Bostwana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - BSPCA!

     Yesterday, we drove out to the animal shelter and had the awesome pleasure of playing around with the most adorable orphaned cats and dogs in Botswana (and their fair share of caged feral ones too - but we strayed away from those!) 

     The animals were caged in color-coded pens that indicated their current stature of health, with most of the pens indicating that the animals were in need of medical care. Project MaP was hoping to go out there and lend the staff at BSPCA a hand with the building fences and cleaning up, etc. but we were unfortunately met with some resistance. The caretakers refused our service or any of the Maru-a-Pula kid's who tagged along to volunteer because they were ultimately afraid of loosing their jobs. Their refusal stems from the fact that if volunteers would be able to do their work for free, then there would be no need for their waged services......which i find to be a damn shame because I don't know about the rest of the team, but I was ready to get down and dirty! 

     Nevertheless, we were able to go into one of the cat pens and play with some extremely cute and playful cats. Then after that, we had the option of being able to walk a dog. I think I had the best dog in the lot but because I was sooooo generous and recorded everyone but me, that I didn't get to record my buddy :( 

     Oh I almost forgot how attached LeBaron became with one of the pups in the shelter. Wish we could  bring some of the animals with us! 

the writer who's a fighter,

errrrnesto xoxo