This week EberVet Community Care was in Prince Albert in the Karoo sterilising animals from underprivileged homes.
Small towns like Prince Albert often have no veterinary clinics and poor communities cannot afford the transport to vets in other towns so their animals breed prolifically. An overpopulation of animals encourages disease. It also means owners cannot afford to properly feed their pets so the animals suffer from poor nutrition and in some cases, even starvation.
EberVet Community Care’s CEO, Dr Hilldidge Beer, conducts several sterilisation clinics for underprivileged animal owners throughout the year. In Prince Albert she was filmed for the Kyknet television programme, Kwêla, which showcases ‘ordinary people doing extraordinary things’.
Dr Beer preparing for surgery in Prince Albert
The six minute programme also features Spotty, a fox terrier cross, who’s life was saved by Dr Beer after he was run over by a truck. Spotty lives in Prince Albert but Dr Beer kindly agreed to amputate his leg at no cost to his owner. Today Spotty is as lively and lovable as as he was before the accident.
Three-legged Spotty and a friend playing at the feet of their owners in Prince Albert while being filmed for Kwêla
