CAS - Costa Animal Society

BEWARE of people who say they work for CAS

In the past, CAS has been compelled to warn people that individuals are purporting to be part of CAS and able to arrange cheaper veterinary treatment. Some have even taken money from people prior to organising “fake” appointments.

We have recently had a situation where someone said she wished to open a charity shop in the area of Viñuela & raise funds to support the work CAS does in the area.
However, she was not willing to obtain permission to operate in our name from the CAS Executive or the President.

CAS adheres rigidly to the procedures laid down by law for Societies such as ours. We are particularly stringent in our observation of the accounting and auditing rules. Every centimo we raise goes into the bank and every centimo we spend is accounted for.

Raising money to support the working of rescuing animals is a highly worthwhile endeavour and we would always offer our good wishes! What we cannot offer is access to the name of our Society nor our registration information – unless we are exercise total control over fund raising activities

There’s only one way to be certain that people are acting in our name – ask the President, Wendy Thorne (95 203 7095)or Jane Kirk 616 5300 71

Tax, Hannibal, Angel & Sai arrive in The Netherlands

Tax (was Taz), Hannibal (was Hamish) and Angel & Sai (was Ella & Oscar) have arrived safely in their new homes in The Netherlands.
Click on the picture to enlarge

P.S. Why would someone name a dog "Tax"?? Unless he/she works for the IRS of course...

Indian Buffet Night with Entertainment on April 24

We are having a wonderful sumptuous Indian buffet night, with entertainment by three fabulous local singers, Jacqui Silk, Bobby Mac, and Mel (solo).
April 24th at The Havelli, Nerja at 7.30pm. Tickets only 24 Euros.
To book: Call in to the CAS office or call Mike on 952526312 or 699948993.

More dogs homed

Happy times have arrived for Ella & Oscar, Goliat, Husky, Laddie, Scotti and Twiggy. They all have found new homes in Spain, Germany and Holland in the last few weeks. Click on the picture to enlarge.

Help us help more animals !

Foster Drama

Fostering a dog for CAS is a pleasure for most people and for the foster dog of course.
This is true for people that already have a dog, see here.

Fostering seems so easy, but it does not always go as planned.
Ocassionally, the fosterers decide that they want to keep the dog,instead of CAS looking for a new home. This is very understandable because most foster dogs make wonderful friends

BUT it is important to understand that you cannot keep the dog AFTER it has been reserved by CAS for the new adoption family. From that moment on, the dog needs to go to its new home.

Last week we had such a drama.

A dog was on the CAS website for 4-5 weeks. During that time, the fosterer continued to say she did not want to keep the dog and even asked a few times if there was news about the adoption as the dog could not stay.

After the 5th week, the Dutch partner, HzH, found a new home in The Netherlands for the dog. However - when the fosterer was told, she suddenly decided that she did want to keep him!

That is great news for the dog, you might think! But we'll explain why this is really NOT a good idea !!
The new family with 2 young children had seen the dog on the website and by the time they decided to adopt it, it was "their dog". Now someone has to tell them that CAS & HzH cannot do what they promised. It goes without saying that the family was very upset, the children were crying and the volunteers from HzH were very discouraged about all the time they spend on it - in vain.
A further result is that the good names of HzH and CAS are endangered, because they are seen as unreliable. If you are dependent on word of mouth, the worst thing that can happen is to get a bad reputation.

So this has to be avoided. The foster family is asked to revise their opinion, and release the dog. In most cases the foster family understands the argument, but unfortunately, in this case the fosterer did not think about the consequences but chose for herself.

So what can CAS do about it? The "rules" for fostering are very clear. If you foster a dog, you are welcome to keep the dog. BUT when the dog is reserved for adoption, the point of no return has been reached and the dog needs to go.

Would a signed contract make a difference? I don't think it will. A contract only helps if you want to enforce it legally. Which means to spend time, money and energy in going to court.

Summarised: CAS is very, very happy if you foster a dog. You have to understand that you cannot keep it after it has been promised to someone else, however hard that sometimes might be.

In our communication with foster families, we try to make very clear that if we are successful in finding a new home for the animal, we consider that there is a binding agreement with you to release the dog from your care and allow us to complete the re-homing process. Accordingly, we will require a statement to appear in an email from you to the effect that you will release the dog when asked to do so.
If, at any time BEFORE a Reservation is made, you manage to home the stray, or if someone is coming to visit the dog with a view to homing it, you MUST tell us immediately.

Happy in their new homes

Lucy, Frostie and Rufus, who all flew to their new homes in The Netherlands last Friday, seem to have settled in quickly, and they look happy with their new life.
We also see Mousy (now called Jester) in her new home. She flew 3 weeks ago to Holland and was fostered there, while waiting for a new home.

On behalf of Lucy, Frostie, Rufus and Mousy (Jester)
A big Thank You to the Foster Families, Costa Animal Society, Hond zoekt Huis and Nicole !

Mousy is shown how to lay down on her new blanket.

Big day for Rufus, Lucy, Jimmy and Frostie

Today was a big day for Rufus, Lucy, Jimmy and Frostie. They all flew from Málaga to their new homes in The Netherlands.
Jimmy was previously known in Spain as "Little Bugger". But the new owners renamed him Jimmy. Just to avoid any misunderstandings if you shout: "Come here Little Bugger" in a busy park.

And as always, the dogs were welcomed at the airport by their new families. A few cookies and all stress of going to the airport, in the cage and in the plane were quickly forgotten.

See below pictures from departure and arrival. Click on picture to enlarge.