Animal-Kind International Blog

This is a story of the incident that spurred the 1st efforts, in 2006, to use Humane Education in South Sudan to improve the plight of animals. While driving down a road in Juba, South Sudan's capital, Natalie screeched her vehicle to a halt, and yelled out her window, "What do you think you are doing?" which made me (Karen) look up at a boy kicking a puppy down the road. I jumped out of the vehicle, grabbed the puppy and got back in the vehicle, as Natalie drove us and the p

2008: South Sudan's Ministry of Environment, Wildlife Conservation, and Tourism (MEWCT) confiscates wildlife from people who capture animals to sell, to keep as pets, or to use for food. One of AKI's original humane education volunteers (who needs to remain anonymous) was aware of the often poor conditions that these confiscated animals are kept in. He began talking to the MWECT in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, to find out ways to help them take care of the confiscated an

Nickson wrote this article to explain the relationship of South Sudanese with cats and dogs. In South Sudan, dogs are used to protect against thieves, as a security “machine” in compounds. Also, they are used by local people to herd cattle, sheep, and goats, and during hunting trips in the bush. The value of dogs differs from area to area, depending on the service they deliver to the owner. Pastoralist communities such as the Bagara in Kordofan State, the Denkia, Mondari, a