To celebrate, International Dog Day Hill’s Pet Nutrition set out to match our dogs with their own interim best friends because every shelter dog deserves a best friend, until theirs adopts them. Using repurposed branded materials, Hill's created colourful toys called Hillies, to distribute to dogs waiting to find [...]
Get ready for an unforgettable night of adventure, purpose, and heart as legendary explorer and humanitarian Kingsley Holgate shares his incredible stories from across Africa – all in aid of Animal Anti-Cruelty League – Durban & Pietermaritzburg 🐶🐱 📅 Friday, 26 September 2025 🕠 5:30 PM for 6:00 PM start – 9:00 PM 📍 [...]
Thank you very much Hoërskool Florida for remembering and supporting AACL Johannesburg again with your most welcome annual donation of collected pet food and other pet products, which was presented to the AACL Education Officer on 25 August 2025. We commend and thank everybody involved, especially the principal Mr. Katzke, Mr. J. Oosthuizen who [...]
A big Rescue Roast welcome to our newest partner – Animal Anti-Cruelty League Johannesburg We’re so excited to have this incredible organisation join our coffee family! AACL JHB has been protecting, rescuing, and caring for animals in need for decades – giving them safety, love, and a second chance at life. And now… their [...]
2024 AACL-JHB “KIND CUP” Floating Trophy for Primary Schools awarded to Rand Park Primary and Bedfordview Primary The AACL-Johannesburg has awarded Rand Park Primary & Bedfordview Primary (sharing) their “Kind Cup” floating trophy for 2024. This award originated in 2001 and is annually presented to a school that has demonstrated the highest level of [...]
In a mission to promote responsible pet ownership, the Animal Anti-Cruelty League Johannesburg rolled out a community-driven programme providing pet vaccinations and sterilizations. Marketing manager Carren Nickloes explained the urgent need for this intervention. “From an economic point of view, many people are unemployed but they’ve also got animals. At the moment, [...]
Friday 09 May 2025 marked a landmark milestone in the ongoing DNA Research Project led by the Department of Agriculture, aimed at understanding the genetic and behavioral links to aggression in Pit Bull-type and other power breeds. The first pit bull-type rescue DNA samples were officially collected at the Animal Anti-Cruelty League Johannesburg, with [...]
