She stayed to help those that remain Whilst delivering aid in Ukraine, mid may, when we were asked to go and drop off animal supplies to a vet in a town called Bucha - most of you will remember that name as it synonymous with the Russian war crimes committed by the

As many of our longer term supporters know, our rescue work started in Bulgaria, in 2006, when the word Animal Welfare didn't even exist in Eastern Europe, with an estimated 3 million dogs living on the streets of Bulgaria alone, falling prey to being run over by a tram or car to sustain horrific

Shining a Light on Compassion: Join Us for the 'War Tails' Documentary Screening in London London, UK - We are excited to announce we will be hosting the private screening of "War Tails" scheduled for June in London - a documentary shedding the misconceptions about people taking their animals with them when

Heartbreak at the bombed shelter In May we visited a shelter on the outskirts of Kyiv called the Best of Friends Shelter, this shelter was situated inside of 1k of the front line trenches and was the scene of some of the most horrific actions that I have seen so far. It

We have the most exciting news... Remember quadriplegic Basil, found in March, completely paralysed from the neck down? Well, after our vet stabilised his neck, we then set about to restore nerve function for him, using herbal medicine (CBD) together with specialist homeopathic remedies. Check out Basil's video for the most amazing result ever.... Basil

Basil arrived to us Easter weekend in a terrible state. It was an emergency; we had received an alert of a young dog laying paralysed in scrubland, by the side of a road, unable to move. Life on the streets is hard enough, yet suddenly being quadriplegic meant certain death for young Basil. Astonishingly, upon

With our shelter in Macedonia up a steep mountain track, the road becomes impassable in deep winter making getting food and veterinary supplies a treacherous journey for our devoted Mimi who cares for all the dogs there. It's as much as the municipality can do to clear the main village roads, there is no desire

When our lovely friend Andrea Gamby-Boulger of Wetnose Animal Aid asked for our help to rescue a street puppy living on the beach where she was holidaying in Bulgaria, we didn't hesitate to help.  Yet what should have been a simple case of collecting the puppy from the beach, turned into a massive hunt the

Our shelter shares space with the cows belonging to the owner of the land, and at milking time, there is much excitement at the shelter when the cows return to the yard from the fields.  Puppy Samson in particular loves to snuggle with the calves, he is so cute!!  ♥ [gdlr_video url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFi9RB7WgoI" ]