TEARS Animal Rescue is flooding - We Need Help
TEARS Animal Rescue is flooding - We Need Help
Xani
Image courtesy of the Tears Animal Rescue website
Cape Town’s severe storm has hit TEARS Animal Rescue hard.
Our offices are flooding; our kennels and cattery are flooding. There is water everywhere. Our animals are being cared for and their continued wellbeing is our primary concern. We’re doing everything we can — but we urgently need help.
💧 Our drainage infrastructure has failed.
To connect to the municipal sewer line and prevent future disasters, we need to raise R300,000 for emergency drainage infrastructure.
The NSRI Simons Town, Kommetjie and Hout Bay have jumped on board and are assisting with immediate cleanup and removal of water from the site.
But we URGENTLY need:
Sandbags
🧰 3 Water pumps to urgently manage the flooding until infrastructure issues can be addressed
🛏️ Fleece blankets to keep our animals warm and dry
💳 DONATIONS to help us reach the R300,000 needed for emergency drainage and ongoing flood relief
🌧️ This is not just a rainy day — it’s a crisis for our animals, staff, and shelter.
👉 If you can help, please contact us:
📍 TEARS Animal Rescue, Sunnydale, Cape Town
📞 021 785 4482
💳 Donate now: https://tears.org.za/donate/
Every pump, every share, and every Rand makes a difference.
Thank you for standing with us — for the animals. 🐾
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Those who are interested in donating to TEARS can click here or do so via the TEARS bank account:
Acc Name: TEARS
Bank: Standard Bank Blue Route
Current Bank Account: 072 062 886 / Branch No: 051001
Financial donations to TEARS are tax deductible, with donors receiving a Section 18A tax certificate.
TEARS website: www.tears.org.za
TEARS Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TEARSAnimalRescue/
TEARS Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/tearsanimalrescue/?hl=en.
ABOUT TEARS ANIMAL RESCUE:
TEARS is a pro-life, non-profit organisation established in 1999 (registered in terms of Section 18A of the Income Tax Act) whose core aim is to rescue, treat, rehabilitate, reunite, and rehome lost, abandoned, abused, and neglected companion animals and to educate pet owners and the youth living in the four under-resourced communities within which we operate.
We strive to meet the needs of the under-resourced communities in the Southern Peninsula by providing:
● free sterilisations and subsidised medical support that includes vaccinations, deworming, and parasite control
● access to two TEARS mobile clinics that offer primary healthcare and pet care support.
● Access to the TEARS Veterinary Clinic, offering veterinary care for vulnerable pets for almost any condition, illness, or injury at a welfare rate.
TEARS remains the only facility in the Cape Peninsula’s far South available seven days per week, including an after-hours mobile clinic service from 4.30pm to 7pm with limited veterinary care. TEARS treat the hundreds of animals who need treatment each month for various conditions, illnesses, and injuries.
Our experience enables us to manage the population control of companion animals in these areas, based on available funding, and to reduce the spread of zoonoses as a means of supporting community health and complying to the WHO’s One Health approach to the animal-human interface.
We are partnered with community-based NGOs and community leaders to support vulnerable pets and pet owners living in the four core communities we are mandated to serve. Our Programmes aim to bring about systemic change through strategic interventions based on community involvement and support. Implementing effective animal welfare solutions in high-density and low-income communities has been proven to positively impact human welfare by delivering health, environmental, economic, educational, and social benefits.
