Cape of Good Hope SPCA

The animal hospital treats rescue cases and pets from families who qualify for welfare-based care. Services include consultations, preventive treatment, sterilisation, surgery, radiology and in-house diagnostics. This is a fee-based service supported by donations, rather than a promise of free care for everyone. Owners seeking treatment should contact the hospital about eligibility and arrangements.

Mobile clinics visit suburbs, townships and informal settlements across the Cape Metropole, including areas such as Gugulethu, Langa and Parkwood. They provide vaccinations, parasite control, basic checks and wound care. Animals needing advanced procedures or sterilisation can be transported through the programme to the hospital and returned after recovery, connecting local outreach with more extensive treatment.

The wildlife unit responds to animals affected by injury, entrapment and displacement, including seabirds, snakes, baboons, raptors and tortoises. Its short-term facility supports rehabilitation towards release. Staff also inspect places where wildlife is kept and advise the public about coexistence, so the unit’s work extends beyond caring for animals already brought into a hospital.

The hospital does not offer a general ambulance service. Its after-hours guidance directs most emergencies to private vets, with a specific arrangement for critical animals needing humane euthanasia. Read the hospital guidance, mobile schedule or wildlife reporting information. AnimalProtech’s map locates the Cape Town organisation; the relevant SPCA team confirms assistance.