Two hopeful little girls took their sickly puppy to the Animal Welfare Society in Philippi along with a packet of chips in the hopes it would be enough to pay the vet bill.
Philippi, South Africa (02 November 2021) – The Animal Welfare Society of South Africa (AWS) shared a few heartwarming stories from 2021, and one of our favourites is the story of the two little girls who tried to get their sick puppy seen in exchange for a packet of Nik-Nak chips.
The organisation shared that the girls had taken their puppy to AWS-Philippi as it had stopped eating.
“They didn’t have any money but were quite willing to surrender their packet of Nik-Naks in exchange for our help.
Whilst the nursing assistant was busy assessing their puppy, I snuck away to check how much of a credit had accumulated in our bank account and was relieved to see several recent donations that amounted to enough money to provide their little puppy with the treatment she so desperately needed.”
With the medical funds available, the little girls were able to keep their snacks and get their puppy back to health.
“When I returned to the Clinic to give them the good news, they were so happy and needless to say very pleased that they got to keep their packet of Nik-Naks.” – Allan Perrins
Marline Karsten aged 11 and Denika Karsten aged 10 are sisters and both attend Dietrich Moravian Primary School in Philippi. Their mom passed away several years ago and they are being raised by their Dad, Mr Willem Karsten.
The Animal Welfare Society of SA offers a full range of veterinary services to the underprivileged communities of Cape Town. The clinic is open seven days a week, including weekends and public holidays.
The organisation has fully equipped theatres where they perform sterilisations, orthopaedic surgery, and other operations. The vet can care for more than one hundred sick or injured animals at a time.
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“We are committed to sterilising every animal that comes through our hospital in order to contribute to reducing the number of strays. Our Inspectorate team also respond to calls for any animal in distress, including injured strays, dog fighting and animal abuse.
We also have an adoption department. We take in strays and unwanted pets to find them suitable and loving homes. Each animal is medically assessed, vaccinated, dewormed, treated for ticks and fleas, microchipped and sterilised and we do very strict homechecks.”
You can find out more about the organisation via their website here.
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