An animal welfare group is trying to help dog lovers in an impoverished South African township better care for their pets.
|||An animal welfare group is trying to help dog lovers in an impoverished South African township better care for their pets.
The Mdzananda clinic in Khayelitsha township started in 1996 in one shipping container. Today, an operating room and other facilities are housed in seven brightly painted containers equipped with electricity and running water and filled with the smell of anesthetic and the sound of big and small dogs barking. The International Fund for Animal Welfare funds the clinic and brings in volunteer vets.
IFAW's Lisa Cant-Haylett says the clinic provides basic care, including sterilization, and educates people who might not otherwise have a chance to learn how to care for their animals. IFAW funds a similar clinic in Johannesburg's Soweto township. - Sapa-AP