The hunting season has begun in Spain. Countless hunting dogs are in peril and their only hope is under threat.
Beaten, tied up, stuffed into sacks and thrown into a river to drown. Is this what Spanish hunting dogs deserve when they are no longer ‘useful’? According to a hunter in Spain, it was. Three Spanish hunting dogs, known as galgos, suffered this unimaginably cruel fate in Seville. Two died. But one, Gaby, miraculously […]
A wheelbarrow was the only way to get her help
Umkonto lay paralyzed on a road in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Frightened and helpless, she could not stand or move her legs. The people trying to help her had no car. There was no nearby clinic. So they did the only thing they could. They carefully placed her in a wheelbarrow and trundled her along, […]
Please help us find homes for 67 abandoned dogs in Montenegro
When we first met Danijela Vuksanovic in 2021, she was fighting breast cancer while caring for 140 abandoned dogs in the mountains of Montenegro. Her greatest fear was what would happen to the dogs if she could no longer look after them. Local authorities refused to help, saying if she died, the dogs would be […]
4,000 dogs are hungry and thirsty in the Jordanian desert
We have an important update about thousands of dogs dumped in the Jordanian desert and left to die without food and water. For nearly a year, the local authorities have bickered about who is responsible while the dogs breed uncontrollably, suffer and die. The dogs are always hungry and thirsty. Their only help has come […]
In a country of 60 million people there is just one place that helps dogs like these
England is a nation of dog lovers but when a dog is out of time, out of options and facing death in seven days or less, Doris Banham Dog Rescue is often the only hope left. These are dogs who have suffered vicious, brutal and sickening cruelty, dogs who humans treated so badly that authorities […]
Where BigMacs used to be served, animals are getting medicine.
I want to tell you about a unique McDonald’s. Not the food – what is happening inside it. In the earthquake zone in Caracas in Venezuela, a group of volunteer vets and doctors has turned a McDonald’s restaurant into a temporary animal clinic. Where the tables used to be, animals are receiving medical treatment, care […]
Please help this brave disabled dog get moving again
Brave, disabled Skippy urgently needs a doggy wheelchair. This joyful two-year-old greyhound mix has only his back legs fully functioning. Yet every morning, he wakes eager to greet his friends, visit the dogs in the rehabilitation kennels and explore the rolling lawns of our partner, Rural Animal Care (RAC), in Harare, Zimbabwe. Skippy desperately wants […]
700 animals are arriving — but their home isn’t finished
More than 700 rescued animals urgently need your help. Friend Animal Foundation (FAF), Zimbabwe’s largest no-kill animal rescue, is home to 450 dogs and puppies, 200 cats and kittens, and over 50 rescued farm animals. Every one of them has a sad story. Some were abandoned. Others were abused. Many arrived starving, injured or terrified. […]
Fake shelters are breaking dogs’ legs for donations
In Uganda, there is a terrible scam in which criminals disfigure dogs and pretend to be an animal welfare organization helping them in an attempt to make money. Typically, scammers will intentionally harm dogs, film their pain, then use the footage to trick animal lovers like you into donating to help care for them. Of […]
Time is running out to protect La Digue’s animals
n the tiny tropical island of La Digue in the Seychelles, a tragedy exists: dogs and cats are born into lives of never-ending hardship – they are struggling to find food, suffering from untreated injuries and illness and neglected simply because there are not enough resources to care for them. They breed uncontrollably and live […]