Only those who are directly involved in animal rescue understand the enormous amount or hours, organizations and sacrifices necessary to produce the pictures you are about to see…
The rare occasions we are not accused by some idiot of selling dogs to lab in Germany our friends and supporters say we are heroes… whilst we are certainly not the villains sociopaths such Adile Pannicke in Germany, mad witches like Nesrin Citirik (Adana’s Barbie) and Gizel Hazan, or institutional liars like our dog killer friends at the Beykoz municipality, we dont really like to be labelled as heros.. that is too much of a name. We are just people doing the right thing.
These are the faces of the real heroes and the leading characters of this story… they are the ones that deserve love and praise.. not us… we would be happy with hearing less of the lies, witnessing less of the jealousy and seeing more people doing the right thing for a change.
Boncuk:
He was dropped in the road in front of the Beykoz shelter after Ergul decided to take over the shelter for his own obscure purposes. He had been kicked in the back by his previous owner and he was partially paralyzed.
He was adopted by Sebnem, one of us. He’s safe now and happy now.. a real dandy as well!!
This is Brad. He was run over by a car, his hip was badly broken.. he was operated and experienced a great recovery.
He lives happily in Germany now.. not on an evil laboratory like some paranoid idiots believe but on a wonderful family.
This is Charlie: 10 yr old.. black… nobody wanted him in Turkey… Ergul wanted him dead and we just simply couldnt find a family for him in Istanbul as he was not pretty enough.. or was not pure breed.
Someone decided Charlie deserved a chance… He lives now in Germany. He dislikes warm beer.. 🙂
This is Ginger.. she came to us about to give birth, she raised the puppies like a great mother..
Another case of great dog not good-looking enough for many people..
She now lives in Germany with her sister Alice the Cat!
This is Maria… a hunter dog… Like thousands of other hunters dogs she was discarded like garbage by those she served loyally for years.
She had very little chances in Turkey… would you adopt a dog like this?
so we flew her to Germany, she changed her name and forgot about the hunters that abused her and dumped her..
This is Swan…. she was run over by some idiot on his way to Sunday mangal and had to have her leg amputated. The mangal fanatic did not bother stopping. She saved her life but had zero chances of being adopted in Turkey.
so we flew her to Germany where she lives as the three legged queen of the house!!!
This is Tony when he arrived at the shelter… looked a bit like a golden / lab but not golden enough for many golden lovers..
Zero chances in Turkey… I can imagine quite a few turkish ladies going mad at the idea of that poor dog
peeing on their living room..
So he went to Germany, where people dont freak out when a dog pees on the floor.
He was a bit sick after the trip..
but he has been just fine every since.. Tony has a great life now..
So.. please reconsider this obsession with breeds.. a dog is a dog, regardless of his pedigree or, in the case of our dogs, lack of it.
Turkey has a severe stray dog problem. The only solution is Sterilization and Return to the dogs territory. This, combined with a change of mentalities is the only way we will ever solve the stray dog problem.
Please neuter your dog.
Please adopt a stray.
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I would just like to say thank you very much. To be able to read the above stories instead of the normal death and illness mails – is brilliant.
God bless those of you who have made this possible.
Tina
So glad to see all these little friends have great homes even it hurts me to read that it was nearly impossible to find a Turkish home for these great ones. I have my 3 beautiful sons and daughters in my house which of 2 were paralyzed. Now i m so happy that i can give them a happy home. I wish i could have chance to have more…
God bless all of you. You have to accept this calling “hero” when we compare all you with the normal (!) people.
Thank you for these lovely photos.
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I fundraise for Greek Animal Rescue so the situation is the same as Turkey – the only difference being is that dogs in Greece cannot have “Sterilization and Return to the dogs territory” as they would be poisoned etc.
Do you re-home dogs in the UK?
Best wishes
Sharon
Are you involved with Linda Taal?
Sharon
THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE OF THOSE WONDERFULL WORKS.
I HOPE ONE DAY HUMANS CAN UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED THEM FOR BETTER WORLD.
Hi, I am currently visiting Turkey from the US. Is it possible to adopt a dog from Turkey?
Hi Danielle,
Probably you are already back in the US by the time I saw this post..Yes of course it is possible to adopt a dog from Turkey.. Very easy procedure…Or you can ven pikc a free stray one wondering in the streets
You adopt the dog, then have vet check and get a stamp Id from vet that his vaccinations are done and he is healthy then you take it with you by plane to USA..No waiting required at the Turkish customs except I believe 24 hrs before flight you need take the do to airport and check him in a day before and leave the dog there overnight..And no waiting at the US customs, no quarantine period.. Well it used to be like that when I decided to bring my cat from Turkey to US in 2004..I do not know the procedure now..You can talk to someone who administers this site, or a Turkish vet, Or US embassy to get an update info.
Also you can adopt after you leave Turkey. The dog can be delivered to you in the cargo section of plane and you pick it up in any Us airport.