Home
Welcome to the website of the Animal Welfare Society – Port Elizabeth.
As an Open shelter, AWS is the only animal society in Port Elizabeth which operates as a pound, offering a safe place for all kinds of unwanted, lost or abandoned animals. At our shelter in Victoria Drive, Walmer, we run catteries, kennels and also have facilities for livestock such as donkeys, horses, cattle, goats, and sheep.
We have accepted any animal brought to our door, and also run a 24-hour service to deal with the many cases of cruelty and neglect which are reported to us.
For more information on what we do, please click on About Us….
Office Hours:
Weekdays: 10h00 to 16h00
Weekends: 10h00 to 15h30
Public Holidays: 10h00 to 15h30
Find out how you can help us by following the links under “How can you help us”.
Attend our events to boost our fundraising efforts.
Become a member.
Report cruelty to animals.
Visit our Wagtails Shoppe.
Apply to become a volunteer.
Donate towards this worthy cause.
Adopt a Pet, and offer it a forever home.
Latest News
Click here for our latest Newsletter
Dr Tim Reed joins AWS 1st July 2010.
Seen here at AWS Dr Reed and his son Joshua and daughter Naomi.
For years Animal Welfare has been grateful to the local private veterinary fraternity to which their medical needs have been outsourced, but with the demand and increased cost of veterinary care, it has become apparent that an on site veterinary facility is no longer a luxury but an absolute necessity.
“We are delighted to welcome well known and experienced veterinarian, Dr Tim Reed who will be joining us as our resident vet from 1st July,” says General Manager, Sharon Plumb. Renovations to accommodate a clinic will shortly be complete enabling Dr Reed to attend to the medical and sterilization needs of animals housed at the shelter.
Dr Reed is no stranger to the shelter. As a young boy his mother Louise worked for the Animal Welfare for several years and he spent many hours lending a hand to the shelter staff, gaining extensive insight into the plight of stray and unwanted animals. Click here to read article in Seaview Times.