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Coming Soon!
New Hip joint for Orcka the Husky dog A specialist veterinary surgeon at the Royal Animal Hospital in
Kuwait this week successfully performed an Excision Athroplasty orthopedic surgical procedure on Orcka the Husky dog. It is expected this surgical procedure will allow Orcka to return to a normal active life on all four legs. Orcka was born with shallow hip joints a condition called Hip Dysplasia which Dr Jonathan Hale, the specialist orthopedic surgeon, says is a common genetic condition in especially big dogs. One day the owner of the dog, a Kuwaiti National called Fatima, awoke to find Orcka in a great deal of pain and unable to use her back left leg. Very distressed, Fatima took Orcka to her usual veterinarian who promptly referred Orcka for specialist attention at The Royal Animal Hospital a new facility in the Friday Market part of Kuwait City. The Royal Animal Hospital has only been open for three months and is the brainchild of a local Kuwaiti businessman who had the vision of wanting to provide advanced medical and surgical care to pet animals. The hospital is staffed and run by western trained veterinarians and purpose built for the care of pet animals like cats and dogs. There is a special sterile surgery for orthopedic procedures that has the latest monitoring equipment for safe anesthesia like blood pressure and carbon dioxide monitors, Dr Jonathan says. The future is bright for Orcka who has been safely returned to the caring arms of a very happy Fatima. Fatima has been given a program of physiotherapy exercises to perform with Orcka and in the not too distant future Dr Jonathan expects Orcka to be able to run and play like any normal dog. .
For additional info on upcoming events email us at
pawsq8@yahoo.com
We often experience extraordinary moments at PAWS’ shelter.
There are the joys when a long term resident leaves us for a wonderful new home
and the lows of admitting yet another badly abused, traumatised young animal.
Yet sometimes, the special moments are outstanding. Tequila was admitted to our
care as a sickly, orphaned kitten. We have placed orphaned kittens
with nursing cats in our care before, but would a nursing dog care for a tiny
kitten? Happily, the answer was ‘yes’ and Tequila is now thriving in his
very own forever home. Photo: Tequila just weeks old enjoys the company of his foster mama Mindy and his puppy brothers and sisters (all adopted).
Please consider pet adoption if you have the time, the patience and the
love… Mindy has all three of those and we thank her for being so special! Photo Above:
PAWS’ dog Mindy caring for newborn pups and kitten Tequila.
Occasionally people lose trace of the fact that we are a
'volunteer led' non-profit charity. We cannot do it all. We do what we can when
we can and we work in partnership with rescuers. It's about
team-work! Those are simple words but it's sometimes a tough path to follow. We depend on
caring people to give up spare time, (sometimes all of their free time), in
order to rescue, transport and care for animals which make it to PAWS Shelter.
We work full time in our spare time in order to make
a difference. We are not a municipality service; there isn't one, so we do what we can when we can with
the limitedresources available to us.
Below we share some compliments sent to us by
recent shelter visitors who do understand what our freely given time means to
the once traumatised and abused animals that arrive into our care. It is only
quality hands-on time by our staff and volunteer team that produces well
socialised adoptable pets.
Hi there! We have just returned from our shelter visit and feel so full of
gratitude and admiration for you all at PAWS. Thank you!! Your staff were so
welcoming and kind and unselfishly spent a great deal of time showing us around.
We were exceptionally impressed with the facilities you have created, but even
more so with the friendliness and well-adjusted behaviour of 99.9% of the
animals. We have visited rescue homes in Australia in order to adopt and have
always left feeling traumatised and sorry that we couldn't leave with every
occupant. The dogs and cats we saw in the PAWS shelter are an absolute credit to
the skill, love, care and energy expended on them by staff and volunteers. Many,
many heart-felt thanks! C & T
Important Information:
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Below: PAWS role goes far beyond caring for our rescued animals residing at Kuwait's first shelter. Here PAWS volunteer Jenan at a presentation at AWARE. Click PAWS at A.W.A.R.E. on the right menu bar for more information on our Educational Outreach work.
PAWS does NOT have a clinic able to offer emergency
veterinary assistance to injured pets. Our shelter is at capacity during
the summer months. If we don't have room we are unable to accept an animal. We will advertise the animal for you but when we are full, there is literally no room for another pet. We will not overcrowd. Email us a photo and we will advertise and work to find a foster home.
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We advise you to take your found injured or homeless animal to see a vet
(Dr Andro at Al Dohama is our vet of choice); the map to Al Dohama Vet Clinic can be
downloaded from the left Menu bar 'Map to a Vet Clinic').
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As of December 2008 We are full. Email us for advice.
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When space allows, we will accept found or surrendered pets. Email us before bringing any pet to Dohama. Please note: surrendered animals will not be returned to owners/rescuers and
will be found new homes as soon as this can be arranged.
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If you want to know more about helping us in our mission to
work, (in partnership with rescuers), to provide assistance to animals in
Kuwait, the contact form is on this page.
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We do not have enough volunteers to man the paws phone 24/7. The number is usually set to sms. Your sms will be responded to as soon as we have a volunteer free to follow up Please keep in mind that we are all unpaid volunteers who do
what we can when we can.
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Want to help?
(pawsq8@yahoo.com or use the contact
form).
Thank you to everyone who is part
of or helps our volunteer team in our efforts to keep the shelter a true refuge for
Kuwait's waifs and strays~ and for allowing us to extend our support to animals and people
who help animals internationally. The work continues......!
PAWS is made up of a hard-working group of part-time volunteers and we depend on 'the kindness of strangers' to help Kuwait's animals in need. As a non profit, volunteer led charity, we depend on caring people to give up even an hour or two per month to spend time walking dogs, or playing with the kittens. This is fun for the animals and for the people involved. Dogs like these above are given an opportunity to learn to trust people and have fun through volunteer one-on-one time! Not a dog person? Come spend time with our cats and kittens! Please consider the donation of your time to help out at the shelter. For those volunteers who go the extra mile and help out on rescue missions, "THANK YOU". You help us to make a difference,
when there simply is no one to come help instantly! Your continued support is
greatly appreciated and makes all the difference.
من نحن؟
نحن فريق
نشيط من
المتطوعين
المحليين
والعالميين
ملتزمين
بالحفاظ
على
الحيوان
والرفق به
في الكويت.
وقد تشكلت
جمعية PAWS في
أوائل عام 2003، ومنذ ذلك
الوقت،
قمنا
بإنقاذ
وتوفير
مأوى لأكثر
من 1000 حيوان
أليف في
الكويت
وبقية
أنحاء
العالم.
وهدفنا في
تشكيل
الجمعية هو
إفتتاح أول
مركز أيواء
رسمي مصرح
به في
الكويت
للحيوانات
المصابة
والضالة
والمفقودة.
وقد أفتتحت
أول مرحلة
من هذا
المشروع
المهم في
يوليو 2005.
ومقر
الإيواء
التابع
لجماعة PAWS
يقع في
عيادة
بيطرية
كاملة
التجهيزات.
وهدفنا هو
محاولة
توفير
المساعدة
للحيوانات
الضالة
والمهملة
من خلال
توفير
العناية
البيطرية
والإنقاذ
والتبني
للكلاب
والقطط في
الكويت
بالشراكة
مع الأفراد
الراغبين
في توفير
المأوى لهم.
ونحن
دائماً
نرحب
بالأعضاء
الجدد!
وجمعية
الرفق
بالحيوان
بالكويت
عضوة
بالجمعية
الكويتية
لحماية
البيئة،
والجمعية
العالمية
للرفق
بالحيوان
وجمعية
الرفق
بالحيوان "آر
إس بي سي إيه"
العالمية.
إشترك معنا
وإلتحق
بفريق
المتطوعين
لدينا
وشارك في
العناية
بالحيوانات
الضعيفة
والضالة
بالكويت.
Help PAWS
be a voice for those who don't have one!
WHO ARE WE? We are an active group of local and
expat volunteers committed to protecting animal welfare in Kuwait. PAWS' aim in
forming, in late 2003, was to open Kuwait's first officially licensed shelter for
injured, lost or abandoned animals. Until PAWS was established, nothing was being done to address
the issue of stray, abandoned and injured animals in our country, (in any organised way).
The first phase of our shelter project opened in July 2005. Below a view of the shelter. Although a building was donated, every development to turn this site into a shelter has been carried out painstakingly through donation and fundraising. We are unfunded by any private or municipality source and every brick, fence and can of paint has been gifted or purchased through donations.
Visit the Available Pet Galleries to view more images of the shelter in action. (Top Left Menu Bar).
Would you like to help? Consider donating time, services or other means of support. Invite our educational outreach
team to give a presentation to your students or interest
group. We welcome visitors to our shelter by appointment. Call or
email for more information. Take an active part in our community
venture, The PAWS Shelter Project!
PAWS cannot do it all. There is no municipality shelter in Kuwait. You can help. Become a volunteer. Your donated time allows us to continue our work. The support of our volunteer team is greatly appreciated and makes all the difference. There are other ways you can help the animals. Perhaps you are able to donate a couple of hours per week to write, drive, talk on the
phone, or take a good photo? It’s easy to help homeless pets. Email us to arrange an appointment to get up close and personal with our friendly cats, kittens, dogs and pups.
A bracing dog-walk or visiting some adorable cats are rewarding ways to spend an hour. You too can make a
real difference in the life of a homeless animal?
PAWS Cause For
Concern
There are many areas
which need our attention. This is just one of our immediate causes for concern at this time...
Halting the
authorisation of using shooting or poisoning as a means of controlling the feral/stray dog
& cat population in Kuwait. Why?
It's cruel
It doesn't work
There is an effective programme on
offer from WSPA through its Humane Stray Animal Control Program
The WSPA HSACP has been implemented
successfully in other GCC countries. Photo: PAWS volunteer Linette with a desert puppy.
Below: Senior High School Students at the shelter with PAWS' Little White Dogs. We have larger sizes too! 
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