With Compassion & Soul

Old Furs and what to do with them??

EVER WONDERED WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THAT OLD FUR COAT GRANDMA LEFT YOU??

Animal Liberation SA is collecting old furs for creating pouches and surrogate items for orphaned young that would naturally grow up in a fur lined pouch. If you know of anyone that has fur items please give them to Animal Lib SA (Bowden Brompton Community Centre - 19 Green St, Brompton - 83408878. they will pass them onto the organisations like Fauna Rescue to aid them in their valuable work.

Nov, 2007

It must be stall month as we also held our annual Early Compassionate Gift Sale at The Clarence Park Community Centre. This was a very successful day and we raised some much needed funds for the animals. Thanks to Jodie, Llara, Cher, Deb & Wendy for helping to organise and staff the day.

Nov, 2007 - The Vegan Festival Stall 

This was a good day for us. Sharon kindly operated the stall and we raise a good amount of money. The Festival itself had about 3,000 people go through which was fab for such an unusually wintry day in Nov. Thanks Sharon.

29/4/06   - Marion Mutleys Day      

Today we had a produce stall at The Marion Mutleys Day at The Glandore Community Centre. We were invited to sell our produce and also to give a talk about With Compassion. This was our first talk and we did well (even if I do say so myself). thanks to Karen Messant from DOGS / Friends 4 Life who organised the day and invited us to attend.

6/5/06  - Meet The Cheetah Awareness Program - Monarto Zoo

Monarto Zoological Park is a one thousand hectare open-range sanctuary undertaking a major role nationally and internationally in breeding programs for rare and endangered species. Monarto Zoo offers a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with three of their cheetahs.

Two and a half years ago at just eight days of age, these Cheetah cubs had to be taken from their mother for hand-raising. She developed serious medical problems leaving no alternative but to hand raise the cubs. This was not an easy decision as the park's main aim is to keep the wild animals wild and not interfere. In this case they had no choice but to intervene. Michelle, the cheetah's keeper, has hand reared them from cub to now almost two and a half years of age. You can see the dedication, love and commitment she has for these animals. After a brief safety lecture, we are brought into the Cheetah enclosure. It is totally overwhelming and awe inspiring to be walking amongst these wild animals. Although they have been hand reared they are still wild cats and have the capability to injure, albeit unintentionally. We then get to the Cheetah platform where we get to stroke and touch the Cheetahs whilst listening to information about the role of The Monarto Zoos Cheetah program and it's benefits to cheetahs in the wild. This one hour experience gives the visitors the unique opportunity to interact with these rare and extraordinary animals as they go through a training session.

The Park supports Cheetah conservation in Africa where persecution has reduced their numbers in the wild dramatically in recent years. There are now only 3,000 wild Cheetah left and the majority of the land where they live is unprotected. Monarto's Zoological Park's direct support of wild (in situ) Cheetah programs and it's role in captive breeding this endangered species play a major role in their survival.  For more information on this amazing experience or The Monarto Park Zoo please go to http://www.monartozp.com.au/ 

11/5, 2006 - Amazing People and Technology

Today I experienced a gamut of emotions within a few minutes.....utter distress, sadness, wonder and relief. Why?

I received an email from Helen who lives in Adelaide who also works with the animals and orphan children overseas, she told me someone earlier in the day who was in Sanur, Bali sms'd her to say they had come across a dog in a very bad condition, dying slowly and suffering. They had taken photos on their mobile and had sent them to Helen, so Helen (in Adelaide) immediately called 2 of our animal contacts in Bali to ask them to go look for the dog. One couldn't find the dog and the other did find her and immediately and  peacefully ended the dogs' suffering as that was the only option. I was distressed when I saw the condition of the dog, felt great sadness that no one had helped the dog before it had reached the state it was in, felt wonder at the network of people and technology that had just been part of that whole situation and then relief that someone had been able to alleviate the pain and suffering of that beautiful dog. Life is amazing.