DBV open nuwe tak op Hentiesbaai

STAFF REPORTER
Nuusredaksie – Daar is binnekort ’n oplossing vir die groot aantal rondloperdiere in Hentiesbaai met die Dierebeskermingsvereniging (DBV) wat ’n nuwe tak op dié kusdorp oopgemaak het.

“Hentiesbaai het baie rondloperhonde en vrylopende honde wat by huise woon waar die erf nie omhein is nie en hulle dwaal dan in die dorp rond. Wilde katte is ook ’n probleem.

“’n Groot deel van hierdie rondloperhonde is baie moeilik om te vang en kan ’n veiligheidsrisiko vir mense, ander diere en die verkeer inhou,” het die nuwe takbestuurder, Natasha Britz, gesê.

Britz meen hulle is gretig om diere in hierdie omgewing te help en sal ook enige bystand van die gemeenskap waardeer.

Die nasionale direkteur van die DBV, Hanna Rhodin, het gesê die nuwe tak – wat voorheen as ’n private organisasie, genaamd Angel Animals Home, bekend gestaan het – benodig bykomende ondersteuning en leiding om die mandaat in die dorp uit te voer.

“Sommige diere ly aan wanvoeding en eienaars sukkel om ’n voldoende dieet aan hul troeteldiere te voorsien. Ongelukkig is daar ’n groot probleem met bosluise en vlooie wat katte en honde op Hentiesbaai besmet,” het Britz gesê.

Sy het bygevoeg dat ongesteriliseerde diere voortgaan om aan te teel, wat verdere druk plaas op reeds skaars voedselbronne. Boonop kan baie troeteldiereienaars nie veeartsenykundige sorg en mediese behandeling vir hul troeteldiere bekostig nie.

Die DBV Hentiesbaai se diereskuiling kan tans sowat 20 honde en sowat 40 katte huisves. Dit is ook toegerus met stalle vir perde wat tans meer as 30 perde in privaat besit huisves.

“Die opbrengs uit die stalle gaan direk om die DBV se bedrywighede te finansier asook vir die versorging van die hawelose troeteldiere,” het sy verduidelik.

Tans is agt personeellede verantwoordelik vir die versorging van die katte, honde en perde.

“Nou kan die DBV Hentiesbaai amptelik met hul munisipaliteit saamwerk, eienaars bystaan wat nie hul troeteldiere kan aanhou nie, klagtes oor dieremishandeling ondersoek, aanneming van diere by die DBV aanbied en die beste doen wat hulle kan vir die diere in hul gemeenskap,” het Rhodin gesê.

[email protected]

Kommentaar

Republikein 2025-02-07

Geen kommentaar is op hierdie artikel gelaat nie

Meld asseblief aan om kommentaar te lewer

Katima Mulilo: 18° | 34° Rundu: 19° | 32° Eenhana: 19° | 31° Oshakati: 21° | 32° Ruacana: 19° | 31° Tsumeb: 20° | 33° Otjiwarongo: 18° | 30° Omaruru: 21° | 32° Windhoek: 19° | 29° Gobabis: 20° | 32° Henties Bay: 18° | 22° Wind speed: 20km/h, Wind direction: SW, Low tide: 04:56, High tide: 11:31, Low Tide: 18:09, High tide: 00:38 Swakopmund: 18° | 19° Wind speed: 22km/h, Wind direction: SW, Low tide: 04:54, High tide: 11:29, Low Tide: 18:07, High tide: 00:36 Walvis Bay: 18° | 24° Wind speed: 25km/h, Wind direction: SW, Low tide: 04:54, High tide: 11:28, Low Tide: 18:07, High tide: 00:35 Rehoboth: 20° | 30° Mariental: 22° | 35° Keetmanshoop: 24° | 33° Aranos: 22° | 35° Lüderitz: 17° | 28° Ariamsvlei: 24° | 35° Oranjemund: 17° | 24° Luanda: 27° | 28° Gaborone: 20° | 36° Lubumbashi: 17° | 22° Mbabane: 18° | 29° Maseru: 16° | 27° Antananarivo: 17° | 28° Lilongwe: 18° | 27° Maputo: 23° | 34° Windhoek: 19° | 29° Cape Town: 19° | 26° Durban: 22° | 29° Johannesburg: 18° | 31° Dar es Salaam: 26° | 32° Lusaka: 16° | 27° Harare: 18° | 28° Currency: GBP to NAD 22.76 | EUR to NAD 19.01 | CNY to NAD 2.51 | USD to NAD 18.32 | DZD to NAD 0.14 | AOA to NAD 0.02 | BWP to NAD 1.28 | EGP to NAD 0.36 | KES to NAD 0.14 | NGN to NAD 0.01 | ZMW to NAD 0.64 | ZWL to NAD 0.04 | BRL to NAD 3.18 | RUB to NAD 0.19 | INR to NAD 0.21 | USD to DZD 134.88 | USD to AOA 912 | USD to BWP 13.85 | USD to EGP 50.25 | USD to KES 129.21 | USD to NGN 1496.41 | USD to ZAR 18.33 | USD to ZMW 27.95 | USD to ZWL 321 | Stock Exchange: JSE All Share Index 87191.25 Up +0.67% | Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) Overall Index 1795.22 Up +2.25% | Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE) MASI 16326.12 Up +0.67% | Egyptian Exchange (EGX) 30 Index 30011.84 Up +0.93% | Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) DCI 10075.28 Same 0 | NSX: MTC 7.75 SAME | Anirep 8.99 SAME | Capricorn Investment group 17.34 SAME | FirstRand Namibia Ltd 49 DOWN 0.50% | Letshego Holdings (Namibia) Ltd 4.1 UP 2.50% | Namibia Asset Management Ltd 0.7 SAME | Namibia Breweries Ltd 31.49 UP 0.03% | Nictus Holdings - Nam 2.22 SAME | Oryx Properties Ltd 12.1 UP 1.70% | Paratus Namibia Holdings 11.99 SAME | SBN Holdings 8.45 SAME | Trustco Group Holdings Ltd 0.48 SAME | B2Gold Corporation 47.34 DOWN 1.50% | Local Index closed 677.62 UP 0.12% | Overall Index closed 1534.6 DOWN 0.05% | Osino Resources Corp 19.47 DOWN 2.41% | Commodities: Gold US$ 2 876.22/OZ UP +0.63% | Copper US$ 4.58/lb UP +3.11% | Zinc US$ 2 858.80/T UP 0.79% | Brent Crude Oil US$ 75.00/BBP UP +0.24% | Platinum US$ 1 019.35/OZ UP +0.80% Sport results: Weather: Katima Mulilo: 18° | 34° Rundu: 19° | 32° Eenhana: 19° | 31° Oshakati: 21° | 32° Ruacana: 19° | 31° Tsumeb: 20° | 33° Otjiwarongo: 18° | 30° Omaruru: 21° | 32° Windhoek: 19° | 29° Gobabis: 20° | 32° Henties Bay: 18° | 22° Wind speed: 20km/h, Wind direction: SW, Low tide: 04:56, High tide: 11:31, Low Tide: 18:09, High tide: 00:38 Swakopmund: 18° | 19° Wind speed: 22km/h, Wind direction: SW, Low tide: 04:54, High tide: 11:29, Low Tide: 18:07, High tide: 00:36 Walvis Bay: 18° | 24° Wind speed: 25km/h, Wind direction: SW, Low tide: 04:54, High tide: 11:28, Low Tide: 18:07, High tide: 00:35 Rehoboth: 20° | 30° Mariental: 22° | 35° Keetmanshoop: 24° | 33° Aranos: 22° | 35° Lüderitz: 17° | 28° Ariamsvlei: 24° | 35° Oranjemund: 17° | 24° Luanda: 27° | 28° Gaborone: 20° | 36° Lubumbashi: 17° | 22° Mbabane: 18° | 29° Maseru: 16° | 27° Antananarivo: 17° | 28° Lilongwe: 18° | 27° Maputo: 23° | 34° Windhoek: 19° | 29° Cape Town: 19° | 26° Durban: 22° | 29° Johannesburg: 18° | 31° Dar es Salaam: 26° | 32° Lusaka: 16° | 27° Harare: 18° | 28° Economic Indicators: Currency: GBP to NAD 22.76 | EUR to NAD 19.01 | CNY to NAD 2.51 | USD to NAD 18.32 | DZD to NAD 0.14 | AOA to NAD 0.02 | BWP to NAD 1.28 | EGP to NAD 0.36 | KES to NAD 0.14 | NGN to NAD 0.01 | ZMW to NAD 0.64 | ZWL to NAD 0.04 | BRL to NAD 3.18 | RUB to NAD 0.19 | INR to NAD 0.21 | USD to DZD 134.88 | USD to AOA 912 | USD to BWP 13.85 | USD to EGP 50.25 | USD to KES 129.21 | USD to NGN 1496.41 | USD to ZAR 18.33 | USD to ZMW 27.95 | USD to ZWL 321 | Stock Exchange: JSE All Share Index 87191.25 Up +0.67% | Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) Overall Index 1795.22 Up +2.25% | Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE) MASI 16326.12 Up +0.67% | Egyptian Exchange (EGX) 30 Index 30011.84 Up +0.93% | Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) DCI 10075.28 Same 0 | NSX: MTC 7.75 SAME | Anirep 8.99 SAME | Capricorn Investment group 17.34 SAME | FirstRand Namibia Ltd 49 DOWN 0.50% | Letshego Holdings (Namibia) Ltd 4.1 UP 2.50% | Namibia Asset Management Ltd 0.7 SAME | Namibia Breweries Ltd 31.49 UP 0.03% | Nictus Holdings - Nam 2.22 SAME | Oryx Properties Ltd 12.1 UP 1.70% | Paratus Namibia Holdings 11.99 SAME | SBN Holdings 8.45 SAME | Trustco Group Holdings Ltd 0.48 SAME | B2Gold Corporation 47.34 DOWN 1.50% | Local Index closed 677.62 UP 0.12% | Overall Index closed 1534.6 DOWN 0.05% | Osino Resources Corp 19.47 DOWN 2.41% | Commodities: Gold US$ 2 876.22/OZ UP +0.63% | Copper US$ 4.58/lb UP +3.11% | Zinc US$ 2 858.80/T UP 0.79% | Brent Crude Oil US$ 75.00/BBP UP +0.24% | Platinum US$ 1 019.35/OZ UP +0.80%