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Please be patient…

Our website is not being regularly updated at the moment – website administrator Tim has just become a father (congratulations Tim and Abby!!) and Mia is busy graduating in Photography (good luck Mia!).  We will be actively back on line as soon as possible, but for now please contact us directly via telephone or e-mail [...]

Pub Quiz!!

Hout Bay action group, P.E.T.S. (Pro-active Education, Treatment and Sterilization) is hosting another of their famously fantastic pub quiz nights at Pirates in Hout Bay!
All funds raised go directly towards the basic medical care and the sterilization of cats and dogs living in the two informal settlements of Hout Bay: Imizamo Yethu and Hangberg Village.
DARG [...]

Adoption fees have increased

Due to rising costs of sterilization, vaccinations and so on, we’ve been forced to increase the adoption fees we charge in order to cover our costs.
Please remember that what we charge is still cheaper than what you would pay to get sterilization, vaccinations, etc. at a vet.
Plus the money helps towards the upkeep of our [...]

The Beginner’s Guide to DARG

Wow, those great folks over at the Beginner’s Guide WebTV show have done a really great feature on DARG! Please show them some love by viewing their YouTube stuff and maybe leave a comment or two letting them know what you think of the video.

It’s PETS-200!!!! DONATE NOW!!

Yes, that’s right folks, it’s PETS-200 week here at DARG!
It’s no secret that we need donations to keep our no-harm shelter up and running, so we’re doing a fundraiser between now and next Sunday. All you have to do is donate R200 to DARG!
All funds raised go to the upkeep of our facilities and the [...]

Galleries

Hi all
The gallery software that we use on this website has been giving some hassles ever since the writer of the software updated it. One of the problems is that the photos no longer display captions underneath each picture. Another is that photos which have been marked to be excluded from the gallery (usually once [...]

Fireworks alert!!

Everyone please be very careful over the next week or so. Tonight is Halloween, November 5 is Guy Fawkes Night and idiot kids are going to be setting off fireworks all over the show. Please make preparations to lock your animals in at night or otherwise protect them from the noise which they don’t understand.
Update: [...]

The DARG march for animal rights

On Saturday 25 October, DARG marched peacefully along the beachfront in Sea Point to protest certain changes in the animal ownership by-laws. Here’s how it went.
Please excuse the sound. We want to put a music track over it, but need to be very careful about breaching copyright. We’ll change it as soon as we can. [...]

March for improved animal rights!!

We have applied for and been been granted permission to hold a peaceful parade on Saturday, 25th October 2008, in order to highlight DARG’s and other animal welfare organisations concerns with regards to certain aspects of the proposed new Animal By-laws, and have officially invited the Mayor of Cape Town to attend the event to [...]

Announcements and thanks!

A big thanks to Casey, Kiara, Storm and Tanur from Rustenburg Girls Junior School. Also huge thanks to Joshua and Alex from SACS Boys Junior School for the great donation of dog food and treats!
Happy Birthday to Tess and thank you for your generous donation towards the upkeep of our animals!!
Thanks also to Alicia from [...]

Private pets moved to ‘Notices’ section

We have many animals that we are sheltering, and our priority is to find safe, loving families for them. However, we know that there are also a lot of people that have animals which need to find homes that aren’t part of DARG. Where possible, we will try and post this sort of notice in [...]