AWS team responds to surge in distressed pets ahead of festive season

Animal Welfare Society (AWS) workers have faced a relentless wave of animal rescue calls,...

Goodbye Beast: Maggot-infested Rottweiler succumbs to neglect

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING A routine welfare call turned tragic for an animal welfare inspector...

Cape dwarf chameleon survives and thrives after surgery

Earlier this week, a veterinary team from the Animal Welfare Society (AWS) pulled off...

Animal Welfare Society flooded with calls as winter hits Cape Town

Concerned citizens, particularly distraught pet owners whose animals fled during the thunderstorms, have flooded...

Farewell Fanie: Cape Town’s oldest dog dies at 25

Fanie, who was believed to be the oldest dog in Cape Town, died over...

One dog shot but another rescued in seperate incidents

A pit bull was given a second lease on life but a second dog...

Illegal backyard breeder bites the dust in Hanover Park

Amid renewed calls for Pitbulls to be banned as domestic pets, the Animal Welfare...

AWS raids home of breeder allegedly selling Pitbull puppies for dogfighting

Last week, inspectors from the Animal Welfare Society (AWS), accompanied by a team of...

Family mourning after swarm of bees attacks and kills Bruno the dog

A family living on the outskirts of Philippi’s Kampies informal settlement is mourning the...

Shaggy the dog is looking for a new home after major makeover

Following a makeover that left him all but unrecognisable, Shaggy, one of the dogs...