http://www.faw.za.org Fisantekraal Animal Welfare's weblog Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:36:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Rosa Pheiffer A month ago I was taken to this house in the bushes by the Fisantekraal Aerodrome.  Found 2 dogs chained and was told about the cat that came to the house for food.  I took all 3 animals in for sterilization.   2 weeks after I went back to ... http://www.faw.za.org/?p=675 [caption id="attachment_569" align="alignright" width="259" caption="Mr Herve Truniger (Trigger) of Cape Garden Design, left, and Mr Jan Bredenhann of FAW are here with the banner which will help to attract people to the Adopt-a-Pet stall."][/caption] Paws for thought The Fisantekraal Animal Welfare (FAW) will once again display all its rescued animals for adoption ... http://www.faw.za.org/?p=568 On Saturday 30th August, some friends of FAW (Kenn & Tracy Gibson) organised a very successful fundraiser for us at Citta & Pick n Pay, Willowbridge. We collected roughly 318kg of dog food and 52kg of cat food as well as 22 large and 10 small tins of wet food ... http://www.faw.za.org/?p=421 Charmaine (Vet Nurse) and hubby, Martin, who took the picture, delivered food and blankets to Rosa’s house where they met Bella.  She was in foster care for 3 months and we almost gave up hope of finding her a new home.  Martin and Charmaine introduced her to the rest of ... http://www.faw.za.org/?p=379 Recently some learners from Fairmont High School came to help out at our foster home as part of their Life Orientation class. Here are some of their stories: Essay by Charlton Christians My first day at Fisantekraal Animal Welfare shelter (FAW) was an eye-opening experience. I've learnt many things and I do ... http://www.faw.za.org/?p=324 Spayathon a success by Esmé Erasmus A total of 53 animals were sterilised in anoter spayathon in Fisantekraal by the organisation Fisantekraal Animal Welfare (FAW) recently. "Unfortunately there are still puppies coming in from outside the area and FAW, which started about three years ago, has approximately 23 puppies to find homes for ... http://www.faw.za.org/?p=312 This past Saturday, 20 June 09, FAW hosted a very successful spayathon in the Fisantekraal community hall. Everyone got up bright and early (well early, at least, it wasn't actually bright - the Sun only made an appearance a bit later in the day) to brave the cold, wet weather. ... http://www.faw.za.org/?p=307 Sheba has finally gone to her new home, so we are very happy for her; and Pointer and Pixel (the little puppy) have also been adopted recently. We still need to find homes for Billy, Biscuit, Olaf, Dexter, a puppy and our newest arrival of kittens... with more expected to ... http://www.faw.za.org/?p=237 The Easter weekend has been a wonderful weekend for many of our adoptees who have found new homes. Bingo has gone to live with some lovely people who have a nice big yard. Suzie has gone to live on a farm in Durbanville (we know she'll be very happy there). ... http://www.faw.za.org/?p=217 This last Sunday was a very difficult day, with two serious cases needing urgent medical attention. Again we were faced with the problem of not being able to get to the welfare animal hospital (PDSA) before they closed at 12pm, so despite a serious lack of funds we decided we ... http://www.faw.za.org/?p=201