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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.

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.

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 🥰

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.

29/11/2024

This gorgeous little boy was found at Tandurei on Tuesday afternoon. He is safely at MAWS and we would love to get him back to his owners.
If this is your doggie, or you know who he belongs to, please give us a call on 76499440.
Proof of ownership will be required.

14/11/2024

Today’s goes out to a handful of incredible people and companies that came to our aid at a time where the animals in a remote village desperately needed the help of MAWS.

On the 24th of October 2024, MAWS received an urgent call for help from Anthony, a resident of the Khwai village. Four dogs had been severely injured by lions, and the community's pets were heavily infested with parasites.

Typically, MAWS conducts an annual vaccination drive in the first half of the year. Having visited Khwai village in February 2024, our next scheduled visit was too far off to address the pressing issues the dogs faced.

Our team was ready to step in, but we faced a significant challenge – our vehicles were not equipped to handle the rough terrain leading to Khwai.

Immediately our committee reached out to their contact list and Mack Air generously donated flights to transport two MAWS team members to the Khwai Private Reserve airstrip, where the MmaTsebe Tented Camp team awaited to transport them to the village and assist them throughout the day.

With the invaluable help of Mackair and Mmatsebe Tented Camp, Vasco and Carmen travelled to Khwai on the 29th of October to attend to the dogs in need. Sadly, two of the injured dogs succumbed to their injuries before our team arrived, but we were able to treat the remaining two. Their wounds were cleaned, and they received a course of antibiotics to fight the infection.

The rest of the morning was spent driving around the village, administering parasite treatments. We treated 16 dogs and 2 cats. The dogs received ivomec injections for internal parasites and spot-ons or dips for ticks and fleas, manually removing as many as possible. The cats were given spot-ons for both internal and external parasites.

A heartfelt thank you to Mack Air for the flights and to Mmatsebe Tented Camp for their transportation and support throughout the day, with special mentions to Omo and OT for taking care of the team. We also extend our gratitude to Anthony for reaching out and guiding us through the village to ensure all households with pets were assisted.

05/11/2024

This beautiful little boy followed someone home in the Sedia area. He is safely at the vet while we look for his owners. He is about 8 to 10 weeks old and we are sure he is very lost and wanting to be home.
If you know this little puppy please give us a call on 76499440, let's help find his home.

24/10/2024

Today's thank you goes to Laura from PROA in Spain. Carmen asked if they had any supplies that they could spare and when Laura arrived in Maun we were blown away with the amount of surgical supplies she brought with her for us to make use of in the clinic.
Bandages, wound dressings, sutures, surgical swabs, surgical instruments, drapes, gloves, needles, syringes, infusion sets and so much more.
Thank you Laura and the PROA team, we are beyond grateful for this incredible donation! These supplies are going to make such a difference in the clinic and on our mobile outreaches!

22/10/2024

Once again our food stores are running on the low side. If anyone could add a bag/tin of or dog food or puppy food to their grocery shop this week we and all the dogs would be so grateful 🥰

Many of the dogs in our care have come from traumatizing backgrounds and providing them with a safe environment, a full tummy and lots of love are just some of the ways we can show them what it's like to be happy again.

We are happy to collect any donations or they can be dropped directly at the clinic.

17/10/2024

We had a wonderful time at our Wild Western evening this past weekend and we have a whole load of folks to thank for helping us pull this off.

Gavin Godfrey and Nicky Elliot for supplying meat. Bronwyn Myburgh for cooking pulled Beef. Heather and Patrick Penstone for coleslaw. Tanya and Amy King for helping on the night and Yvette Nel for vegan dessert and helping on the night. Jared Dawson for the hammer and log challenge which was very popular and for setting up on the day. The Safari Destinations team. Shanni, Kristi and Doembie for setting up, music and line dancing.
Also a big thank you to Clive Torre, Rod Bateman, Jared Dawson, Brett Sinclaire and any other long suffering partners of our committee members for supporting all our functions.🤗
And of course to all of you who came to have some fun with us! We raised a whopping P13000 which will get put to good use helping MAWS and Equine Assist Maun .

A very big thank you to everyone from the bottom of our hearts 💕 🐾

07/10/2024

Join MAWS and Equine Assist Maun this coming weekend for a fun Wild Western evening and help us raise some much needed funds for both organisations.

Who doesn't love a good dress up?! AND for a good cause!

Buy your tickets now and avoid disappointment!!!

For bookings please make payment to the following details :

(use your name and western as reference )

then either whatsapp directly on +267 73592723 or email [email protected] with p.o.p

03/10/2024

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.

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Exit 9/Palmers Plot
Maun
POBOX335

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Monday	08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	08:00 - 17:00
Thursday	08:00 - 17:00
Friday	08:00 - 17:00
Saturday	08:00 - 12:00

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http://www.maunanimalwelfare.com/

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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.