Facebook followers lend a hand to the SPCA
Since October 17, Boksburg Central, South and Parkdene have been plagued with a devastating power failure, which left many businesses in dire straits.
The SPCA was also hard-hit, and two batches of vaccine had to be thrown away, because they were no longer viable.
The animal care centre was unable to take emergency calls or keep critical medication cool, and SPCA veterinarian Dr André Muntu ne Muire was unable to do surgeries.
A plea was made on the Advertiser’s Facebook page for a generator to be donated or lent to the society.
Many followers responded to the plea, with 28 shares.
This led to the community supplying the organisation with two generators.
“We want to thank the entire community for their support; we would have been lost without them,”says Boksburg SPCA chairwoman Alta Gobey.
“We also want to thank Ronel and André van der Merwe for the generator they gave us and Dennis Nance-Kivell for the generator he donated.”
The power was still out of order at the time of going to print.
