Finland’s hidden suffering huskies need your help now
This is what is happening to huskies in Finland right now: suffering out of sight as ‘winter wonderland’ tourist experiences explode in popularity. They need your help. Behind the postcard-perfect snow and smiling tourists enjoying magical sled rides lies a hidden world of cruelty. A world where huskies are pushed to breaking point, beaten when […]
Two sisters are trying to save 140 cats
He was so thin you could feel every bone. A tiny kitten in Windhoek, Namibia – barely alive. So weak he could not properly stomach food. So dehydrated that fluids had to be pushed under his skin just to keep him going. To save him, he had to be syringe-fed bit by bit, hour by […]
Overcrowded shelters begin with uncontrolled breeding
For decades in the Balkan countries, street dogs have been treated as a problem to be removed, not lives to be valued. Many shelters in the region are trapped in a devastating cycle of overcrowding, underfunding and poor conditions — becoming lifelong prisons or worse, death sentences. In the small city of Trebinje, Bosnia, something […]
We have TWO weeks to move 297 animals
After more than 40 years of rescuing sick, injured and abandoned dogs and cats on Kenya’s coast, our partner, the Kenya Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (KSPCA) in Mombasa, is being evicted from its property, and the final deadline is approaching fast. We have 14 days to move all 297 animals to […]
Animal ambulance destroyed in South Africa, seven puppies made it out alive
Early on a Saturday morning, Fallen Angels Pet Rescue founding member Shireen Williams was doing what she had done thousands of times before in the greater Cape Town area. She and a colleague were in their animal ambulance driving seven puppies to an adoption promotion – hoping this would be the day they found their […]
A Lamu Island street cat’s cry for help
If our veterinary team cannot return to Lamu Island in time, a tiny street cat named Casandra will become pregnant. And she is still just a kitten herself. This is the harsh reality for Casandra and hundreds of other street cats across Kenya’s Lamu Archipelago. From the moment they are born, kittens like Casandra face […]
Catastrophically injured Aziza was rescued from the brink of death
In Jordan, street dogs endure unimaginable cruelty — dodging cold-hearted motorists who often deliberately aim for them, being shot at by people who despise them, and facing starvation and disease on hostile streets. The suffering never ends. We and our partners are among the very few providing the desperate shelter and care these helpless animals […]
Russians bomb shelter: 15 dogs killed, 5 struggling for their lives
On the morning of February 6, 2026, a Russian drone slammed into the Give a Paw, Friend Shelter in the heart of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. In an instant, safety turned to chaos for the 530 animals in the shelter’s care. Tragically, 13 dogs were killed, seven more were pulled from the wreckage with devastating injuries. Despite […]
60 horses and 9 donkeys are being forced out of their only home
Sixty horses and nine donkeys at the Have a Heart Equine Sanctuary in McGregor, South Africa, are in dire peril for the second time in a year. Our long-term partner has been a place of refuge for nearly nine years – a last chance for horses and donkeys who survived horrific abuse, neglect, illegal bush […]
Tourists leave Kefalonia, but hungry cats stay
It’s the middle of winter in Greece on the island of Kefalonia, cat colonies exist everywhere – beaches, villages and remote corners where life is hard and help is scarce. Their survival depends entirely on human compassion, yet here, kindness is seasonal. Abandoned when the tourists leave after the summer, Kefalonia’s cats are left to […]