Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - Pound services at the Orkney & Klerksdorp Animal Shelter have been cancelled, without explanation.
According to Diane Jacobs, operations manager, they received a letter from the municipality stating they are not equipped to handle the services. The municipality placed a notice in last week’s Klerksdorp Record.
“We have been to a lawyer and we are fighting this decision. People are so upset with us and it is not our fault. We are not allowed to act anymore, and people don’t understand that,’’ she said.
In future, all stray animals are to be reported to the officially appointed pound, Stilfontein Animal Shelter, on 072 814 5927. Suzette Kotze, co-founder of Stilfontein Animal Shelter, is happy with the arrangement. According to her, they will continue as normal.
What does this mean for the Orkney & Klerksdorp Animal shelter and the public? According to Jacobs, this does not mean they are closing down. “We are just going back to how we started off as the Orkney Animal Shelter. Our main objective will continue to focus on the welfare of animals.
”All our operations will remain the same except for the following: we are no longer permitted to collect healthy stray animals, we will, however, respond to any animal requiring medical intervention (photographic proof required) and the emergency kennels will remain open until further notice. The shelter is still open for unwanted animals and adoptions and we will intervene and collect animals if there are welfare concerns such as malnourishment/injury/neglect.”
