The Kloof & Highway SPCA’s ongoing fight against cruelty to animals received a welcome boost recently with the donation of a R412 000 vehicle, enhancing the organisation’s ability to respond to cruelty cases across its vast area of responsibility.
The South African Muslim Charitable Trust (SAMCT) donated the new vehicle aer learning of the organisation’s ageing fleet used by its Inspectorate Team of nine inspectors and field officers in the daily battle against cruelty to animals.
Speaking about its vehicle donation, SAMCT representative, Mr Gaff Osman, said: “Kloof & Highway SPCA’s Inspectorate Team covers a vast area, unfortunately having to respond daily to cruelty cases and, thankfully, achieving significant prosecutions. Their current vehicles are aging, and a reliable replacement is deemed critical for their continued operational reach and effectiveness.”
The Kloof & Highway SPCA, a vital animal welfare organisation serving the upper Highway area outside Durban, was founded in 1967 and provides crucial animal rescue and anti-cruelty services.
Its area of jurisdiction extends from Cato Ridge in the West to Westville in the East, and from the Dusi River in the Inanda Valley to Malvern, Shallcross, and Northdene in the South.
“Given the extent and, in many instances, the rough terrain associated with its area of operation, coupled with the fact that it can admit more than 700 unwanted and stray animals into its care in any given month, its vehicles must, of necessity, be reliable, safe, and hardy.”
“With its proven track-record, mercy and compassion, we of the SAMCT deemed the Kloof & Highway SPCA a most worthy beneficiary of our financial support and were pleased to be able to play a significant role in further promoting compassion for animals and the continuance of the vital role it plays in rescuing unwanted and ill-treated animals, despite a complete lack of Government funding support,” Mr Osman stressed.
The SAMCT was created in 2008, the result of a partnership between Old Mutual Unit Trusts and Al Baraka Bank, for the creation, marketing and distribution of a suite of Shariah Funds. The organisation provides funding, services and other resources to improve the lives of the vulnerable, deprived and disadvantaged. It has successfully delivered sizeable assistance solutions throughout South Africa – irrespective of race or religion – and continues to work to support needy organisations in the fields of healthcare, social development, poverty alleviation and education.
The organisation has long served as a pivotal conduit for the channelling of funding, vital services, and resources to approved public benefit organisations, and remains committed to catalysing positive change and creating a lasting impact on the development and upliftment of, especially, disadvantaged individuals and communities. Its funds are distributed to help improve the health and development of deserving people and organisations, irrespective of race or religion.
“This is a highly respected and totally transparent organisation; one which prides itself on its dedication to animal welfare, its facilities and its holistic approach to educating and treating. Accordingly, we, of the SAMCT, are privileged to have partnered with the Kloof & Highway SPCA and to have been able to play a small role in better enabling its struggle against animal cruelty.”
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