first thankful Thursday goes out to AnnCathrine Seaman and Michelle Goushe for donating some lovely items towards our online auction. To Patrick Penstone for fixing up our oven in the vet cottage. And to Kelly Butler for her generous donation of dog food.
Thank you to all of you, and to our donors who wish to stay anonymous, your contributions towards MAWS really do go a long way in helping us help the animals in need.

Join MAWS and Dr Leo this Friday at Motsana Centre, Maun for an evening of magic. Dr Leo is a visiting vet from Italy a...
04/02/2025

Join MAWS and Dr Leo this Friday at Motsana Centre, Maun for an evening of magic.

Dr Leo is a visiting vet from Italy and will be keeping us entertained for the evening. All proceeds will go towards MAWS.

Friday 7th February @ 7pm
Food & Bar available
P50 Adults | P30 Kids (12 & under)
To book, contact Jess on 73592723
Payments to be made at the door on arrival

The primary mission of MAWS has always been to alleviate the suffering of domestic animals, provide essential veterinary...
30/01/2025

The primary mission of MAWS has always been to alleviate the suffering of domestic animals, provide essential veterinary care to low-income households, and offer mobile outreach clinics to the more remote villages living alongside Botswana's wildlife. We are deeply committed to helping every animal in need, but our funding limitations mean that our priorities are our outreach and clinic programes which directly benefit so many animals in need.

In cases of emergency, we will accept and assist in re-homing abandoned animals or those in distress however this is an exception, as often stray animals carry diseases which we cannot risk bringing into our clinic environments and we are not set up to be a sanctuary. We generally encourage pet owners to try and find a new home for their animals directly and MAWS will gladly support you through the process with advice and can conduct home checks if needed (for a small fee). We know rehoming can be a challenging experience, and we’re committed to helping in any way we can to ensure the best outcome for both the animal and its new family.

Are you looking for a furry best friend and family member? We have some precious souls here at the clinic that are all d...
25/01/2025

Are you looking for a furry best friend and family member? We have some precious souls here at the clinic that are all desperately looking for their perfect furever homes. Each and every one of these dogs and pups have the sweetest and most adorable personalities and are just waiting for their very own forever family.

If you can open up your home, and most importantly your heart, to one or two or more of these fun loving dogs, please give us a call on 76499440, we know they would love to meet you!

The beautiful Coco has been missing since Friday in the Moeti area. She is a young spayed female. If anyone has seen her...
13/01/2025

The beautiful Coco has been missing since Friday in the Moeti area. She is a young spayed female.

If anyone has seen her or knows where she is please call MAWS on 76499440. Let's help get Coco home.

A very big thank you goes out this to Kalahari Insurance Brokers have sponsored the insurance on our vehicles and wor...
09/01/2025

A very big thank you goes out this to Kalahari Insurance Brokers have sponsored the insurance on our vehicles and workmans compensation for our team for 2025.
We are so thankful for our amazing community, it is because of you that we are able to help as many animals as we do.

A very Merry Christmas for all of us at MAWS! As we end off the year we cannot thank you, our amazing community, for alw...
25/12/2024

A very Merry Christmas for all of us at MAWS!

As we end off the year we cannot thank you, our amazing community, for always being there for the animals of Maun and in turn MAWS! Without you we would not be able to help as many animals as we do with out you.

If you are lucky enough to share your home with a pet - go and spoil those pets of yours, they deserve a tasty treat for Christmas, the animals here at the clinic will be getting some tasty treats today!

Merry Christmas everyone!

The Maun Animal Welfare Society conducted a mobile outreach in the Delta Panhandle area from the 23rd until the 27th of ...
15/12/2024

The Maun Animal Welfare Society conducted a mobile outreach in the Delta Panhandle area from the 23rd until the 27th of November 2024.

We visited four different villages: Shakawe, Samochima, Ukusi and Shaikarawe. Besides the regular sterilizations, vaccinations, and parasite treatments for dogs and cats; this time MAWS, with sponsorship from SPANA, were able to also offer services for donkeys and horses. These included treatment for parasites, basic wound care, hoof trimming, harness checking and discussions on care and treatment of working equines.

Our wonderful team consisted of the volunteer Vet surgeons Dr Justene Tedder and Dr Braam Luyt, the volunteer farrier Freddy from Shakawe, four assistants from MAWS (Vasco, Charlie, Metlha and Carmen) and Kagiso came from Equine Assist Maun to also share his knowledge. We also had the help from two volunteers from Samochima Village, Thomas and Olethilwe.

We would like to express our gratitude to Lloyd and Fran Wilmot for accommodating the team from the 22nd until the 24th and to Drotsky's Cabins - Botswana for accommodating and feeding the team the rest of the trip, from the 25th until the 28th
A very special thanks to Ansie Gildenhuys, who contacted MAWS and organized everything with the Kgosis from the different communities. It would not have run as smoothly without her organizational skills.

We were able to treat a total of 247 animals in this outreach: 172 dogs, 15 cats, 42 donkeys and 18 horses. Thank you to everyone that brought their animals to our clinics!

We also managed to treat our team to a much-needed break on the river later in the afternoon when everyone was happy to relax and take out the fishing rods after a busy day.

Dears Santa...Cans you helps us find our furever homes this Christmas? We do loves all our hoomans at MAWS but wes woul...
10/12/2024

Dears Santa...
Cans you helps us find our furever homes this Christmas? We do loves all our hoomans at MAWS but wes would really loves our very own families this Christmas.
Lots of love from all of us at MAWS 🥰

Heatwave warning!With temperatures rising to the 40s this week, us humans are not the only beings that feel the heat. Ou...
02/12/2024

Heatwave warning!

With temperatures rising to the 40s this week, us humans are not the only beings that feel the heat. Our pets and livestock feel the heat just as much as we do.
Please take the necessary precautions for your animals - ensure they have access to plenty of cool fresh drinking water, make sure they have a cool and shaded place to rest, provide cold treats like ice, if you walk your dogs please do so in the early morning or late evening.
We also ask that if you have the means to place a water trough outside your property for animals passing by please do, with hardly any surface water around these animals have very little water available to them.
Please pay attention to your animals, if you notice a change in behaviour or onset illness please take them to a vet urgently.
Heat stroke happens quickly in animals and is often fatal, so please keep an extra eye on your pets and livestock this week.

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Got a large garden and are looking for an entire pack of dogs, we have just the pack for you.... Just kidding, all jokes aside, if you are looking to adopt more than one dog from MAWS and are worried if they will get along, well we can assure you that they are all best friends, from tiny puppies to adult dogs, they are all so happy in each others company, especially when they are enjoying the cool aircon in the clinic 🐾🐕❤️ Give us a call on 76499440 and come and meet these beautiful souls.

#splishsplash We have some very happy and very cool dogs at the clinic! They are super chuffed with their cool new pool (no more swimming in their water bowls). To everyone who donated towards this, thank you so much. It is truly making such a difference in this heat. #coolpups #swimtime #beatingtheheat #animalcare #animalwelfare #happyhounds #MAWS

Looking for our furever homes – please head to our page to see more animals that are looking for homes. This beauty is Isabella, the cutest cuddlebug of a cat! She was found at Cresta in a bad way as she was attacked by the other cats in the area. After a few weeks of love and care at the clinic she has recovered completely and is ready to find a home of her very own. If she could sit in your lap all day we think she would be the happiest cat ever, her favourite passtime is 'baking biscuits' on a nice fluffy blanket. All she wants is someone to love, can you be that someone for the cute Isabella? She has been spayed and vaccinated and is looking for her puurfect home, if you have space for this cuddlebug please pop round and meet her, we know you will fall in love as soon as she gives you a cuddle.

All these cutie pies are currently looking for their very own furever families, somewhere they will be loved and cherished. Our two long term residents, Molly and Luna are both still looking for their perfect hoomans, they are both adult females and are the sweetest girls on the plot. Then we have these adorable puppies who are just busrting with excitement at the thought of their very own homes. Trixie is the little girl with the darker face, Marley is one if the boys he has white areas on his face, and the boy that is fully brown is the handsome Russell. If you feel you can open up your heart and home to one or more of these precious pups please give us a call on 76499440, MAWS adoption policies apply.

Sometimes all you need to get you though the week are some kitten kisses 🐈🥰

Christmas is a time for love, and while as you can see all of our furry friends get oodles of love and cuddles with us at MAWS, our Christmas wish is that they all find their furever families that will love and spoil them as the all deserve ❤ #christmaswish #fureverhomes #love #cuddles #playtime #maws #animalwelfare

Its been a very successful few weeks at the clinic and on our recent community outreaches. Here is a snippet into our recent outreach to Matsaudi, what we do and why we do it! Thank you Christo Snyman for putting this video together for us 🐾 #mobileclinic #communityoutreach #spayandneuter #vaccinate #animalcare #animalwelfare #volunteer #donate #MAWS #Botswana

What are your plans for the weekend hoomans? We's just gonna be here eatings some more tasty ice creams, theys sooo good! 🐕🐾🍦 #doggietreats #doggieicecream #spoiltpups #animalwelfare #MAWS #Botswana

It is #internationaldogday today! We are truel grateful to have had the honour of loving and helping each dog at the clinic over the years. So today, give your dog that extra treat, give him.some tasty meals, give him his favour toy and smother him in love... they deserve it! Happy international dog day! #rescuedogs #loveyourdog #maws

Our beautiful boy Mickey is healing more and more every day. He is such a goofball and has the best character. He is fast becoming the king of the clinic and loves all of us so much, and we love him too. Thank you to everyone who has donated towards his recovery journey, he still has a long way to go but he is on the right road. If you would still like to donate to his recovery please head over to the donations page on our website - www.maunanimalwelfare.com/donate - even the smallest amount makes the biggest difference to our animals. #thankfulthursday #recovery #mange #rescuedog #healingwithlove #MAWS #Botswana

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OVER 20,000 VACCINATIONS.

Something to celebrate. Since MAWS opened its clinic doors, we have sterilised and vaccinated over 20,000 dogs. We have now got UK Charity status and a Justgiving site all ready for any donations.

Our Vet and vet nurse volunteers either contact us via [email protected] or through WVS who have supported us through thick and thin.

Our outreach clinics are always very busy and exciting to get into areas where there is no veterinary help of any form within hundreds of miles.