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 […]
Will you help stop the massacre of Morocco’s street dogs?
Millions of football fans are looking forward to the 2026 FIFA World Cup which takes place in the USA, Canada and Mexico this year and the 2030 Cup that follows in Morocco, Spain and Portugal. What the fans don’t know is that the Moroccan authorities are already preparing for the event by brutally killing the […]
Animals suffering after deadly floods
Earlier this week, violent storms battered Cape Town, South Africa, unleashing devastating floods and destructive winds that claimed lives, displaced thousands of people and left countless animals fighting to survive. Right now, cold, hungry and terrified dogs and cats are suffering in the aftermath of this disaster – and they DESPERATELY need your help today. […]
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 […]
Hurricane-hit cats in Jamaica need you
In October 2025, Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica with catastrophic force. Severe flooding and powerful winds of up to 185 mph (298 km/h) devastated communities across the island, leaving thousands of street cats displaced in its wake. Despite our emergency relief efforts, six months later, the crisis is far from over. Countless cats are still […]
Their animal ambulance broke down, but the rescues cannot stop
Imagine a call comes in. A dog has been found badly injured, unable to move and left abandoned on a street in one of the roughest neighborhoods of the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo. The volunteers at APA El Refugio animal shelter drop everything — as they always do. They head for the animal ambulance. And […]
Donkeys in Tanzania’s gold mines need your help
As you read this, a donkey is lying injured in the gold-mining region of Geita, Tanzania – waiting. Waiting for someone to rescue them. Waiting for relief from the pain. Injured donkeys in Geita don’t have time to wait. And we are running out of the supplies needed to treat them. How do we know there […]
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 […]