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VAWZ Newsletter - May 2012
Veterinarians For Animal Welfare Zimbabwe (VAWZ)
May 25, 2012

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New staff

As VAWZ's animal work increases, so our staff have increased. We welcome Stella Killick onto our team. Stella is no stranger to the world of animals having been a hard-working, stalwart member of Harare SPCA for many more years than she cares to remember! Although a qualified Inspector who helped me through the difficult days of the Egyptian Circus, the transport of live cattle to Mauritius and many more issues, she will now be dealing mostly with administrative duties for VAWZ. We also welcome Charlene Laing who has joined us as a volunteer, but who seems to do as much work as a full time member of staff. She has been like a breath of fresh air in the office - filing is totally up to date, long overdue emails sent out, and in between all that she has rescued a stray kitten, stopped two Labradors from committing undoubted suicide on the busy Alpes Road and managed to squeeze two well-fed little puppies back through a gate to their anxious Jack Russell mother.

Rural Visits

These have not been as frequent as we would have liked them to be due to pressure of work in Harare, but recently we realized that folk there do know to come to the VAWZ office for help. Recently a Mr. Kazingi was sent by the community in Mtoko district to report that their cattle had not been dipped for many months. After a phone call to our good friend Simbarashe Choga who is the government Field Technical Supervisor, two of the rural cattle farmers returned to the office two weeks later with beaming smiles to thank VAWZ as dipping had started again.

Education

In the first term of this year Inspector Bernard Ndlovu spoke to 18 schools, their ages ranging from 5-12 years. The VAWZ Education programme will continue this term.

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