UPDATE NOVEMBER 27

Two weeks ago we made a promise… we would fly to the jungle outpost where Otto had spent so many months languishing in agonizing pain, we would rescue him, fly him to Lima, fix his DESTROYED leg and fly him to a wonderful home in the USA.

What follows here speaks by itself… and it could only happen because of YOU.

Otto, leaving Madre de Dios…

A quick hop in a car and the drive to the airport…

With Kari… ready to fly!!

Arrival at his new clinic in Lima

Everyone he has met tells us OTTO is the most amazingly sweet dog…   ALL LOVE

HE LOVES to have his belly rubbed!!!

Now.. have a look at this.. this is the picture of Otto’s leg AFTER his accident.. the bone was broken…

What happened afterwards was a tragedy.. Otto was not operated by a veterinarian but by some local healer.. this is the state of Otto’s leg after that first operation in the jungle… check this out!

He has been in this condition for MANY months.. can you imagine the pain?

Luckily for him… his bad luck is OVER!!!

He has now been operated and his leg has been fixed!!!!! A new external fixation has been applied..

Everything is looking MUCH BETTER .. and Otto is now happy again!!!

Meet the team!!!!!

Amazing right? Well… Otto has been moved to Kari’s home in Lima. He will be there until he is in a condition to travel… and the good news is that we know where he will fly to from Peru!!!!… He will go visit our friends at K.9 CARE INC to continue with his rehabilitation with the best team in America. What? You don’t know who they are? Well.. check them out HERE… Amazing people..

THANK YOU all of  you that are making this rescue possible… if you are reading this and you can please spare the price of a coffee (or two) and contribute to Otto’s rescue Fund)… he still has quite a way to go…

Best

Viktor

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Update, November 21.

Our volunteer, Kari Ureta flew this weekend to Puerto Maldonado and rushed to see Otto and evaluate his condition.
This is the state in which he has been found. 5 months after his horrific accident and a series of blotched procedures by the local veterinarians Otto is in a pitiful condition.
When Kari entered the room where he has been confined for months Otto lifted his eyes and his tail started wagging. He was inside the cage in terrible state, malnourished, dehydrated and in obvious pain from his infected leg. The injuries created by the external fixations are infected and are oozing pus. His entire leg is inflamed and swollen. He has lost most of the muscle tone due to the lack of activity and the pain he feels when he stands on his leg.

It’s a disaster.. horrible and infuriating.. but at the same time we are happy because finally Otto’s ordeal is about to finish.
We are working on booking Otto on his flight to Lima where he will be rushed to the best vet in the City for an evaluation and the beginning of treatment to diminish the infection on his leg. From there, he will fly to the USA for his necessary therapy.
We will keep you posted… right now, we can only wish him strength for the coming days..
Don’t worry Otto, this nightmare is about to end.

Please, if you can, contribute to Otto’s Rescue Fund.. the logistics of this rescue are extremely complicated and costly. Please Chipin whatever you can… even if is only the price of a coffee… this baby needs to start a new life, and he will only do so with your help…

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This is how Otto, a once mighty and proud German Shepherd looks today….
Otto is  trapped in one of the most isolated places in the world, deep inside the amazonian jungle, in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios, bordering Brazil and Bolivia. If you are lost already, don’t worry, so did I, I had to use Google Earth to find the place.
His condition right now is as dramatic as you can see.

A few months ago Otto, was playing with some of the kids in the village when one of his legs got stuck into a wire trap of sorts. A painful muted “crack”, and the leg was badly broken.

Otto was taken to a village vet, who, operating in conditions I will leave to your imagination, fixed the dog as best as he could.

Sadly, he couldn’t do much…

I have been informed the external fixation used to repair his broken leg is infected and needs immediate removal. We hope infection has not spread through the bone, in which case, an amputation would be necessary. The veterinarian that has cared for him doesn’t have the right antibiotics or equipment and has recommended for him to be killed. Otto’s condition is critical.

We are coordinating Otto’s urgent rescue and his transfer from the jungle where he is right now, to Peru’s capital, Lima, where he will receive emergency care in the city’s best clinic. Once his leg is fixed, and regardless of the outcome, Otto will fly to the United States or Canada, where he will be adopted by one of the amazing families within our network.

This is going to be an extremely complicated and costly rescue, completely out of reach for a normal rescue or a private individual.

We are Otto’s last chance. Crazy as it may seem, there really is noone else willing or able to help this beautiful dog that is suffering so much.

Once again, we need the Let’s Adopt! community to come together as one, and to help an animal that in a cruel twist of life has found himself at the end of the road.

Please contribute to Otto’s Chipin… let’s get him out of there.

Many thanks for your help…

Viktor

Update: November 1st

We are on week 7 of the Operation No-Kill Nashville and we are close to reach the number of 100 animals saved!!!
As the time progresses we are facing a new number of challenges to which we are trying to find creative solutions…

1. We have a shortage of foster homes in Nashville and around. The volunteers there are amazing, and I cannot think of a better partner than our friends at Nashville Country Animal Friends but we need to find ways for them to grow their network locally so that we can rely on more short term fosters.
2. Winter is here. The arrival of winter is complicated things from a logistical point of view. Some airports are closed to animal transport, airlines request acclimatization certificates, snow and ice closes airports completely. Circulation and transport by road becomes somewhat unreliable. A possible solution I see here is to try to find more fosters and adoptants in Florida and California. Sadly, this will increase our costs significantly.
3. We are rescuing a number of animals that need more than just simple vetting and health certificates. In order to best deal with those cases we need to increase our network of veterinarians across the USA capable of offering the level of service we expect from our partner clinics. If you know an outstanding vet in your area please don’t hesitate to email me and give me his details. We will get in touch with them.
4. Funds: the total cost per life saved, including vetting procedures, transport and kennels/carriers is right now on average, close to 700 USD per dog, and about 400 USD per cat!, at times much more. We need to figure out ways to get our community involved, and to involve them in our fund raising efforts. For now, our Chipin is the only way we have to pay for all of this, and sadly, we are nowhere close to raising enough funds, which means we are permanently operating in the RED. We don’t know how long we will be able to sustain this rhythm, it basically depends on our community to make it happen. To this effect we have just started our November Chipin.. all our expenses will come out of it… Please, if you are in a position to help, please do… YOU are making this miracle happen. Many thanks!. Viktor

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It’s been a month since we started our Rescue Action from the Gas chamber in Nashville. I cannot begin to tell you how hard we are working on this..

Here are some numbers:

- In the first month we have rescued 62 animals in total, 22 dogs and a whooping 40 cats!.

- When in Kill Shelters around the USA dogs and cats die for lack of adoptants in Nashville this month only 1 adoptable animal died, and this happened on the first week of our campaign, when we were not yet organized. Since then, no animal has died in Nashville. Each and everyone of them has been adopted, either by us or by other rescues. Whomever says that there are not enough homes for all animals in shelters doesn’t know what he is talking about. No-Kill is possible, if a group with as few resources as us can achieve this everyone can.

- The shelter, however, has killed many animals that we never got to see, many of them feral cats and animals handed over by their owners with the precise instruction to be killed. The gas chamber has not stopped working in Nashville. This is completely unacceptable and we are starting talks to be able to rescue each and every animal delivered to the shelter, including feral cats and animals needing medical treatment.

- In the first month we have set up the bases of a formidable nation-wide network of foster homes. The search for fosters continues every day. This map will give you an idea of how far we have gone in just one month.

View Let’s Adopt Foster Network in a larger map

- Our two biggest challenges are:

1. To increase the number of short term fosters in/around Nashville. Short term foster homes are crucial, they are the ones where they animals go whilst definite transport arrangements to their long term fosters or final homes.

2. To increase the number of available Funds: After a month rescuing we have made a quick calculation. On average the cost-per-life saved in Nashville, including basic vetting and transport is 180-200 USD. This amount doubles in cases when we have to spay/neuter and can become much much more if more veterinary treatment is needed.

The cost of saving those 62 animals has been close to 12.000 USD. Sadly, we have only been able to raise 4.000 USD. Still, we are managing.

As you all know Let’s Adopt NEVER applies an adoption fee to the adoptants. This is a matter of principle. We will never be put in a position where anyone gets to say that they have bought a dog from this group. We believe in creating a relationship of partnership with our adoptants and Fans instead of one based on a fee transaction. Many organizations can’t understand this logic and continue applying absurd adoption fees. Adopting our animals is not a right, it’s a privilege that cannot be bought by payment of an adoption fee.

We need to find a solution to those two problems. The team of the Nashville County Animal Friends is working hard on increasing their network. From our part we need to be able to continue raising funds in a systematic way otherwise sooner or later the rescues will stop and that gas chamber will start killing animals again.

Let’s Adopt Global is committed to continue saving lives and together with NCAF achieve No Kill in Nashville.

We don’t make promises in vain, but the only way to achieve this is to do it together.. please continue supporting our rescue program in the gas chambers of North Carolina. Thousands of animals are counting on us…

Update 27 April: Vida, one of our most dramatic rescues, an animal that had been disposed in the middle of the fields like trash, nearly died, experienced a wonderful recovery and she is now ready to go a wonderful home.

Please read the rest of the post to understand exactly what Vida went through…

Our conditions for adoption:

1. Vida MUST have an existing animal.
2. Vida MUST live inside the home, not on the garden.
3. Vida 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. Vida’s life has been miserable until now.. at least now she will enjoy a clean crisp air in her new home.

Note: The comment section in our blog is closed. The goal is to increase the number of posts shared on Facebook and Twitter. I would please request to share this posts in your profile and adding your own personal commentary in your wall.. I believe this will increase the spread of our appeals. Please SHARE

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It’s an early morning in Istanbul.

The Istanbul Municipality van drives through a lonely road in a village far away from Istanbul. In the back, shaken and terrified, 5 stray dogs violently hit the walls with each bump of the road. The barks and screams can be heard by every villager en route.

Upon arriving to an isolated location the Municipal drivers brutally unload the frightened animals onto the side of the road.

Two of the animals are in good condition but the other three barely have any strength to move.  Mila is one of them. Too weak to move she lies on the grass, waiting to die.

We were there.

The entire event was caught on camera as part of an on-going investigation by Let’s Adopt! into the atrocities commited by Kadir Topbaş Hasdal shelter and the Municipality’s well documented practice of dumping dogs in the forests and deserted locations.

The events of that morning, together with undercover footage obtained by Let’s Adopt! proves, beyond any shade of doubt, the blatant disregard for the Law by Kadir Topbaş team and the constant and sustained lies of the Municipality to the Press and the general public.

It was barely weeks ago that the brutal killing of a cat made the entire turkish society get up in arms in rejection of animal cruelty.
The events and practices that have come to light show a different kind of cruelty, one no less brutal and affecting to a much larger number of animals, and cast serious doubts over the credibility and honesty of Kadir Topbas and his administration.

In recent months the European Union has granted the Istanbul Municipality large amounts of money in order to improve their sheltering practices, with a shelter currently being built in Istanbul with European Union funds.

European Union officials declare to be totally unaware and shocked by these practices. The scandal threatens to bring European Union funding to a halt.

Kadir Topbaş and the Istanbul Municipality deny any wrongdoing and claim the footage and the scandal to be fabrications. We let you be the judge of that.

Viktor

P.S. Mila died this morning after spending a week in intensive care.

The second dog, that we have named Vida, was rescued, she is in a critical condition.

Lies

LIES from Istanbul Greater City Council, Truth is in the Album, See For Yourself

Dear Sir,

In your referenced mail, you are claiming that the Istanbul Greater City Council (IBB) dumps street animals in a forested area and kills them there.
IBB carries out its operations according to the Law No. 5199 and its regulations.

Lies

In accordance with this law, street animals are collected and brought to our rehabilitation Centers. If they have any sickness, they are treated for it. Then they are neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and registered. After their operation wounds are healed, and if they have not been homed, they are taken back to where they were found. Dumping them in the forest or killing them, as you mention in your mail, is out of the question. There could be no justification for dumping and killing animals on whom so much money and effort has been spent.

For your information.
Recep Zafer
Veterinary Services Assistant Director???

We wish you a good day. ( !!!!!! )

MİNE KÜBRA KERVAN
İBB WHITE TABLE
PROMOTION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS EXPERT  ( .. that’s some expert…)

02124551734
mine.kervan@ibb.gov.tr
ALO 153

We are hoping that Kadir Topbaş hears our voice, because the White Table sends “THIS LIE” in response… There is no investigation, no enquiry… The street animals you see in the photos are only a fraction of the total, and it is apparent from the (blue) ear tags that almost all of them have been neutered at HASDAL.

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BİLDİRİ

Sahip Çıkalım!’ın dünkü mesajı WordPress’in en çok okunan mesajları arasındaydı dün. WordPress’te 5.213.006 blog var. Dün, 28 Ekim günü, okuyucu sıralamasında 79. sıradaydık!

Bu ne demek? Açık ve net olarak demek ki BİZ TÜRKİYE’NİN EN ÇOK OKUNAN BLOG’UYUZ!

Bunu nasıl becerdik? Sadece ve sadece “gerçek” olarak. Uydurmayarak. Doğrunun yanında yer alarak. Politik oyunlar oynamayarak. Ve, çok önemli bir nokta: yardım ederek. Okuyuculara yardım ederek, topluma yardım ederek, her şeyden önemlisi, kurtardığımız hayvanlara yardım ederek…

Bizi bu noktaya getirdiğiniz için teşekkürler. Çok teşekkürler.

Şimdi, bu herhalde paylaşılması gereken bir haber. Lütfen mümkün olan her yerde paylaşın!

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Viktor Larkhill

v.larkhill@googlemail.com

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Let’s Adopt! post of yesterday was one of the most read posts on WordPress. There are 5.213.006 blogs on WordPress. Yesterday, 28 of October, we ranked 79 in terms of number of readers worldwide!

What does this mean? It just means that  WE ARE THE MOST WIDELY READ BLOG IN TURKEY.

How did we do it? Quite simply by being real. By not faking it. By standing for the truth, by not playing political games and, very importantly, by being helpful. Helpful to the readers, helpful to the community and above all, helpful to the animals we save…

Thank you all for helping us get to this point.

Now, I think this is  news that need sharing.  So share them anyway you can.

Viktor Larkhill

v.larkhill@googlemail.com

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Simba, Hayatımı Değiştiren Terrier…

Bugünün yazısı, Simba’ya, ondan her bahsedişimde gözlerimin dolu dolu olması ve boğazımın düğümlenmesine dair olacak.

Sanıyorum ki çoğunuz Sahip Çıkalım’ın çıkış öyküsünü, bu işe nasıl başladığımızı bilmiyorsunuz…

6 Ocak 2008, yaşlı Terrier’im Simba, ameliyat masasında hayatını kaybetti. Memelerindeki tümörler sebebi ile tedavi görüyordu. Tümörler yayıldı. Sahibi, onu kısırlaştırmadığı için hastalığa yakalanmıştı. Bunun yerine onu çiftleştirmişti. Simba, o kör haliyle başının çaresine baksın diye sokaklara atıldığında 14 yaşındaydı.

Bu fotoğraf, onu SHKD’de ilk gördüğüm anda çekilmişti. Barınakta çalışanlar ciddi davranış bozukluğu olan kör bir köpeğin varlığından bahsetmişlerdi. Kimseyi yanına yaklaştırmıyordu, cesur ve haşindi… Ona ait ilk anım, bir tomar gri tüyün aniden üstüme saldırarak beni öldürmeye çalışmasıydı. Sonra, aniden hırlamayı kesip elimi yalamaya başmıştı.

İlk görüşte aşktı bizimki. O gün barınaktan, herkesin korktuğu ve kimsenin istemediği o kör köpekle beraber ayrıldım. Bu yaşlı köpek hayatımı sonsuza dek değiştirecekti.

Simba resting

Neredeyse üç sene boyunca Simba ve ben hep beraberdik. Bana çok düşkündü ve benden başka kimseye güvenmediğini söylersem abartmış sayılmam. Başlarda diğer iki köpeğimle beraber evde kalırken, zaman içinde benimle beraber toplantılara bile gelmeye başlamıştı. Simba, daha önce hiç bir köpeğin bulunmadığı yerlere gidiyordu.
Simba kördü. Tedavisi yapılmamış hipermatüre kataraktı vardı… Durum karmaşıktı ve çok acı çekiyordu. Simba’yı iki kere ameliyat ettirdim.

Sadece çok az bir süre görebildi ve yeniden kör oldu. Sonra kanseri ilerledi.

Tüm bu yıllar boyunca inanılmaz yoğunlukta deneyimler yaşadık birlikte, buna ailemin dağılması da dahil. Tamamen dürüst olmam gerekirse, itiraf etmeliyim ki, vazgeçtiğim anlarda bana hep Simba engel oldu.

Simba, Ali’nin ameliyat masasında hayata gözlerini yumdu. Tarih 6 Ocak 2008′di ve ben orada, onun yanında değildim.

Simba, last days

Simba benim için müthiş bir öğretmendi. Bana şefkatin gerçek anlamını, hayatta hep dik durmayı, sebat etmeyi ve yenildiğim anlarda bile asla vazgeçmeyip, ayakta kalmayı öğretti. O bana, sonsuz güvenin gerçek anlamını öğretti.

Bugün, hepimiz, burada bu yazıyı Simba’nın sayesinde okuyoruz. Bugün, ağımız sayesinde arkadaşlıklar kuran hepiniz, kurtardığımız köpekler ve hayatlarına mutluluk kattığımız tüm aileler, hepimiz, bunu Cesur Yürek Simba’ya borçluyuz.

Teşekkürler Simba.

Eğer Simba gibi bir köpek sahiplenmek, evinizi ve kalbinizi kendi “Simba”nıza açmak isterseniz Karam‘ı evlat edinebilirsiniz…

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Simba at the shelter

Simba, the terrier that changed my life.

Today’s post is likely to be brief mainly due to the fact that whenever I try to write or speak about her I get all teary eyed and I get a fist stuck in my throat.

I realize that many of you don’t know the history of Let’s Adopt!, how we began…

6 of January 2008, my old rescued blind terrier Simba passed away on the operation table. She was being operated of mammary tumors. It had spread. She developed the disease because her previous “owner” did not neutered her. Instead they bred her. When Simba was 14 years old she was thrown to the streets, blind, to fend for herself.
This picture was taken the moment I saw her for the first time at SHKD. The workers had told me that there was a blind dog with serious behavior issues. She wouldn’t let anyone get anywhere near her, she was fearless, and fierce… My first memory of her is of a grey ball of hair lunging at me wanting to kill me. She then suddenly stopped growling, and started licking my hand.

It was love at first sight. I left the shelter with the old blind dog that everyone feared and nobody wanted. That old dog would change my life forever.

Simba

For nearly three years Simba and I spent all our time together. She was very attached to me and I would go as far as saying that she
trusted no one but me. At first she would stay at home with our other two dogs but in time she would end up coming with me to my meetings.

Simba went to places where no dog had been before.

Simba was blind, a hypermature cataract that went untreated… The condition complicated and she was in a lot of pain. I had her operated twice, and she recovered sight slightly only to loose it again. Then, cancer developed…

During her years with me we went through incredibly powerful experiences, including the break-up of our family pack. I am being
truly honest when I tell you that she kept me going at times when I considered giving up.

Simba passed away at Ali’s operation table on the 6th of January 2008. I was not there to hold her.
Simba was a great teacher for me. She taught me the real meaning of compassion, she taught me to be tough, to persevere, to never give up and always stand tall, even at times of defeat.

Simba during cancer therapy

She taught me the meaning of blind trust…

Today, you are all here, right now, reading this post, because of her. Today all of you who have formed friendships through our network, the dogs that we have saved, the families that they have brought joy to, we are all indebted to Simba, the Braveheart.

Simba, thank you.

Would you like to give a chance to a senior dog like I did with Simba? Here we have a very special dog.. his name is Karam . He is very very special…

Viktor Larkhill

Belonging

Sahip Çıkalım! : Aidiyet

Her gün, dünyanın dört bir yanındaki Sahip Çıkalım! üyelerinden onlarca mektup alıyorum. Daha önce hiç konuşmadığım insanlar bana yazarak, en içten duygularıyla  tavsiyelerimi almak istiyor, benden onlara yol göstermemi, yardım etmemi rica ediyorlar; lafın kısası, kendilerini mektuplarında birer hayvansever olarak tanıtmakla başlayan bu insanlar, Sahip Çıkalım! ailesinin  ferdi olmaktan ne kadar büyük mutluluk ve gurur duyduklarını, grubumuza katıldıktan sonra hayatlarının ne denli değiştiğini anlatıyorlar.

Tüm bu mektupları okuyorum, her birini, tek tek, gülümseyerek. Sadece bir kaç mektuba cevap verebiliyorum ama hepsini okumaya çalışıyorum.

Sonra düşündüm ki…çok fazla insan bizi okuyor, takip ediyor, bize güveniyor, ve bu insanları tanıyabilmek için bu mektupları okumaktan başka bir seçeneğimiz yok.

Bu durumu değiştirmemiz gerekiyordu…Üyelerimizin kimler olduğunu bilmem gerekiyordu; dahası topluluğumuzun birer parçası olan her bir üyenin, geri kalanları tanıması, kendileri ve hayvanları için bir yardım söz konusu olursa/olduğunda kendilerine kimlerin destek olacağını bilmeleri gerekiyordu.

Böylelikle, bu ruhla, kendi profil fotoğrafıma logomuzu dahil ettim.

Family

Bundan sonra olaylar tamamen beklenmedik bir şekilde gerçekleşti…Düşünce bir virus gibi yayıldı. İnsanlar, hiç bir açıklama beklemeksizin, dünyaya, Facebook’a ve üç yüz milyon kullanıcısına bu çok özel topluluğa mensup olduklarını göstermeye başladılar. Üyelerimizin hepsi zaten halihazırda hayvanseverlerdi, fakat davalarını yeni bir boyuta taşımış oldular. Logomuzu profillerine dahil etmekle, yeni ve çok önemli bir adım attılar; onlar bu grubun elçileri, sözcüleri ve savunucuları oldular. Hepsi şu an, diğer insanlara grubumuza (buraya tıklayın) nasıl dahil olacaklarını, tamamen yeni olan bu aşamaya nasıl katılacaklarını açıklamakla meşguller.

Bu deneyim bana, politik oyunlar oynamadan sadece doğru olanı savunan dürüst ve net bir yaklaşımın güven inşa edeceğini ve sanal dünyada Paranın değil, Güvenin konuştuğunu kanıtladı.

Family

Topluluğumuz içersinde gerçekten iyi bir etkileşim var ve bu durum çoklukla benim vasıtamla gerçekleşiyor. Bunu, grup üyelerinin kendi aralarında birbirleriyle konuşmaları ve kendiliklerinden ilişkiler kurmalarını sağlayarak yeni bir seviyeye taşımak istiyorum; çünkü Sahip Çıkalım!’ın altında yatan gerçek güç burada, birbirimizle kurdugumuz ilişkilerde.

Sahip Çıkalım’a katılın, üyelerimizle etkileşime geçin, sohbetlere katılın ve ailemizin büyümesine yardımcı olun…

Viktor

v.larkhill@googlemail.com

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Let’s Adopt:  Belong

Every day I receive tens of letters from Let’s Adopt! members from all over the world. People I have not spoken to before write to me in a
completely candid way to ask for advice, guidance, a favour, or simply, to introduce themselves as animal lovers and to tell me how
happy and proud they are of being part of the Let’s Adopt! family and the way the involvement in our group has changed their lives.

I read all those letters, each and every one, with a smile on my face. I only get to reply a few but try to acknowledge them all.
And then I thought… so many people read us, follow us, trust us, and there is no way for us to know who they are?

We needed to change this…. I needed to know who our members were, furthermore, I wanted all our members to know who else out there is part of our community, the people who will stand up for them and their animals if/when this is needed.

So in this spirit I incorporated our logo onto my profile picture….

Family

What followed next was totally unexpected… the idea spread virally, without the need to explain anything people decided to get involved and to tell the world, Facebook and its 300 million users, that they belonged to this very special community. Our members were already animal lovers, but they have taken this advocacy to a new level. By incorporating our logo they have taken a very important step, they have become the group’s ambassadors, spokespeople and advocates. They are now busy explaining people how to join our group (click here), how to participate at a completely new level.

Family

This experience proves to me once again that having an honest and direct approach, not playing political games and standing up for what it right builds trust, and in the online world Trust, not Cash, is the currency that matters.

There is a fair amount of interaction in our community but most of it happens through me. I wanted to take this to the next level by enable people to start talking to each other, building their own relationships through our group members, because this is where the true power of Let’s Adopt! lies, in the relationships we facilitate.

Join Let’s Adopt, start interacting with our members, join the conversation and help the family grow…

Viktor

v.larkhill@googlemail.com

Venus

Venüs iki gün önce kurtarıldı.

Venüs’ü sahiplenin: v.larkhill@googlemail.com.

Venus rises

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Venus!

Venus was rescued two days ago.

Whilst we cannot take responsibility for more local rehoming we are making an exception here because the rescuer is one of our foster
homes for disabled cats and we must keep spaces free in this house.

This is Venus… what can I say.. the pictures speak for themselves..

Adopt Venus: v.larkhill@googlemail.com

Venus reads!

Disaster

Bahçeşehir… Şu anda neredeyiz?

Teşekkürler. Bahçeşehir Barınağındaki trajik olaylara olağanüstü bir tepki verenlere çok teşekkürler.
Son 24 saat inanılmazdı. Türkiye’nin dört bir yanından ve dünyanın çeşitli yerlerinden destek önerileri aktı.

Sizlerle gurur duyuyoruz.

Son durum şu: Sağ kalan köpeklerin büyük bölümü kurtarılarak Yedikule, Bakırköy ve Kemerburgaz SHKD barınaklarına alındı. barınakta kalan az sayıda köpeğin de yakalanması ve güvenli yerlere taşınması için çalışıyoruz.

Çok küçük sayıda kedi kurtulabildi. Onlar da kurtarıcılarında kalıyorlar.

Bugün çok kişiden bu hayvanlara geçici olarak bakmak istediklerine dair mesajlar aldık. Lütfen Yedikule ve Bakırköy barınaklarını ziyaret ederek bu çocukları sahiplenin Kış geliyor, lütfen onları dışarıda bırakmayın. yeteri kadar çektiler.
Maddi yardımda bulunarak kurtarma ve tıbbi masraflara katkıda bulunmak isteyenlerden pek çok eposta alıyoruz.

Sizlerden lütfen Barınak Gönüllüleri Derneği, BGD ile bağlantıya geçmenizi rica ediyorum. BGD burada harika iş çıkardı ve yardımlarınıza ihtiyaçları var.

Bağışlarınız için:

Tekrar, bu kurtarma operasyonunu gerçekleştiren gönüllülere çok teşekkürler.
Bu videoda köpekleri kamyona yüklerken görülen beyefendi Koray Öztaş’a özellikle teşekkürler. Koray, müthiş bir iş yaptın.

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Rescued terrier

Bahcesehir.. The situation right now.

Thank you. Thank you to all of you for the incredible response to the tragic events at the Bahcesehir Shelter.

The last 24 hours have been unbelieveble. Offers of help have arrived from all corners of Turkey and overseas.

We are proud of you.
Here is the latest update. The vast majority of the surviving dogs have been moved to the Yedikule, Bakirkoy and SHKD . Only a small number of dogs remained today in the vicinity of the shelter and we were trying to organize a team to catch them and take them to a safe place.

Yesterday,  Let’s Adopt received one of those calls for help that couldn’t be ignored.

In recent days we have been swamped with cases that, most of the time, we are unable to help with. Reasons? We are a group run by a bunch of volonteers and we are totally overwhelmed. We need more volunteers, people committed to achieve extraordinary things not just empty words.

Yesterday we received a call for help that we just couldn’t pass on.

It was a female  puppy. Her name: Kara. The puppy had been abused and hit with extreme violence. Her lungs were crushed and her jaw was shattered. The pup was crying in pain. We could quickly see she was not going to make it.

The puppy was in Erzurum, in the Far East of the country.

When I heard Erzurum I inmediately thought of Jonah, the pup that last year was crushed to death in Van and that, because of the lack of coordination of “animal lovers” and the interference of internet slanderers ended up dying in some under equipped and badly managed veterinarian hospital at the hands of a group of vets who, simply put, knew more about cows and sheep that they knew about dogs.

We promised ourselves this case would be different.

We tried to have the people in Erzurum to fly the dog to us so that we could treat him at our hospital. This proved impossible. No matter how much we tried, how many options we offered them, it just couldn’t be done. We knew we would have to go get the pup.

Problem is, Erzurum is far. Very far. Exactly 1.057 kilometers away.

We will not elaborate on what we did next and the way we organized to have Kara brought to Ankara, it is part of the Lets Adopt know-how and what makes us special, but just let me say this, NOBODY in the animal welfare community would go to the extent that Lets Adopt went to get this pup to safety.

Nobody.

We ended up rescuing two puppies from Erzurum yesterday night, Kara and Limon.

Kara went straight to one of Ankara best veterinary hospitals. Her condition was extremely critical. She had a massive lung infection and we tried to control her internal bleeding.

She died a few minutes ago, at 21.00. In the end this was a battle she couldn’t win.

Limon is a good state of health, he is in good shape. We knew he wouldn’t survive at the place where he was. He is an extremely clever boy, clever and lucky because no matter what happens he will be ok as he is under our care and protection.

Limon has been lucky, very very lucky.

Please contact us if you wish to adopt this very special dog. He is looking for the perfect family and we know this family is here amongst us.

Regards

Viktor Larkhill

v.larkhill@googlemail.com