National Sterilization Project

04/06/2026

Fantastic work Tzaneen Feral Cats. Well done!
NSP is proud to support you.

03/06/2026

What a special story. Thank you!

Another 2 cats sterilised 🐾

This time from the outlying area of Swartruggens. Meet Babatjie and Buksie, now officially retired from their careers as tiny chaos distributors and promoted to sports models with slightly offended expressions.

This is also the same home where the puppies actually were kittens, and thankfully those 5 kittens are safe too. One small intervention often turns into many more lives protected.

Their owners have very little. Life there is built from making a plan, stretching everything, and hoping the rain arrives on time. But when we brought the girls home, they harvested patats from their garden as a thank you for all the driving up and down and for helping their cats.

That part always hits us quietly.

Not because of the patats.
Because people who have almost nothing still wanted to give something back.

They did not expect it for free. They gave what they could. And honestly, that means more to us than people realise.

The boys will be done during June, because apparently the local gentlemen are still pretending they don’t know why we are coming back 👀

And just like that, we have started working in yet another area we have never reached before. One small dusty road at a time.

And yes, they also got their rabies vaccinations because that’s how we roll. Sterilise. Vaccinate. Confuse cats. Drink too much coffee. Repeat. ☕🐱

None of this would be possible without the National Sterilisation Project and their incredible supporters. Because of them, cats in places that are usually forgotten are finally getting help. Their support reaches far beyond one surgery. It reaches entire communities, future litters that will never suffer, and families trying their best with very little.

23/05/2026

Fantastic Mustang Sally! F3 (Feral Feline Fix) in full swing! Thank you Pretoria Animal Buddies for overseeing this epic project. Now way over 1100 cats sterilised.

18/05/2026

Absolutely amazing! These 2 incredible women waaay up there in NW Province from Cat Angel Refuge T/a Angels Refuge SA doing what they do best. NSP is so proud to support your tireless efforts. You ROCK!

Some of our amazing sponsored sterilisations really creep into your soul and heart.

Mmutshweu. A village we haven’t even officially worked in yet because there are just SO many villages. Over 40 of them. And currently only 2 humans, 1 vehicle and roads that could qualify as extreme suspension testing facilities.

But word is spreading.

And when someone says:
“I would rather not see puppies than have my dog suffer or die after a prolapse at her first heat.”

…you know these are people who deserve help.

Because that sentence comes from love.
From understanding suffering.
From wanting better for their animals even when life itself is already hard.

It’s a long dusty road to their house. The kind of road where the dust climbs into places dust should never scientifically reach. The kind where every pothole has its own postcode and the goats stare at your vehicle like disappointed traffic officers.

And at the end of that road was Stompie.

Not “just a dog.”
Not an unwanted animal.
A deeply loved family member.

The way they spoke about Stompie told us everything we needed to know. This sterilisation was not because they didn’t care. It was because they cared enough to prevent suffering before it arrived.

And again, this is only possible because people care enough to donate to National Sterilization Project who in turn make it possible for us to help animals like Stompie.

Every donation is another sterilisation we can say yes to.

Stompie also received her rabies vaccination because as a Centre of Rabies Excellence, we take rabies incredibly seriously.

And today we can add another village to the list of places where we have started making inroads. Another dusty, forgotten place that now knows there is help for the animals. That somebody will come down the long road. That somebody cares.

Prevention matters.
Education matters.
Access matters.

This is why sponsored sterilisations matter.

Not just for the puppies never born.
But for the mothers saved.
The suffering prevented.
The diseases controlled.
The emergencies avoided before they ever become tragedies.

One long dusty road at a time, the message is spreading.
And honestly… that hope travels further than our little vehicle ever should.

14/05/2026

When Miemi is not a Miemi - “Uhm… Miemie has dingly dangly goodies hiding in the fluffiest amount of fur ever seen.”

Thank you Cat Angel Refuge T/a Angels Refuge SA for such a funny post!

Some days the universe just sits quietly in the corner, waits for you to get very confident… and then gently flips the table.

We are in the middle of our national sterilisation project “Steries”, moving full steam ahead, trying to get every cat booked, checked, and safely snipped before life decides to add surprise bonus kittens to the equation.

Enter Miemie.

Miemie was booked in for a spay. Urgent case. Full drama package. Walking around like a tiny fluffy question mark with a very enthusiastic tail-end opinion about life in general. Definitely giving “I am absolutely about to make poor decisions if you do not intervene immediately” energy.

So today was THE day. Vet prepped for a routine female spay. Everything lined up. Calm. Controlled. Professional.

And then Abel, mid-procedure check, does the classic double take and goes: “Uhm… Miemie has dingly dangly goodies hiding in the fluffiest amount of fur ever seen.”

Silence.

Then the collective realisation lands.

Miemie is not Miemie.

Miemie is, in fact, a boy.

There was a brief moment where the entire room mentally reset like a confused computer trying to reload the operating system.

And then we laughed. Properly laughed. The kind where you can’t even pretend to be composed because the absurdity has fully won.

The very shocked family have now officially renamed Miemie to Bibi while they recover from this unexpected plot twist.

Moral of the story: Bibi came in for a glow-up and left with an identity correction and a very confused fan club.

Steries continues… and so does our ability to be confidently wrong at least once per day.

Jo has now officially been promoted to Chief Fluffy-Butt Inspector, tasked with triple checking all suspiciously fluffy cats for hidden “dingly dangly bits” before any further assumptions are made.

11/05/2026

REPORT - PROJECT PORT ALFRED PHASE 4: COMPLETED and 330 added to the total.

Male Cats: 39 | Female Cats: 59 (98)
Male Dogs: 79 | Female Dogs: 153 (232)

This awesome achievement would not have been possible without Dr Roos and her team, the amazing Uschi from CAT Garden Route, the local SPCA and all the volunteers who have assisted.

Doc Roos and NSP funding will be back in October / November for PHASE 5. This is in respect of our focus on Pet Population Management and to get the population sterilised to a minimum of 70%.

The biggest THANK YOU must also go to our supporters who contribute financially every month. Without this support, projects like these would not be possible.

YAAAAY TEAM!

10/05/2026

Amaze(NO)balls at Loftus! Thank you Pretoria Animal Buddies.

08/05/2026

PROJECT PORT ALFRED PHASE 4 | DAY 4:
And ANOTHER 66 yesterday (Thursday). 23 X Cats and 43 Dogs.

To date: 262 cats and dogs have been sterilised during this latest project. Thank you to the exceptional Dr Roos, supporting teams on the ground and Uschi from CAT Garden Route.

Today is the last steri day and we can’t wait to announce the final results next week.

What an incredible project. THANK YOU!

07/05/2026

PROJECT PORT ALFRED PHASE 4 | DAY 3: and ANOTHER 62 yesterday (Wednesday). We love seeing the happy faces of pet owners with their sterilised pets!

This is an ongoing project with Dr Roos and NSP to get the pet population sterilised to a minimum of 70%, and the team on the ground is doing exceptional work towards this goal, despite the extreme weather.

24 cats and 38 dogs sterilised yesterday - THANK YOU Dr Roos, the team, volunteers and Uschi from CAT Garden Route.

RESPECT!

06/05/2026

PROJECT PORT ALFRED PHASE 4: ANOTHER 62 YESTERDAY
Despite the extreme weather conditions in Port Alfred, the team did an amazing job.

Most significantly, as Dr Roos reports, is that of the 58 dogs that were sterilised, 41 were female dogs and only 4 were ‘virgins’. NO MORE breeding for all of these 41 girls!

Thank you Dr Roos, the supporting team members and CAT Garden Route for your incredible work.

NSP is so proud to be making a difference to the pet population management in this area.

Amaze(NO)Balls.