National Sterilization Project

21/01/2025

We are so grateful to Dr Roos (she of 86 000+ sterilisations) for taking the time out of her holiday to travel to Zeerust and offer her expertise to Cat Angel Refuge T/a Angels Refuge SA.

Doc, you ROCK!

This visit will give us further insite as to NSP’s continued funding and how we can best assist this incredible organisation that covers 100’s upon 100’s of kilometres in North-West Province.

Jo and team, you do amazing work with very little resources. We are very proud to support you!

20/01/2025

ANNOUNCING THE 1ST OF MANY BENEFICIARIES FOR 2025:
We love the work that TUFCAT does, not only at UWC (University of the Western Cape) but at their cat sanctuary in Grabouw. Here they are working with the owners and workers on the surrounding farms to clean up (sterilise) one cat population at a time.

That is why we are very pleased to announce that NSP will be funding the sterilisations of these Grabouw projects every month up to the end of 2025 (TUFCAT’S capability in the area is 20 – 30 cats per month).

P.S.: DID YOU KNOW? TUFCAT has a wonderful self-catering 4-sleeper cottage on their farm in Grabouw. This is perfect for cat lovers as the farm operates as a cat sanctuary with the proceeds of Hope Cottage going towards sustaining TUFCAT’s projects. TO BOOK: WhatsApp 0824330932

These projects are not possible without the incredible generosity of our supporters. If you’d like to make a difference, please consider a donation to the following account (a S18A Tax Certificate applies):

National Sterilization Project | STD Bank: 070106363 | BR: 020909 | REF: NSPHELP

16/01/2025

NSP is so proud to support the ongoing efforts of Cat Angel Refuge T/a Angels Refuge SA, way up there in North-West Province. They do the most exceptional work under very trying circumstances.

And even on a Sunday we steri.
3 more National Sterilization Project cats done and dusted.
Another 3 at this house to do in 2 weeks and then another house all the adult animals are sterilised.
1 boy and 2 girls.
The calico was just just pregnant. So this was definitely needed.
Kitten was just too young to do but will be done when old enough
And all had their rabies vaccination as well.

A huge thank you to Marico Bosveld Dierekliniek for doing these cats on a Sunday.

08/01/2025

What a fabulous start to 2025! Thank you Feral Cat Project Cape Town.
Amazing work, as always.

01/01/2025

Wishing our supporters, fundraisers, consulting vets, volunteers and beneficiary organisations the most fabulous 2025. Onward and upward - let’s make it a good one!

30/12/2024

Thank you, Cat Angel Refuge T/a Angels Refuge SA for your ongoing and tireless work, waaaay up there in North-West.

27/12/2024

Thank YOU Lucky Lucy Foundation!

20/12/2024

The saga of the beautiful black cats in this colony continues. Thank you Feral Cat Project Cape Town for answering the call for assistance. Awesomeness!

13/12/2024

2024 REPORT: AND THAT’S A WRAP – 4661 STERILISATIONS FUNDED AND CONDUCTED!

This is a 34.4% increase from the 3057 sterilisations funded in 2023 (1949 in 2022). 1820 of these were done in collaboration with our awesome ‘sister organisation’, . We are also so grateful to for coming on board with very generous donations towards several of our projects.

Once again our funding has seen us go all over SA – from Cape Town and Gauteng to the farthest reaches on the border of Botswana and then KZN, Wild Coast and the Karoo.

Besides the funding for organisations closer to metropoles, our greatest successes have seen our strategy towards Pet Population Management in very remote, indigent communities bear fruit – areas like Graafwater (West Coast), Frasers (Tongaat), Greyton (Overberg) and Willowmore (Karoo). Much happier and healthier pets and the ongoing aim to achieve 80% of pets sterilised so that only ‘maintenance’ will now be required in these areas (ongoing 2025 projects).

We also launched our most ambitious project yet – approximately 2300 animals to be sterilised in 6 phases in Port Alfred (up to early 2026). This has been set up by the incredible Dr Roos who is clearly not prepared to retire yet. 302 sterilisations were conducted in Phase 1 and Doc Roos is now engaging with the organisations on the ground in respect of a proper census and the plan going forward.

As this year draws to a close we extend an enormous THANK YOU to all the people that have made this possible – our fundraisers, YOU our supporters who have made this possible in the first place, the unrelenting efforts of our 2024 beneficiary organisations and incredible consulting vets who work tirelessly on the ground to improve the lives of the less fortunate animals on our streets:

- DR ANNELIZE ROOS (vet extraordinaire and Advisor to NSP)
- BRIGITTE REEVE-TAYLOR (the incredible founder of Dancers Love Dogs)
- Vetsol (consulting vets)
- EnviroVet CVC (consulting vets)
- CAT Garden Route (feral cat assist)
- Feral Cat Project Cape Town
- Greyton Animal Welfare Society
- Pretoria Animal Buddies
- Be Wise Sterilise
- DARG
- SAFE
- CAT Garden Route
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- Mdzananda Animal Clinic
- Lucky Lucy Foundation
- Lucky Lucy Foundation Cats
- Cat Angel Refuge T/a Angels Refuge SA
- Pit Pals
- TUFCAT
- Stray Paws South Africa
- TAWI (Transkei Animal Welfare Initiative)
- Pet Animal Lifeline
- Animal Welfare Society Stellenbosch
- Change for the Better Foundation

There is a lot on the cards for 2026 and the need is huge out there! Please consider a gift of caring this Festive Season by supporting NSP:

√ A donation to: National Sterilization Project | STD Bank: 070106363 | BR: 02009 | REF: HELP

We are so grateful for your very kind support and we wish you the bestest of the best for 2025!

13/12/2024

And they keep on rocking it! Now 45 of the next 100 funded by National Sterilization Project - snippity snipped. Awesome work Feral Cat Project Cape Town!

08/12/2024

What can we say? Another organisation completely on point in applying NSP funding. And working tireless hours to do so.

Another 25. Thank you Celeste for your time taken to work on this community.

Feral Cat Project Cape Town ROCKS!

07/12/2024

National Sterilization Project funding being applied to the exceptional work of Lucky Lucy Foundation in Riverlands. Thank you!

03/12/2024

PROJECT WILLOWMORE, KAROO REPORT: 856 STERILISATIONS IN THE LAST YEAR!
Proudly funded by National Sterilization Project and Dancers Love Dogs.

What a wonderful result and supported by the incredible efforts of El-Anne of and their volunteers on the ground. Engaging with the community, educating and turning things around for the pets and owners in this town. It is reported that there is an incredible improvement in the condition of the animals.

Thank you to the Vetsol team for your veterinary services and to Uschi from CAT Garden Route who is always in attendance with every project to help with the trapping of cats.

Now, everyone is going to regroup. A census will be conducted in early 2025 to see if everything is on track to get the pet population up to 80% sterilised.

Happy days and well done everyone!

02/12/2024

And the last 4 of the 100 sponsored by National Sterilization Project - snipped! Incredible work as always by Feral Cat Project Cape Town.
Huge respect to these women who travel huge distances, work late nights and early mornings and sometimes in areas we'd fear to tread.

Simply amazing! And as such NSP will be sponsoring another 100!

24/11/2024

499 STERILISATIONS THIS PAST WEEK!
These are the combined Project Graafwater and Project Port Alfred figures.

Contributing to this 499 are the amazing 302 sterilisations conducted in Port Alfred.

This was Phase 1 of a 6 Phase project that will be conducted from 2024 to 2026.

2300 sterilisations have been estimated to reach the 80% sterilised 'golden target', but Dr Roos conducted a census while she was there so we can get a better picture of actual sterilisations required going forward.

We are incredibly grateful to Doc Roos for her exceptional efforts to research,
set up the project and engage with other parties to contribute to its success, and of course her surgical skills. Thank you, Dr Maryke and Caro who made up the Doc Roos team, for your incredible input.

And to PDSA - SA for sending a support team to assist, and to SPCA Port Alfred for your venue and back-up support.

PROJECT PORT ALFRED Phase 1 and Phase 2 proudly powered by the funding of National Sterilization Project, Dancers Love Dogs and .

Together we can do this thing!

24/11/2024

Indeed! Fantastic work, Pit Pals. Thank you.

23/11/2024

What a wonderful story about Kitty and a Kangaroo hopping car. Great work Cat Angel Refuge T/a Angels Refuge SA!

We are so pleased we can support your sterilisation efforts, waaaaaaay up there in North-West Province.

So sometimes sterilising an animal takes time. Takes a lot of education and sometimes you win and get to make some into sports models.

Kitty is now officially a sports model.

Her mom and dad understand that this is a priority for kitty to remain healthy and happy.

National Sterilization Project and all the donors. You have made this a reality for us. The opportunity to say yes we can sterilise when our education is accepted.

Kitty loves car rides even though the car goes very very slow and kangaroo hops and sometimes splutters and stops and other times forgets how to stop. For her as long as she is with dad she is happy.

Dad drove her to us and fetched her again with many hops and jumps.

And even better she has had her rabies jab too. Part of our commitment to

22/11/2024

PROJECT GRAAFWATER REPORT: 430 ANIMALS STERILISED IN 2 PHASES - an incredible result!
Funded by National Sterilization Project and Dancers Love Dogs.

So many people to thank:

We are exceptionally grateful to Alma and the African Tails Team for their tireless work. From driving the 250km up and down from Cape Town (several times), sourcing animals, engaging with the community to educate, installing kennels where needed, taking dogs off of short chains, taking animals in for foster….. the list is endless. Your dedication to excellence is a shining example. RESPECT.

Thank you, Dr Elizna and Team from EnviroVet CVC for your incredible veterinary services.

LEAPS for your backup support and providing accommodation for the teams.

As Dr Elizna says: “What a wonderful event! Well planned, well executed spay days with bells and whistles!”

Dr Roos will now conduct another census to ensure that we are on track with 80% sterilised in this area.

Just awesome.