My name is Shanka. I do not know what I’ve done wrong to be dumped at a shelter. I felt them say VERY OLD and DEAF. All I heard in my mind was UNWANTED….
14 years old….Unwanted and unloved, but no more!!! For the first time ever the pain in my old man bones was numbed. The people here hug and kiss me and give me meds for my aching bones and they are helping my eye. I do not like the drops but I can feel they are doing it with love. It’s been such a long time since I felt love and it feels so good.
Although I cannot hear anything when they talk to me I can feel the warmth that embraces me. It was so hot today so they even gave me my own shell filled with cool water. I am still very tired, so did not feel like swimming… but soon I will feel better.
All I want is love and a place where I can be happy for the remainder of my life. I am a gentle soul and still have a lot of love to give. Can you give me a foster or a furever home? I am so beautiful; you will feel so proud when taking me for short walks …. And I will be even MORE proud to call you my saviour, my own human.
I want to send out a furry thank you to Barbara and Egon who came to my rescue. Warm licks to you! Over a period of time they saw that my owner did not care. The last straw was when my owner did not even provide medical care for my swollen eye. He just shrugged it off as ‘Oh he must have hurt his eye on a tree…’ Thanx Barbara and Egon for taking me to see the vet and then taking me to the Lucky Lucy rescue centre.
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Meet Jack
Let’s start a few days back. I can’t remember how long ago, but I was chained and had a padlock too…. Then a miracle happened. I broke free. It did not matter that the chain was dragging behind me and that the padlock was weighing me down. I WAS FREE and I ran and ran and ran, not looking back even once….
I eventually found myself in a place where I settled on someone’s lawn in their front yard. I stayed in the area for more than a week and the people gave me food and water. They desperately tried to remove the chain but I would not let them do it. What if they hurt me? The chain hurt me as it became scorching hot in the sun, but yet I did not trust the people enough to help me.
They then contacted the folks at Lucky Lucy who came to fetch me. They came to me with a huge thing (I heard them say bolt cutter). I was really really scared and jumped up and down and tried everything to get away, but they eventually cut the chain loose. It felt so good.
I am still very scared. If someone comes to say hallo to me I go the corner, curl up in a little ball and try to disappear in thin air. If I am completely still they cannot see me. I listen when they speak to me in soft warm voices but only eat the treats they give when I am sure they are gone.
That was yesterday, today a lady from yesterday came back and I wanted to hide, but then I got this awesome smell coming my way. Boy oh boy! It was a pizza slice. And then it happened. My tail wagged a tiny bit! I let her feed me and could even feel her fingers touching my face. I think I am going to like it here and when I am better I want a loving home of my own.
I am no longer called ‘Voetsek’ or ‘Go Away!’. I now have my own name, Jack of hearts. I like it! I heard them say I am very handsome and I will melt everyone’s heart that I meet.
E-mail guardianangel@luckylucy.org if you want to sponsor me. As little as R50 a month will enable you to help care for me.
Alternatively YOU can become MY SPECIAL SPONSOR if you sponsor me for R300 a month.
Meet Leia
It’s been a hard long 7 years. I survived the last cold wet winter and got pregnant. It was so hard. I was permanently hungry, aching pains all over. I scratched and scratched my skin but the sore itchiness would just not go away. It only got worse. How much longer must one suffer? I wished for death when my babies died and I had to eat them to keep from starving. It was horrible HORRIBLE ! No mother should ever have to go through this deep darkness, this utter feeling of being alone, this feeling of losing everything.
Finally they asked Lucky Lucy to help and signed me over as I was of now use to them. Who wants an ugly mangy thing that’s always in the way?
I am now at the shelter and they gave me food and a warm place to sleep. They even smile when they talk to me. It’s like a fancy hotel if you look at where I came from. I hear the other furkids say that going to a furever home is awesome. They say THAT is like a boutique hotel!!! One day I want my own boutique hotel accommodation; I will book in and never leave.
Even though I am sick and have seen so many horrible things, I am still a calm and gentle fur-lady. I am capable of loving in a way only furkids know how to. I have never stopped loving and I never will.
I am full of hope for the future even though my skin treatment will be extensive and will take some time. I might never get rid of the sagging skin, but the crusty skin will soften and hair will once again cover most of my naked bum.
My new name is Leia-Sky. Sky was my old name so they gave me a new one. Leia is a Hawaiian name meaning ‘child from heaven’.
So now they call me Leia for short.
Adopted
Thank you’s
Please share this newsletter far and wide and remember to visit our website to see all the cats and
dogs waiting for their forever home.
We have less than a month and we are all very busy trying to get everything ready for the big move!
We need help urgently on the new farm to get the camps ready and Saturday’s we also need
experienced walkers for the “old” farm. Please try and pop in to help.
You can also mail volunteer@luckylucy.org for more info.
For the new farm our immediate needs are:
- Shade cloth
- Paving
- Washing lines
- Dog carriers
- 100 3mx38x76 batons
- 30 6mx50x76 batons
- Ceiling boards – 200 square m
- Iso/ecotherm insulation – 200 square m
- 40 6m corrugated roof sheets
- 20 10mm shelving boards – shutter ply
Please let us know if you can help with any of these. Please mail richard@luckylucy.org.
We also have a Sponsor a Camp project. Please ask your friends, family, and colleagues if they
would like to sponsor a camp or even a vibracrete slab.
We would like to thank everybody for their support and apologize if we don’t respond to mails as
quick as we would like. We do try to thank people if we have contact details but we don’t have much
time for admin and hope you will excuse us if we missed a “thank you” somewhere. Please know that
we appreciate all the help and donations and would not be able to do this without you.
For any financial help please see our banking details:
For building on the new farm.
Lucky Lucy Foundation
FNB Business Investment Account
Branch Code: 200610
Account Number: 62438107650
Send proof of payment and your contact details to hr@luckylucy.org or fax to 086 560 6775
Our normal banking details for the day to day running that still needs to take place:
Lucky Lucy Foundation Banking details:
Standardbank Account number: 410514039
Branch code: 023910, Cape Gate
Ref: your name
For helping with our medical bills:
You can make a direct deposit to Envirovet CVC (Dr Roos)
Account Name: Envirovet CVC
Investec Bank
Account number: 10011012255
Branch: 580105
Reference: LLF or Lucky Lucy
or make a deposit directly to TAH (Tygerberg Animal Hospital)
A B S A
Account number: 9086157226
Branch: 542510
Ref: LLF 093674
DONATE VIA PAYPAL accounts@luckylucy.org
SMS LUCY to 48899 to donate R10
Cost is R10 to subscriber. Network and admin fees apply.
NB! E-mail your contact details & proof of payment to hr@luckylucy.org or
fax to 086 560 6775
Thank You!
From the Lucky Lucy Foundation
Thank you for all the “suppawt”
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