Roman is one of the luckiest dogs we have ever rescued.
One of our members spotted his picture by pure chance when he was on the streets of Istanbul. He was just a little puppy, barely two months old, and he was standing in the middle of the road with both his ears cut in the most horrible way by someone that, obviously, wanted him to make him look ferocious.
And so, Roman was rescued and placed in a pension in Istanbul where he grew healthy and social.. a happy dog.
Four months later Roman was flown to Germany where he is now being fostered in an amazing home, having the time of his life!
I did try to find a sad picture of Roman, but the thing is, I couldn’t. In each one of his pictures, he is either sleeping peacefully, playing with other dogs, or loving the kids of the home. So instead, I put together a video that perfectly describes his character.

Roman is a perfect example of a rescued Turkish stray, he is extremely loving, he is great with dogs and cats, he loves children… he is amazing.
He is in Germany now… please open your home to Roman.

Conditions for adoption:

1. Family MUST have an existing animal, preferably a dog.
2. Roman MUST live inside the home, not on the garden.
3. Roman MUST be fed a RAW diet (www.rawfed.com)

and finally…

4. The family will be a non-smoking family. Second hand smoke kills and makes miserable the lifes of both humans and animals.

Contact me: viktor@myletsadopt.com

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His name is Mehmet, and he is, what in Turkey is known as maganda.
Young male, his family probably tried to give him an education that was refused, it was more fun to be out with the gang.
Years have passed, it’s too late for him to goo back to school and he finds himself stuck in a increasingly sophisticated world that has no use for him.
He is angry, he is frustrated and this leads him down the path of animal cruelty.

We have named her Nefis… Nefis in Turkish means Delicious.

Nefis is a wonderful 9 month old female that just wants to be loved and scratched in the head and chin. She was brought to our clinic by one of our rescuers who found her in the streets, convulsing, struggling to breath. Nefis diaphragm had been broken, she was kicked in the stomach by a maganda like Mehmet, one of the many thousands living and walking among us in Istanbul.

Nefis was operated, her injuries were treated, she is perfect, ready to go to a loving home that treats her like a cat, not like a hairy football.

We need an URGENT foster home for Nefis, as right now she is living inside a cage at a vet in Istanbul. Once we get that sorted out she will be adopted out permanently.

If you are in Istanbul please look at Nefis eyes… she needs YOU to take her home temporarily whilst we manage to find her a final forever home.

Our conditions for adoption:

1. Family MUST have an existing animal.
2. Nefis MUST live inside the home, not on the garden. Garden is a plus, of course.
3. Nefis MUST be fed a RAW diet (www.rawfedcats.org)
4. The family will be a non-smoking family. Second hand smoke kills and makes miserable the lifes of both humans and animals. Our rescues will enjoy a clean crisp air in their new home.

Contact me: viktor@myletsadopt.com

This is a picture of the shithole where Curly used to live when I rescued him and the others. He was moved to a home. Sadly, today, this beautiful cat will start living on a cage because NO TURKISH MEMBER can be bothered to foster him. Have a look at the picture and think about it…

Please read below for the rest of the story. If you are in Istanbul please open your home to Curly temporarly.

Contact me on viktor@myletsadopt.com

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Cancer affects us in a way no other disease does.

Many of us have had a close encounter with this mass killer. Some, the lucky ones, fought the battle and survived. Others left behind an empty void and the impossible task of rebuilding our lives as they were.

Regardless of how it impacts us,  Cancer is the kind of disease that makes you completely reassess your life, your values, what is important and what is not, and precisely because of this, this most difficult of journeys should never be traveled alone.

His name is Randy, he is six years old. He is Indonesian.

A stray dog, he grew on the streets where he was fed by a poor man. He was loved, or as loved as a stray dog can be.
The day his tumor started bleeding, people threw rocks at him. Noone wants to see a bleeding cancer tumor up close. Even fewer people would want to do something about and treat it. Rocks become the weapon of choice.

But that is what Carolina, from Let’s Adopt Indonesia did. Without thinking about it twice, she grabbed Randy and rushed him to our clinic in Jakarta.

The tumor is likely malignant but we will have the final results next week. For now we just have to take it out.

Some of you, I suspect (and hope) the minority, will question our decision here. What is the point of caring for of an Indonesian stray dog affected by cancer? There are so many dogs in the world. There are so many cases to save. Why invest in an animal that will eventually die when we could instead save a healthy animal?. The truth is, we will all die. None of us really know when. We may try to guess but we really have no way of knowing. As any cancer survivor can confirm cancer can be beaten, and the only way of doing that is trying, trying as hard you can and keeping all options open.

And that is what we are going to do with Randy.

Randy will not be alone in this journey. Not anymore. From today he will be surrounded by lovely people with beautiful, smiling faces that instead of throwing rocks at him, will do everything they can to make his life better, day after day. With your help, his tumors will be removed, chemotherapy will follow. It will be hard, but we will be next to him, every step of the way.

And so we will give Randy the helping hand every cancer patient dreams of. We are now his only family, his only friends, and even if chances are none us will ever meet him, WE WON’T LET HIM DOWN.

I have set up a Chipin specially dedicated to cover each and every need Randy may have. For life. If he stays in Indonesia his future treatment will be covered by us, regardless of how short or how long he lives, Randy will never lack the best medical care, the best food, and the company of the most beautiful people. He will live a happy and fun life, for as long as it lasts, and when the day comes when he must let go, he will go…. but not yet. Not yet.

Please contribute to Randy’s Fund today… He truly has noone else.

You may have probably noticed on our videos a link to a Paypal Chipin, the Simba Fund. That link is in most of our Success Stories. It is also in our most urgent and dramatic appeals.
It strikes to me today that you may not know why is that link there or what is the Simba Fund? After all with the current level of readership, if Let’s Adopt! ran Google ads in the sidebar of its blogs we would probably pay for all of our operating expenses. Another way of doing it would be to establish commercial sponsorship deals with pet food manufacturers, or other pet-related businesses.
The reason why Let’s Adopt! will never follow that route is very simple. If’ the members support the group’s rescues, it’s the members that MAKE IT HAPPEN.
If support comes from a grant, or from corporate sponsorship, then the relationship with our members wouldn’t matter so much, and we would soon be just another rescue group, more interested in seeking for government funding and cosing up to big money’s pockets than in actually building a community or doing any rescue at all.
I believe any charity or cause that gets involvement from it’s supporters (in whichever way this support may be), outperforms equally or even better funded organizations that don’t have such a strong connection with its members.
In other words…  YOU make it happen.

Please help support rescues like Monica by contributing to the Simba Fund today…

This is Stivie, one of the greatest cats the world has ever seen…
I’m serious…
Stivie was born in the streets of Bulgaria. From the beginning it was clear that he was somewhat special. He was as playful and naughty as his brothers and sisters, but his movements didn’t have the graceful coordination of his siblings, he would sometimes trip and could never really master the usual acrobatics performed by the rest of the family.
Stivie’s mother did a great job at raising him. To make sure his development didn’t stay behind of the rest of the litter she would always bring him the nicest fish stolen from the local fishmonger, mouse if it was her lucky day.
So Stivie grew happy, social and playful until the day one of our members spotted him and rescued him.
The thing is, Stivie has Cerebral Hypoplasia and wouldn’t have been able to make it on his own out there… maybe for a while, but he deserved better.
This is a cat that truly has no understanding of his limitations. A cat that has mastered the Art of Play and mischief, and that will do anything, and I mean, ANYTHING in order to make sure the family is entertained.
Stevie’s life is secured, he is with a network of people that will never fail him and that appreciate him in spite of his less-than-hot motor skills.
Please help me find a forever home for this incredible kitten. Help me offer Stevie 20 years of happiness.

Our usual conditions for adoption apply:

1. Family MUST have an existing animal.
2. The animals MUST live inside the home, not on the garden.
3. Stevie MUST be fed a RAW diet (www.rawfedcats.org)
4. The family will be a non-smoking family. Second hand smoke kills and makes miserable the lifes of both humans and animals. Stivie will enjoy a clean crisp air in their new home.

Contact me: viktor@myletsadopt.com

Stivie is not alone in his need for a family, please visit our Adoption List and consider opening your home to one of our rescues.

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This is not an usual post. I am going to make an extraordinary effort to contain my anger. Continue reading and you will understand why.

There are three stages in a veterinary treatment

1. Diagnosis
2. Operation
3. Post Operative care

Murat Ilgun and Kürşat Özer at the Zeytimburnu Veterinary Clinic in Istanbul have a good reputation amongst the Istanbul animal rescue community.

Their diagnosis are usually right, the treatments and operations tend to be performed successfully. Their pricing is also below average, cheap if you compare it with the prices recommended by the Istanbul Chamber of Veterinarians. This, of course, has made them a favorite of the animal rescue community, forever in need of affordable prices.

The Post Operative care administered is, however, one of the worst we have ever seen.

Runner had to have one of his legs amputated last week. Our usual clinic was full and we had to seek for an alternative location for the procedure.

The operation was performed on schedule, we were told to pick up the dog three days later. Now, please watch this video.

An amputation is a major and traumatic procedure and it is rarely a pretty sight, but that is precisely the reason why Post Operative care is so important, because there is where lies the difference between life and death.

Runner is now back at our clinic receiving the absolutely best veterinary care in this country at the hands of the kind of professionals that don’t treat an injured sentient being as just another thing whose leg has to be forcibly separated from its body and chuck away into a heavy duty garbage bag.

It takes years of hard work to build a reputation, but nothing last forever. We hope this will encourage Murat Ilgun and his partner Kürşat Özer to sit down and to reflect honestly and carefully about the direction of their clinic. Right now, it just looks to me like they have completely lost perspective.

Needless to say, Let’s Adopt! will never again entrust the life of an animal to Murat Ilgun and Kürşat Özer. We advice our friends and members to stay away from that place

Zeytinburnu Veteriner Kliniği: 58 Bulvar Caddesi 50/2 Sokak No: 3/1 Zeytinburnu / İstanbul Tel: 0212 546 81 51 Faks: 0212 558 69 96.

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