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CAWF Em’barks’ on Latest Mass Sterilisation Project

The project, funded by the City for the past 12 years, will take place in subcouncils 4 and 6 this year, including areas like Ravensmead, Elsies River and Bellville South. Since 2013, 17 876 animals have been sterilised at a cost of nearly R8 million. Read more below:

The City’s partnership with the Cape Animal Welfare Forum (CAWF) to advance the health of animals and communities started in 2013, when 1 800 pets were sterilised in Dunoon and Brown’s Farm.

Since then, the campaign has benefited pets in Khayelitsha, Wesbank, Atlantis, Wallacedene, Tafelsig, the Deep South, Macassar and Eerste River.

The City has made available R850 000 in funding for the latest campaign in subcouncils 4 and 6.

‘The City is very proud to continue this long-standing relationship with our partners in the animal welfare sector. So much good work has happened over the last 12 years, and we look forward to yet another successful mass sterilisation campaign. Thank you so much to all of the member organisations who continue to lend their support to this initiative, and their commitment to making it a success,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services and Health, Councillor Francine Higham

Six registered animal welfare organisations will collectively sterilise 1 500 domestic pets between August and December this year.

The project aims to:

  • prevent unwanted litters
  • minimise the incidence of animal cruelty and abuse
  • improve general standards of animal health and husbandry, thereby improving the health and welfare of people
  • encourage responsible pet care and ownership through humane education

‘This year, we celebrate 13 years of MASP, and send grateful thanks to the City of Cape Town for their continued support.

‘This campaign is a positive intervention in support of healthier communities, and will substantially reduce the instance of unwanted litters, thus reducing the heavy burden placed on welfare organisations around the Metropole,’ said CAWF Chairperson, Karen de Klerk.

Participating organisations are the Animal Rescue Organisation, Animal Anti Cruelty League, Animal Welfare Society of South Africa, the Cape of Good Hope SPCA, Envirovet and Vetsol.

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