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Dunoon Humane Education Group

A non-profit group trying to end animal abuse in Dunoon township, by empowering & employing locals. Thank you for viewing our page!

The Dunoon Humane Education Groups main goals are:

1) to take action if we see an animal in distress or that is a stray, and either work with the owners to educate them (if there is one) into offering better care for their animals or through phoning the SPCA if the situation cannot be resolved.

2) to enforce sterilisation which helps to reduce unwanted and abused animals in Dunoon by educating o

wners on the importance of pet sterilisation and sterilising 5 animals a week in collaboration with the SPCA Grassy Park on a Monday.

3) to encourage owners to utilise local animal welfare clinics should their animals be sick and to take an active and involved approach to their animal's welfare, instead of leaving their animals to suffer or waiting for someone else to help their animals which always ends with their animal suffering.

4) educating the entire community of Dunoon, whether they have pets or not, to see something that is wrong and to do something about it, whether reporting an animal to the SPCA or us that is not being cared for properly or to offer education should a situation be easily rectified. Our group is community-led by residents from Dunoon and we have 10 members who each have different but important roles. Several members are extremely active however in signing up animals to be sterilised each week who also spend time educating owners on the importance of sterilisation and complete all the important paperwork needed to do this with the SPCA. To help continue this work that is life-changing for the animals, please donate to us via our bank account below:

Account name: Dunoon Humane Education Group
Account number: 62904582089
Bank name: First National Bank (FNB)
Account type: First Business Zero Account
Branch code: 200909
Swift Code: FIRNZAJJ
Branch name: Century City
Please send the proof of payment to: [email protected]

All the residents in the group are volunteers, often spending hours a week helping the animals for free. So, if you wish to send them a 'Tip of Appreciation' please donate to the above account, using the following as a reference: "TOA", and at the end of each month, we will split the tips with the members who worked that month. Please consider sharing this page to spread awareness of the work we are trying to do to make a big change for the animals in Dunoon township to lead happier and healthier lives! :)

23/11/2023

Please share! Tomorrow/Ngomso at The Recreation Hub/Community hall Waxberry street Dunoon at 10am - 11:30am

20/11/2023

Even though our weekly sterilisation drive with the amazing Cape of Good Hope SPCA has been postponed for several months due to staff and funding issues, we have still been trying to make a difference to the animals of the Dunoon township in Cape Town.

This is one example and one of many we will start to share with our followers. A gentleman called Steve, who has Amy's number (one of the founders of the group) said he could not keep his dog anymore and the dog needed to go from Dunoon as his landlord doesn't want to see his dog in his yard. He then asked for assistance as he wanted to surrender it.

He was walking around Table View not knowing who to take the dog to, but he knew he could not leave it in Dunoon for safety reasons. The Cape of Good Hope SPCA had said they would collect the dog from a local vet if he could take it there. Amy also shared Cheryl Lyn's Rescue Organisation details to Steve, to see if they could help as Steve was not answering his phone for some time so it was not confirmed where the dog had gone.

On this journey, Steve reached out to Chris who he works for occasionally. Steve had agreed to keep the dog safe instead of at the vet's until the SPCA could collect it from him. Steve then shared Cheryl Lynn's contact details and an arrangement was then made that she would take the dog into her shelter as she had space.

We are so happy to have played a part in helping this dog to safely leave Dunoon and hope he gets adopted very soon! We love that the owner Steve knew he could not just leave the dog to roam in Dunoon despite his landlord not wanting the dog on the property anymore, and he knew this doggy needed to go to a place of safety. So for that, we commend you Steve for choosing to make an effort and ensure this dog ended up in the right hands and in a safe and loving place.

To adopt this beautiful dog, please contact the staff at Cheryl Lyn's Rescue Organisation

15/11/2023

URGENT!!! PLEASE SHARE FAR AND WIDE!!!!

African Tails was alerted today about a small cream-colored dog that was taken off someone selling him in a Woolworths bag in Dunoon. Sadly, by the time we got there, he escaped from the person's home who found him. In the meantime, his owners, who live in Goodwood was located.

His name is Spud and he is a small neutered male dog with a floppy ear. We are desperate to reunite him with his owners.

Please can you share this with everyone you know in Dunoon. Reward of R1500 will be offered for his safe return.

Whatsapp Alma on 074 548 8202 if found.

14/11/2023

Our upcoming Quiz Night is still open for bookings. We have space for 6 more teams of 6!
Book now to avoid disappointment!
Contact Avril on [email protected] or 0828083854

11/07/2023

URGENT! Caylin Sass from Atlantis woke up yesterday to find her brother took her beloved cat Stormy and dumped her in an undisclosed location. He “said” he took her to Dunoon and she ran to a farm. We urgently need to come together to find her! Please report any sightings directly to Caylin on; cell 0766004420 or WhatsApp 0651336675. She is offering a reward for her safe return. Please share this like wildfire!

23/03/2023

Please share!

16/03/2023

The mobile animal clinic is going to be in Dunoon tomorrow! 👏🤍 🐾

Anyone who cannot afford a private vet that is from the local area is welcome - not just residents from Dunoon. Please share this message far and wide for the animals in need of affordable vet care.

🐾Clinic location: The Recreation Hub, Dunoon (next to the Dunoon Library)

🐾Time: 10.00 am - 11.30 am

🐾Date: Every Friday (public holidays to be confirmed)

09/03/2023

The mobile animal clinic is going to be in Dunoon tomorrow! 👏🤍 🐾

This is one of the local dogs who used the clinic recently when he wasn't feeling well. His owner took him to the mobile clinic when he wasn't eating and received some medication for a low price. He is now doing much better! 😃💗

The mobile clinic poster is on the last photo. Please share it far and wide.

🐾Clinic location: The Recreation Hub, Dunoon (next to the Dunoon Library)

🐾Time: 10.00 am - 11.30 am

🐾Date: Every Friday (public holidays to be confirmed)

26/02/2023

09/02/2023

PLEASE SHARE! The mobile clinic will be in Dunoon tomorrow Friday10 February 2023 from 10:30am. Please please share!

19/01/2023

Tomorrow it's back! Yes, that's right the wonderful mobile clinic for animals ran by the utterly fabulous is back in Dunoon!

So please tell everyone you know in Dunoon and even those who live in the surrounding areas - all are welcome who cannot afford private vets. No animal should suffer, so if your animal needs an assessment please come to the SPCA mobile clinic in Dunoon tomorrow!

15/11/2022

Please tell everyone you know that this Friday the mobile animal clinic will be in Dunoon township, Cape Town from 10 am until 11.30 am to help people see an animal welfare assistant for a reasonable price or donation.

This clinic offers many great services and is vital for people whose animals are feeling unwell and who want to find out what is wrong and get some medication.

They do not offer sterilisations on this day but please get in touch with us to add your dog or cat to our waiting list for our sterilisations to resume here in 2023.

Also: The last date for the mobile clinic for 2022 will be 15th December. The SPCA will be back in January 2023 - we are waiting to confirm from what date.

07/11/2022

As many of you know, our weekly sterilisations have been offline for 4 months now - but whilst we sort that situation out, we have some great news: African Tails have taken over our Dunoon pet sterilisation waiting list where we had 27 animals listed! This is part of their collaboration with the City of Cape Town-funded mass sterilisation project.

Dunoon was highlighted as an important area to work in for this because there is not a lot of regular support here for the animals. We are, however, still extremely grateful that the Cape of Good Hope SPCA come every Friday with their mobile animal clinic. However, they do not currently offer sterilisations and their is no fixed clinic here for owners to visit with ease (who often do not have transport). This is why it is important we get our group back to doing them weekly in conjunction with the SPCA every Tuesday. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis it would be great to get a CoCT-sponsored animal welfare clinic based in/just outside Dunoon. Many pet owners from local unresourced areas would visit it.

In the meantime, we are thrilled to have African Tails work through our list, and it builds such good relations with the people in Dunoon - showing them we came back and remembered their animals. Without something so simple as trust, it actually reduces how many people sterilise their pets in places like Dunoon.

Thank you again African Tails - we know the animals of Dunoon are in great hands with your team! 💚💙

18/09/2022

It's been two months since we last carried out our Dunoon animal sterilisation project in conjunction with the wonderful .

We are still "offline" in that regard because we haven't been able to find suitable staff and because now, we do not have the donors we used to. We understand people's financial situations change and we want to thank everyone who has helped sponsor us for the last two years to sterilise many animals in Dunoon (approximately 200 at the time of writing this). The money here has gone directly to staff, people from Dunoon who needed it. The SPCA covered the bill largely for the sterilisations with owners donating when they can. We are so grateful beyond words for the SPCAs help here!

We now urgently need to find new donors and staff. If you know of anyone please send us a DM or email [email protected]. We cannot also hire new staff without a solid financial stream of donations. We also want to thank those who are continuing to donate whilst we get sorted again. As we are not giving up! We've been here before!

Also, if you are an organisation that wants to help work with us to solve our staff issue (and/or financial issue to pay the staff) - please let us know! We are very happy to collaborate! 💙

NB: please also remember that the SPCA mobile clinic is still operational every Friday morning in Dunoon - public holidays tbc - so please share that with everyone! (See second photo). 🙏

18/08/2022

Please share this 🙏 it's an incredible service for pet owners living in Dunoon.

15/08/2022

Please don't miss out!

04/08/2022

Great news! The mobile clinic will be in Dunoon EVERY SINGLE FRIDAY STARTING TOMORROW! 🙌

So as always, please tell everyone you know there and the surrounding areas that they can use the mobile clinic and it is in a safe location - just at the entrance of Dunoon next to the library.

To recap: Dunoon and the surrounding areas - the SPCA wants to help your animals for a low fee! ❣️ See you tomorrow! 🐾

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Update: our project has had to pause for the last few weeks since Luleka (featured in this video ❤️) found a new job. Luleka was only with us for a few weeks, but she is missed greatly! She was not only our driver but also helped source and sign up animals in Dunoon each week to get sterilised with the @capespca. While trying to find a new driver, we wanted to leave you with these inspiring words from Luleka about why she enjoyed working for us and how the Dunoon community and the animals that reside here benefit significantly from our work. To support our vital work, please consider donating to our cause via our FNB account below: Account Name: Dunoon Humane Education Group Account Number: 62904582089 Bank Name: First National Bank (FNB) Account type: First Business Zero Account Branch Code: 200909 Swift Code: FIRNZAJJ Branch Name: Century City NB: Please send the proof of payment to: [email protected] Every little helps the animals of Dunoon! 🐾🐶 We also want to wish Luleka every success in her new job! ☀️ #dunoonhumaneeducationgroup #StandupAgainstAnimalAbuse #bewisesterilise #capetown #animalshaverights #dunoon #dunoontownship #westerncape #humaneeducation #empowernotenable #southafrica #animalcharity #animalgroup #animalwelfaregroup #loveanimals #lovedogs #lovecats #compassion #kindness

DEAR DUNOON RESIDENTS - DO YOU KNOW WHO DID THIS? PLEASE COME FORWARD ANONYMOUSLY TO US IF SO! This poor heavily pregnant female dog was found tied up in a plastic bag, unable to breathe on Monday by City of Cape Town workers that were cleaning around Dunoon. They immediately opened the bag and let the dog out and tried to get it to breathe properly because it was struggling to breathe... They alerted Kamva Nosè our staff member in Dunoon who came on the scene immediately and took over. As you can see Kamva then gave the dog some water and put her immediately in the shade to help her recoup after this truly AWFUL experience! We would like to appeal to the Dunoon residents if anyone knows who did this - please come forward (you do not have to give your name) with the information so we can share it with the SPCA and open a case of animal cruelty. Should you know who did this please call Kamva directly on: 0731365331. The person who committed this heinous act of animal cruelty, if not turned in, will do this again to another animal and potentially move to harming humans too so it is important we stop them! Just to update, the Cape of Good Hope SPCA collected this dog on the same day and for that we are truly grateful. We are also grateful for the City of Cape Town workers for helping this dog when they could have just left the dog to suffer after seeing movement, and for Kamva Nosè who we would be lost without! NB: Also, if you have an animal that you do not want to have puppies or kittens - please get in touch with us as this is one of our main goals - to help sterilise animals in Dunoon to reduce unwanted dogs and cats. #dunoonhumaneeducationgroup #StandupAgainstAnimalAbuse #bewisesterilise #capetown #animalshaverights #dunoon #southafrica

Thank you Janet! <3

The BIGGEST of thank you's goes out to Janet Gelgor for providing two of our key members with smartphones! <3 Janet was the only person who came forward when we put the ask out and we couldn't be more grateful as since the arrival of the phones we have all been able to communicate much better (the other phones were broken or old and so didn't have a camera). Smartphones... such a simple invention yet so vital to people trying to be the eyes and ears for animals in Dunoon! 🐾 #dunoon #bethechange #makedunoongreat #voiceforthevoiceless #bewisesterilise #kindnessiscool #StandupAgainstAnimalAbuse #gratitude

Yesterday, one of the Dunoon Humane Education Group residents reported this poor dog with a broken leg to the SPCA. You can hear the pain he or she is in on the video - it is just heartbreaking! This dog was just wandering around alone, being ignored until one of the Dunoon Humane Education Group members spotted him or her, not long after leaving his house. He then arranged for someone to keep this dog safe until the SPCA arrived. It is really great to see the residents of Dunoon speaking up when they see an animal in distress and making a plan to keep animals like this safe. This is something we are trying to encourage all the residents here to do. Something that we know will take time to get right, but something we are all committed to doing no matter how long it takes! #WeAreTheirVoice A huge thank you to the Cape of Good Hope SPCA for ensuring they collected this poor dog yesterday. We are so grateful to you! If you wish to send a 'Tip of Appreciation' to the SPCA, please see their banking details on our about page. We would not be able to help the animals in Dunoon without their services. #BeTheChange #Dunoon

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