24/10/2025
As our two ladies strong vaccination team continues vaccinating dogs in the rural communities around Hoedsprui thanks to SAVA Community Veterinary Clinics and, they come across a lot of welfare cases. Fortunately they speak the language and can engage in meaningful conversations on change.
This week they are vaccinating dogs in Turkey, between the Willows and Sekororo. An area with plenty dogs, all unvaccinated and, surprisingly, quite a few sterilised males.
Our team was puzzled how quite a few dogs here were sterilised as the nearest clinic is easily an hour’s drive away. Pretty soon they discovered a man who does it, with elastic bands and a razor blade….
The pain these dogs must have been through! We have educated the owner on the pain these dogs endured and that HALO is here to help and offer painfree sterilisations so this practice can be stopped immediately. Thankful for our offer, we hope this trait that he learned from his grandfather will not be passed on and be replaced by a phone call to us.
It’s easy to judge but education and cooperation is a more successful and effective approach to achieve lasting change and uplift the lives of the dogs in these communities.
