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Monday 09:00 - 13:00 13:00 - 17:00 Tuesday 09:00 - 13:00 14:00 - 17:00 Wednesday 09:00 - 13:00 14:00 - 17:00 Thursday 09:00 - 13:00 14:00 - 17:00 Friday 09:00 - 13:00 14:00 - 17:00 Saturday 09:00 - 12:30

Paka Clinic Zanzibar

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Karibu! Welcome to the first Paka Clinic of Zanzibar, dedicated to improving the lives of street cats.

Our aim is to obtain a manageable number of cats in Stone Town, and in due course, also in the Archipelago. This will reduce undue suffering and sickness and improve living conditions for the cats. Our main goal is to reduce animal suffering and to keep the cat population healthy. Not only do we use veterinary skills to heal the suffering, we also promote Animal Welfare, which means educating and

advising the Zanzibari residents on the needs and the well-being of the cats. When the public understand that a healthy cat population also means a healthy HUMAN population, our goal will be have been achieved.

08/08/2025

HAVE YOU SEEN KIBI? Kibi is part of the cat colony behind the Big Tree and the Friday Mosque near the port, and hasn't been since for a week, which is very unusual.
Kibi is a 5 years old black and white neutered male. He is huge, but extremely anxious and might hide somewhere, not daring to come home. Best chance to see Kibi is at night, when there are less people around. Please tell us when you see him somewhere and phone 077 333 4490 Eva or send us a message.

03/08/2025

We read in social media that many people believe we do now also have a place in Mbweni. No, we do not – with our 8 fulltime employees and some helpers we can barely run the 2 clinics we do have and manage the street work properly.
Our 2 clinics are the old one in town behind the fish market in Malindi, and the newer place is close to the airport in Mombasa, just off the Fumba Road. You’ll find both clinics in google maps under Paka Clinic Malindi and Paka Clinic Mombasa.
And because we don’t have the capacity for opening both the whole day to the public - we also need to find time to care for our patients - Paka Clinic in town is open mornings only; Paka Clinic Mombasa is open monrnings and afternoons for the public.
It’s always better to phone before coming, just to be sure there is a vet on site and we can treat your pet timeously. Asanteni.
Medical issue: 0774 132 048
Admin & Adoption: 0766 066 346
Email: [email protected]

28/07/2025

Our new multi-story apartment building with restaurant in the house. Cats are happy with very simple things. And always curious to explore new things.

26/07/2025

Again and again we see animals in trouble being dumped on the street. Animals that need just the opposite - a lot of loving care and a good veterinarian.
Yesterday we found a young cat we’ve never seen before, completely new to the area, with heavy mites. Do people believe these animals are possessed by demons or what? Or do they think that they will catch the disease and get infected themselves?
No, they cannot pass on this small parasite to us humans, they are specific to cats. And yes, they can infect other cats with it. But mites are never as infectious as ringworm, a very common fungus in kittens and sometimes cats, that makes them lose their hair. Normally bald circles can be seen in the fur, and these are extremely infectious to other cats - but again: not much to humans, though you should avoid touching them directly. It’s true that some people do get ringworm, those sensitive to fungus. But it's easy to treat.
So cats with mites might look a bit like a demon, but they are often very affectionate guys full of love. Please don’t dump them, we can easily help them. With one month of medication, the problem is solved.
Picture 1: Mike as a small kitten full of mites
Picture 2: Mike 4 months later and much bigger. The mites themselves already disappear after 1 month of treatment.

22/07/2025

With so little you can help to make the life of our cats more comfortable and species-appropriate. Anxious cats especially appreciate having a small cardboard box in their cage where they can hide and feel safe. Young cats, too, also like to explore the new object and jump into and onto them, having now two floors to occupy.
When the cats change, we just burn the boxes and add the ashes to our compost, so we avoid any problems with hygiene. Please help us collecting small but strong and clean cardboard boxes and bring them to us. Asante sana.

04/07/2025

Soon after our last post about cats with a dirty mouth one of the local caretakers contacted us about a new cat that arrived in bad shape with a dirty mouth in the area where she looks after the street cat colony. She asked us to please take care of it. We are extremely grateful for our attentive caretakers who inform us in time. Alone we never could save so many cat lives, not knowing about where they may be cats in need.
The cat we found was an anxious young red male with big health troubles; we are now treating him in the clinic. After two weeks of intense care for cat flu, he is better. He was then strong enough for us to administer anaesthesia for the operation on his bad teeth.
This cat must have had terrible experiences with humans as he was very frightened of us and reacted aggressively - so not an easy patient for our vets. But we are trying to help him with causing as little stress to him as possible. Stress is never good for any healing, neither with humans nor for animals. He will still stay for a while with us and hopefully in the end have a better opinion about us humans.

17/06/2025

In the first photo you see a young cat close to dying; the second shows the same cat after 2 weeks of intense care in Paka Clinic.
With the risk of repeating ourselves: Please alert us if you see a cat that is very dirty around the mouth (especially if there a bad smell coming from the mouth), or even on the front legs and the chest. This cat has either a mouth infection or a problem with her teeth. She stops eating because it’s painful. But cats shouldn’t stay more than 2 days without food; complete fasting damages their liver and stops their appetite. In the clinic we frequently have to force-feed cats that have been too long without eating.
Mouth infections and tooth problems can usually be easily healed. It’s a pity when cats suffering from these problems die, just because nobody reacted in time and brought them to us too late to save their lives.
* Kitten is ready for adoption *

01/06/2025

Kiko, a beautiful and very friendly young neutered male cat got lost the 22nd of May in Mbweni, close to Mimi Cafe or Wayamama. Please phone to Rosalie directly in case you can give her any information about where he could be: 077 6324323

15/05/2025

In the last few days several cats with panleucopenia – a deadly infectious disease - have been brought to our clinic. They came from different areas of the town and island, from China Mwanzo, Kiembe Samaki and Chukwani, and even from as far as Matemwe. Many of them were pets.
Panleucopenia is an extremely infectious disease, therefore cats need to stay in quarantine. While almost all kittens die, older cats, when getting a treatment, do have a real chance to survive. Nevertheless, this disease is not to be taken lightly. So please think about vaccinating your cats against panleucopenia and repeat this vaccination every year to give to your cat a real protection.

25/04/2025

World Veterinary Day
SATURDAY 26 APRIL 2025
Theme: Animal Health is a team effort

When vets, vet assistants, technicians and caretakers collaborate – those in the veterinary field - it has a huge positive impact in improving health of animals.
Working together increases the effort to combat different animal health challenges, such as malnutrition, infectious and non-infectious diseases, metabolic and non-metabolic diseases, as well as other ailments. When we do this in a proper coordinated way, together we alleviate animal challenges easily while improving their welfare.
We call upon Zanzibar’s animal health workers to work together whenever a helping hand is needed, be it from other vets or the public. And residents - don't feel shy to ask for help, no matter the institution. Here we work like family to improve the welfare of our feline residents.
I would like to thank the heroes who care for those without a voice. Thank you to all animal health practitioners for your Compassion, Dedication and Expertise!

07/04/2025

Hodly, a 5 years old female disappeared in one of the first Id festivity nights one week ago, when lots of people are passing in the area to go to Forodhani, we live behind the Big Tree. She might have been frightened and got lost, we worry for her. For any advice please phone eva: 077 333 44 90

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Mombassa Suburb
Stone Town

Opening Hours

Monday	09:00 - 13:00
	13:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 13:00
	14:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 13:00
	14:00 - 17:00
Thursday	09:00 - 13:00
	14:00 - 17:00
Friday	09:00 - 13:00
	14:00 - 17:00
Saturday	09:00 - 12:30

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http://pakaclinic.com/

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Karibu at the Paka Clinic Zanzibar!

Karibu, welcome to the first Paka Clinic of Zanzibar. Dedicated to improve the lives of cats we share this island with. Whether it is your beloved petcat or street wanderer, we are committed to provide care for all.

Who we are and what we do:

In Mai 2019 the Paka Clinic opened her doors for the first time. The dedicated team of professionals is formed by veterinarians doctors Gaudence Goodluck and doctor Laura Jorojick. Both are assisted by Mohamed Salim and Abdull Rahim Khamis. Our Jacklin John makes sure we keep the clinic clean.

Meet our team closer: Here Dr. Goodluck Guadence. He is a Veterinary Medicine Graduate from Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania.

This is Dr.Laura Nicolas Jorojick, she is an Assistant Vet in the Paka Clinic. Born 25 years ago in Arusha, she finished her studies in "Animal health and Production" in 2017.

Mohamed Ali Salim and Abdull Rahim Muhammed Khamis both earned their Diplomas at Kizimbani Agricultural Training Institute in 2019. They first jointed the Paka Clinic in 2019 as volunteers, but are now employed full time as Assistant Vets. The Paka Clinic therefore not only cares for cats, but also gives young local vets the opportunity to improve their skills in the best of conditions.

Abdull at the left and Mohamed at the right side

Our main goal is to reduce animal suffering and to keep the cat population healthy. Not only do we use veterinary skills to heal the suffering , we also promote Animal Welfare, which means educating and advising the Zanzibari residents of the needs and the well being of the cats. When the public understand that a healthy cat population also means a healthy HUMAN population, our goal will be have been achieved. We are hoping to broaden views and knowledge about cats, inside our local community. We later will also have posts in Swahili.

Our clinic welcomes everyone to bring in any cat that requires medical attention 6 days a week. In the moment we concentrate our neutering programme on the Stone Town, because our capacities are limited. But once we manage to have a stable population over there, we will spread first in the suburbs and later all about the island.

We are located in Malindi area in the city of Stone Town. Our opening hours are:

Monday to Friday 08:00-12:00 and 13:30-17:30.

Saturday we are open from 08:00-13:00.

On Sunday you can reach us by phone, in case of an emergency. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the clinic: +255 774132048. We can also be reached using Messenger and email: [email protected].