PlumPets Animal Shelter

Paulette Bousfield and Duncan Stevens (veterinarian) established PlumPets Animal Shelter, a no-kill shelter in Plumstead, Cape Town, in 2006. They have dedicated their lives to rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming strays in the area. 

The animals are housed in a residential home behind the hospital and in kennel rooms and cages in the hospital itself. They started the shelter in response to a need among the clients at Plumstead Animal Hospital. Clients were rescuing and bringing in stray animals, desperate for both medical assistance and help with homing them. 

It grew from that need, and word got out, and soon locals were bringing in more strays (puppies, dogs, kittens and cats).