This is a repost from the SPCA's website. It shows just how much people in other countries are starting to love thier pets as much as we do here in america. It also shows that even the animals in the far reaches of the world need human help...
The Protecting Animal Welfare Society Kuwait (PAWS Kuwait) opened Kuwait’s first officially licensed shelter for injured, lost, or abandoned animals. Until PAWS Kuwait was formed, no organized efforts to assist animals existed in the country. Today there are still no municipal shelters in Kuwait and PAWS Kuwait, led by volunteers, has assumed the moral and humane responsibility to assist as many animals as possible.
While PAWS Kuwait primarily assists dogs and cats, they also help other companion animals and provide care to wild animals. They are currently housing their first horses, rescued from a local equestrian center, and have recently launched an Equine Rescue Program.
PAWS Kuwait provides shelter to animals in need. Thanks to the help of a visiting veterinarian, they are able to provide basic care, vaccinations, and spay and neuter for these animals. Once the animals are deemed well enough to leave the shelter, they are then placed into loving foster and adoptive homes.
In addition to running their shelter, PAWS Kuwait is paving the way for other much needed services and programs benefiting both the animals and the local community.
They provide a hotline which the public can call for information ranging from the location of the veterinary clinic to advice on the emergency care of stray or injured animals. The citizens of Kuwait are also encouraged to phone in reports of cruelty, abandonment or neglect. In addition to the hotline, PAWS, Kuwait also contributes to a weekly pet advice column written in both Kuwaiti and Arabic and provides Kuwaiti and Arabic speaking volunteer assistance.
Their Educational Outreach Program visits schools throughout Kuwait, teaching humane education to the country’s youth. Schools and other interested groups are invited to visit the shelter. Additionally, PAWS Kuwait holds regular Responsible Pet Ownership and Pet Respect assemblies with young people from kindergarteners all the way to university age students.
On top of everything else they do, PAWS Kuwait has committed to undertake the important work of monitoring Kuwait’s unregulated pet shops and markets where animals are sold. This is a tough task as these animals are often kept in poor conditions and, all too often, the animals for sale are unvaccinated and ill.
PAWS Kuwait campaigns on a variety of animal welfare issues and promotes the adoption of the Humane Stray Animal Control Program. This program attempts to halt the authorization of poisoning or shooting as a means of controlling the feral dog and cat population in Kuwait.
SPCA International is proud to recognize PAWS Kuwait for all their efforts to ease the suffering of animals in Kuwait.
The Protecting Animal Welfare Society Kuwait (PAWS Kuwait) opened Kuwait’s first officially licensed shelter for injured, lost, or abandoned animals. Until PAWS Kuwait was formed, no organized efforts to assist animals existed in the country. Today there are still no municipal shelters in Kuwait and PAWS Kuwait, led by volunteers, has assumed the moral and humane responsibility to assist as many animals as possible.
While PAWS Kuwait primarily assists dogs and cats, they also help other companion animals and provide care to wild animals. They are currently housing their first horses, rescued from a local equestrian center, and have recently launched an Equine Rescue Program.
PAWS Kuwait provides shelter to animals in need. Thanks to the help of a visiting veterinarian, they are able to provide basic care, vaccinations, and spay and neuter for these animals. Once the animals are deemed well enough to leave the shelter, they are then placed into loving foster and adoptive homes.
In addition to running their shelter, PAWS Kuwait is paving the way for other much needed services and programs benefiting both the animals and the local community.
They provide a hotline which the public can call for information ranging from the location of the veterinary clinic to advice on the emergency care of stray or injured animals. The citizens of Kuwait are also encouraged to phone in reports of cruelty, abandonment or neglect. In addition to the hotline, PAWS, Kuwait also contributes to a weekly pet advice column written in both Kuwaiti and Arabic and provides Kuwaiti and Arabic speaking volunteer assistance.
Their Educational Outreach Program visits schools throughout Kuwait, teaching humane education to the country’s youth. Schools and other interested groups are invited to visit the shelter. Additionally, PAWS Kuwait holds regular Responsible Pet Ownership and Pet Respect assemblies with young people from kindergarteners all the way to university age students.
On top of everything else they do, PAWS Kuwait has committed to undertake the important work of monitoring Kuwait’s unregulated pet shops and markets where animals are sold. This is a tough task as these animals are often kept in poor conditions and, all too often, the animals for sale are unvaccinated and ill.
PAWS Kuwait campaigns on a variety of animal welfare issues and promotes the adoption of the Humane Stray Animal Control Program. This program attempts to halt the authorization of poisoning or shooting as a means of controlling the feral dog and cat population in Kuwait.
SPCA International is proud to recognize PAWS Kuwait for all their efforts to ease the suffering of animals in Kuwait.
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