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A big THANK YOU from all at CaS Cat news
Costa Animal Society (CAS), Each month the Costa Animal Society
look at how we can help animals (CAS) allocates €500 to help the
homeless kitten and cat population in
with YOUR SUPPORT. Nerja, Maro and the surrounding countryside.
Unfortunately in the process of rescuing our feline
It’s Happy Tales for these beautiful friends and providing for the stable cat colonies that
dogs who we have successfully we are aware of those funds are quickly exhausted
rehomed in July. through costs like: food, blood tests, neutering,
vaccinations, treatment for worms, fleas and ticks,
microchipping and providing the cats with passports
for rehoming abroad. If foster homes cannot be found,
kenneling costs can quickly escalate. Thus, the adding
machine tape runs on and on. Life on the streets for a
homeless cat is one of constant danger and a tireless
quest for food and shelter. If you would like to be part
of our team helping to shepherd these lovely animals
from the mean streets to loving, forever homes please contact Fiona via
And now we need your help for others, like Honey. She is a very sweet costaanimalsociety@gmail.com.
Alsatian cross female who was found on the coast road last year. We
immediately brought her to the vet for assessment and it was determined If you would like to adopt dog or cat or perhaps are willing to foster a pet
she did not have a chip and that she was about six months old. Fortune please contact Kurt and Laura at 95 252 1426 or Fiona through the CAS
seemed to shine on Honey when she was reserved for a new home in website www.casnerja.webs.com, or our facebook page: /casnerja. To find
Holland last month but in the end the adoption fell through after our Dutch out more about helping CAS contact Vera at 95 252. PayPal donations
partners performed a home check. In cases where animals are rehomed are also accepted through our website www.casnerja.webs.com, under
abroad it is that much more important to check out the potential adopter the “Donate” tab. Our shop all donations of ladies’, men’s and children’s
because if things do not work out, the clothing and accessories. Please help us to restock our shelves. Of course
dog cannot be returned once it flies all shop proceeds go directly to helping our animal friends in need, primarily
to another country. Honey is a happy to vet bills and kennelling costs.
dog who loves her cuddles and gets
along great with others as she is
playful and not a dominate personality.
She is about one and a half years old
and now that she has matured will
be spayed later this month. Honey
is quite affectionate so we think she
would make a wonderful addition to
any family.

We charity people tend to go on about
all the cruelty and lack of care shown to
dogs and other animals. However during
the early summer months it has really
come into focus that this is down to the
older generation and principally those
of farming backgrounds. Whilst this still
holds true it has been a pleasure to see so
many youngsters and young families with
a dog in tow. You see them on the streets
accompanying their owners out shopping,
or making a trip to a cafe or to the seaside, frequently early evening
taking a slow constitutional along the paseo maritimo. How pleasing
and normal this seems, it is visible how the dogs are loved. Just maybe
the visits and talks by Tail volunteers have made to local schools – thank
you Mario – have had an effect. Add to that the assimilation into the
community of so many foreigners with their families, which nearly always
includes a pet or two are having a subconscious beneficial effect. This is
all a pleasing and encouraging thought but sadly Tail is still receiving many
damaged and abandoned dogs and desperately needs funds. In just the
last two weeks we have paid out €2000 for just one operation (highly
complicated) and also had to put down one dog so badly damaged that
the vet was unable to save her. And so it goes on. Please support Tail
fundraising. Any support is welcome, your time, some funds, a visit to our
shop in Torrox Costa, fostering or adopting. If you would like to help in
the shops please telephone Jean on 629 469 445, and for walking or the
refuge telephone Kayleigh on 622 139 623. Facebook TAIL TORROX for
more lovely dogs like Simba, looking for a home. Thank you.

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