KAPS is a 100% mobile, 100% volunteer animal welfare organisation taking help to animals in the impoverished communities of the rural Little Karoo - where vets are hundreds of km distant. Our aim is to improve the living standards of animals and provide a better quality of life.

We feed starving animals; inspect for cruelty and neglect; and rescue, rehabilitate and rehome. A priority is to reduce excessive breeding by providing free sterilisation. Our help is extended to all animals including the working horses and donkeys belonging to the rural poor.

As a rural-based society we receive no support from within our impoverished catchment area, so we depend on the kindness of people from the big cities and overseas. Being 100% volunteer, we spend the minimum on admin. We own no premises and pay no salaries. We are run by a Management Committee and our workers are a network of volunteers based in 9 centres throughout the Little Karoo.

Our vehicles are on the road every day and we respond 24 hours a day to emergencies. Our no-kennel policy means that rescued animals are fostered in members' homes where they are socialised ready for adoption.