Tikiri Trust
A trust has been set up, called Tikiri-Trust named after one of my dogs, to own the property, where the dogs and I have been living on rent earlier. When I first came to this house eight years ago I had only three dogs and one kitten, I never wanted more than that because I wanted to have time to work on the streets, catching the strays to get them sterilized and to treat them when they are sick, I still do that even now after the home-front has grown, but have less time available for this now because it is difficult for me to ignore the plight of the little pups being thrown onto the road and so I keep taking them in, hoping to re-home them, but some just don’t get adopted and then they grow up here and become permanent residents. Also some old and handicapped dogs have been finding a haven here to live out their lives.
Besides the 100 plus dogs living inside the premises, 15 more are outside the gate arriving in time for breakfast and dinner. At least once a month, when the vet comes, 10 dogs or more from various places are here to be sterilized and spend a few days for aftercare. Amongst the 30 cats in residence at the moment, 12 are oldies, they have been here for a long time, are used to the dogs and I have no plans to re-home them because adult cats do not adjust easily to a new environment, but we have kittens of various sizes, which I want to give for adoption soon before they get too big because at this stage it is not possible to introduce new cats to the dogs. There are six adult cats here right now, some of them with certain handicaps, who have to live indoors and who could be given for adoption under certain circumstances… please consider to adopt one of them or help them by donating for a larger cat-garden, so that at least they can have more space outside the house since it is not possible to let them out into the garden.
In spite of many sterilization-campaigns being carried out , dogs are still being abandoned, therefore we need places, where such dogs can find refuge and it’s a great blessing that this property has been donated to the Tikiri Trust. However the property has to be maintained and the inmates need to be fed and cared for, for which the Trust needs regular income.
As right now the day-to-day upkeep of the shelter has to be secured first, it may be too early to talk about future-plans. However I would like to let you know, that it would be very useful to purchase the land adjoining this property to build accommodation-facilities for volunteers, a small clinic and a quarantine-facility.
For more information feel free to contact me by phone or e-mail or come for a visit anytime.