IN  MEMORY  OF  RUSTY    HUMAN

CREATOR OF THE CATS4U WEBSITE 

AND BREEDER OF STANWICK PERSIANS

( 13 -09 - 1946  to  14 - 08 - 2001 )

                                                            

                                                     RUSTY STEWARDING AT A SHOW                         SUPREME GRAND CHAMPION STANWICK'S                                                                                                                                                                 LEGACY VAN IWANDA ( 'WILLY' ) 

    

                   

                                

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          RUSTY'S WELFARE FUND

In early 2001, Rusty began a fund to raise money to buy an x-ray machine for the Animal Welfare Society in Bellville South. This welfare clinic, the only charity organisation serving a vast area of the Northern suburbs of Cape Town in South Africa, had basic equipment, but any animals needing x-rays had to be transported to Phillipi, some 30km away.Rusty heard about the need for an x-ray machine from her friend Donna who was the vet there, and on her own initiative, approached friends and fellow cat breeders to raise the necessary funds.

When Rusty was taken ill with cancer a few months later, the management of the fund was taken over by her husband, Des and her good friend Luisa Fontini. After Rusty sadly passed away on 14 August 2001 after a brave fight, many of Rusty's friends bequeathed money in her memory and the fund continued to grow, eventually reaching over R30 000-00.  We gratefully acknowledge donations received for the fund from the following contributors:-

A E Bezuidenhout; All Breeds Cat Club; Andre Fourie; Animal Talk Magazine;
Anon, BTEL Transfer; Anon, CT RASC; Anon, Edenvale (2); Anon, Eikestad;
Anon, Gardens; Anon, Hout bay; Anon, Jeffreys Bay; Anon, Meadowridge;
Anon, Pinelands; Anon, Rink Street, PE; Anon, Strand Street; Anon,
Wadeville; Anon, Wolff Street; Anthony and Linda De Bernardo;Barb Brush; Bonnie Sillert (MsTara Persians) ;     Brenda Neukircher; Beverly Cain; Boshoff (Kandaha Persians); Caldis Sound; Cape
St Edwards Forum;Carol Fengel; Cathy Scarbrough; CFC; Connie, Marquess, and Ascot
Hall; Des Human; Donna Bishop; Donna & Friends; E Teichmann; Eborall, Rosebank; Enid
Calvert; Ernie & Peter; Erika Gardner; Iain R Harper; Irene DeVilliers; Jeanine
Grobler; J Howard; J Naude; Jenny Tansley; Jackquelyn Herbort; Jane
Vermeulen; Jean Taylor; Jetta Hendriksen; Jeanne le Roux; Joanne Lippold; Johan
Lamprecht; Judith Kinsel; Karen Pepler; Luisa Fontini; Linn Currie;
Marlene Thiem; Marlene van Dyk; Mary Walters; Mocha Cattery; Mrs C S
White; Pam Pruitt; Pauline Nel; Penny Cameron; Bob and Estelle
Pritchard; Robin Klein; Rusty Human; Shane Sclanders; Sharon Jantz;
Sheridan; Siamese Breeders Group; Tanya Fourie; The Persian Cat Society;
Western Province Cat Club; Zee Shackleford

The fund received many donations from all over the world, as people gave generously in response to Rusty's appeal and in her memory.Therefore, if you have donated to this fund and your name does not appear on the list of contributors, we apologise and will gladly add your name to the list. Please e-mail your details to webmaster@cats4u.co.za .

The following is the list of purchases made with the funds raised by Rusty and in her memory, in fulfillment of her wishes to help the animals of the Northern suburbs of Cape Town whose owners are unable to afford private veterinary treatment.

1) X-RAY MACHINE             transported  from the Northern Cape by  Goeie Hoop Vervoer at no cost    

2) X-RAY EQUIPMENT                                

Lead blocker screen,   Cassette screen,  Lead aprons, Lead hand gloves, Stencils –left and right (to identify limbs on x-ray) , X-ray film, X-ray developer and fixer fluid, Viewing box (light box against wall to view x-rays)                                                                                         

X-ray developing tanks and infra-red developing light from Animal Welfare Phillipi

X-ray cassettes x 2 and grids donated by Mr Salek Mongratie of Axim

                         

PATRICK, ONE OF THE THEATRE ASSISTANTS, HELPING A DOG                           X-RAYS ON THE VIEWING SCREEN 

USING OUR NEW X-RAY MACHINE AND LEAD APRON

 

3) CONSULTING ROOM TABLE , PREP ROOM TABLE AND TROLLEY

4) AIR CONDITIONER FOR CONSULTING ROOM

                                     

REKEAT, THE NURSE, HELPING A CAT IN THE CONSULTING ROOM ON THE NEW TABLE WITH THE NEW AIR CONDITIONER IN THE WINDOW BEHIND

 

5) VACUUM CLEANER

                                               

                  PATRICK PREPPING A CAT FOR SURGERY USING THE NEW TABLE AND VACUUM CLEANER TO CLEAN UP SHAVED HAIR

 

6) OTHER EQUIPMENT: FANS FOR WAITING ROOM AND HOSPITAL, DENTAL EQUIPMENT,, OTOSCOPE, ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT, NYLON DOG MUZZLES, LEATHER GLOVES, NAIL CLIPPER, THEATRE DRAPES, INTRAVENOUS SPLINTS, OLIVE-TIPPED URETHRAL CATHETERS       

In 2007, the Bellville South clinic was taken over by the Animal Anti-Cruelty League, another welfare organisation working with the underpriviledged and their pets. However, in fulfilment of Rusty's wishes, the Animal Welfare Society kindly agreed to leave the equipment purchased with Rusty's fund for use by the Aniaml Anti-Cruelty League. It continues to be used daily to help sick and injured animals.                                                                     

 

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