posted December 20, 2012 08:14 PM            

We were established on Jan 28, 2010 – after Andre and Richelle found a dog tied to a railway line, trains had gone over her, her leg was severed and she was pregnant.

Lucky Lucy is an ambassador for the voiceless. We oppose any form of cruelty to any animal, be it kicking a dog to inhumane methods of slaughter for human consumption. The Lucky Lucy Foundation is not just a small charity trying to save the world but instead we are a stepping stone of hope for neglected and abused animals, a reducer to the huge amount of over-population and the light to upliftment of destitute people and children

We aim at:

Sterilization: We focus our strengths, firstly and foremost on getting as many animals sterilized as we possibly can (funds permitting), be it a dog in a township, on the street scavenging for food, or a dog with an owner who can't afford private veterinary fees. We do what we can to prevent the ’contribution’ of more animals ending up in already over-populated areas because there simply aren’t enough homes for them all. Our society causes that millions is spent to control and eliminate (euthanize) unwanted animals but this is a quick solution and doesn't solve the issue as irresponsible breeding contributes to the problem. Shelters then get over-burdened with the surplus of animals. We assist underprivileged or destitute owners with their pets in poor communities.

Education: EDUCATION NOT CONFISCATION – teaching of justice,respect and compassion for all life! We educate because our society prefers ignorance to accountability and responsibility and the people in poorer communities don't have the necessary knowledge let alone education. The children learn this desensitized way of life, that they can harm, hurt or kill, yet remain indifferent. They become accustomed to pain and suffering. Cruelty becomes routine and animal abuse prevent these children from developing empathy. By teaching them another way, a change does come about because learning is what they need and we have to be the teachers.

Feeding: We also help the poorest of the poor communities who really can't afford to buy proper food for themselves, let alone for their dogs. We go in weekly and feed not only these dogs and cats or other animals but we provide some food for the people and children too, because how can one expect these people to feed their animals when they can’t even feed themselves – but it’s not just a give situation, they have to show they want to work with us and the first step is having their animals sterilized. Every township owner who gives us their animals for sterilization will receive food for their animals as well as themselves every few weeks.

Social Responsibility & Upliftment: Few things will help these individuals more than to place responsibility upon them, and to let them know that we trust them. Thus we then afford them the time to self-sustain by providing them with the skills to be able to work for themselves, by teaching them life skills, like vegetable gardens, woodwork etc. They then use these life skills to create employment and there for instilling responsibility because they can start caring for themselves, their families and their animals. We uplift these communities by giving, not only our time but giving them material needs, not wants. Much of what we give is small necessities that ordinarily people take for granted.

Rescue, Rehabilitation and Re-homing: The animals that we rescue are the ‘NO HOPE LEFT’ ones . They come to our farm and here we rehabilitate them to become the perfect companion so that they can be re-homed successfully. We actively help the worst cases, the ones that would otherwise be sent over the rainbow bridge however this does not mean we accept suffering unnecessarily but everyone that comes our way will get the absolute best chance at having a better life no matter how much time or money they may need.
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