uMngeni SPCA

“Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms”
– George Eliot
“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent”
– Milan Kundera
"Besides love and sympathy, animals exhibit other qualities connected with the social instincts which in us would be called moral"
– Charles Darwin
“Meow” means “woof” in cat
– George Carlin
“The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat”
– Jules Renard
"Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do"
– Gregory Maguire
"It is just like man’s vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions."
– Mark Twain
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened”
– Anatole France
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
– Mahatma Gandhi
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”
– Winston S. Churchill
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself”
– Josh Billings
“You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.”
– Paul McCartney
"Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem"
– A.A. Milne
“Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do.”
– Gregory Maguire
“Cats are angels with fur”
– Sark
“Animals don‘t hate, and we’re supposed to be better than them.”
– Elvis Presley
“Whoever said you can’t buy Happiness forgot little puppies.”
– Gene Hill
“Humanity’s true moral test, its fundamental test…consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.”
– Milan Kundera
“An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language”
– Martin Buber
“The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man’s.”
– Mark Twain
“May all that have life be delivered from suffering”
– Buddha
"Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to."
– Alfred A. Montapert
"Clearly, animals know more than we think, and think a great deal more than we know"
– Irene M. Pepperberg
"You think those dogs will not be in heaven! I tell you they will be there long before any of us"
– Robert Louis Stevenson
“Horses make a landscape look beautiful.”
– Alice Walker
"Until you have your own cat, you really don’t understand.”
– Rescue Ink
“How could it ever be to our purpose to rob another living being of his or her purpose?”
– Will Tuttle
“More often than not, what animals require our protection from is not hurricanes or fires, but abuse at the hands of other people.”
– Julie Klam
“The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs”
– Charles de Gaulle
“Everybody is born so that they can learn to live a good life-like loving everybody and being nice, right? Well animals already know how to do that, so they don’t have to live so long”
– Robin Downing
“I call my horses ‘divine mirrors’—they reflect back the emotions you put in. If you put in love and respect and kindness and curiosity, the horse will return that.”
– Allan Hamilton
“To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened"
– Anatole France
“If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.”
– Woodrow Wilson
“We have to speak up on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves.”
– Peter Singer
“One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home”
– Pam Brown
“From horses we may learn not only about the horse itself but also about animals in general, indeed about ourselves and about life as a whole.”
– George Gaylord Simpson
“Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to.”
– Alfred A. Montapert
“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior”
– Hippolyte Taine
“Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.”
– Colette
“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, the whole world would be vegetarian.”
– Linda McCartney
“Animals are my friends … and I don’t eat my friends.”
– George Bernard Shaw
“Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something.”
– Jonathan Safran Foer
“The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an ax-murderer.”
– Paula Poundstone
"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans"
– James Herriot
“Animals don‘t know as much about jealousy as people, but they’re not ignorant of it, either.”
– Stephen King
“..the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.”
– Yann Martel, Life of Pi

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The uMngeni SPCA has been tackling the problems of neglect, abuse and cruelty to animals in the greater Howick District since its formation in 1968.

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9:00am – 12:30pm on Saturdays
After Hours - 082 567 8297
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“Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms”

“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent”

"Besides love and sympathy, animals exhibit other qualities connected with the social instincts which in us would be called moral"

“Meow” means “woof” in cat

“The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat”

"Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do"

"It is just like man’s vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions."

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened”

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."

“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself”

“You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.”

"Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem"

“Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do.”

“Cats are angels with fur”

“Animals don‘t hate, and we’re supposed to be better than them.”

“Whoever said you can’t buy Happiness forgot little puppies.”

“Humanity’s true moral test, its fundamental test…consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.”

“An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language”

“The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man’s.”

“May all that have life be delivered from suffering”

"Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to."

"Clearly, animals know more than we think, and think a great deal more than we know"

"You think those dogs will not be in heaven! I tell you they will be there long before any of us"

“Horses make a landscape look beautiful.”

"Until you have your own cat, you really don’t understand.”

“How could it ever be to our purpose to rob another living being of his or her purpose?”

“More often than not, what animals require our protection from is not hurricanes or fires, but abuse at the hands of other people.”

“The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs”

“Everybody is born so that they can learn to live a good life-like loving everybody and being nice, right? Well animals already know how to do that, so they don’t have to live so long”

“I call my horses ‘divine mirrors’—they reflect back the emotions you put in. If you put in love and respect and kindness and curiosity, the horse will return that.”

“To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.”

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened"

“If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.”

“We have to speak up on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves.”

“One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home”

“From horses we may learn not only about the horse itself but also about animals in general, indeed about ourselves and about life as a whole.”

“Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to.”

“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior”

“Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.”

“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, the whole world would be vegetarian.”

“Animals are my friends … and I don’t eat my friends.”

“Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something.”

“The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an ax-murderer.”

"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans"

“Animals don‘t know as much about jealousy as people, but they’re not ignorant of it, either.”

“..the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.”

The uMngeni SPCA has been tackling the problems of neglect, abuse and cruelty to animals in the greater Howick District since its formation in 1968.

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