We run projects with local communities in Eastern Europe and Ukraine that promote sustainable development for lasting change. Our projects range from spay/neuter programs, as well as advocating for improved animal welfare promoting bio-security in animal shelters to eradicate disease and supporting rescuers and grass roots animal shelters assisting with food, medical aid and emergency care, as well as advice and support on the rescue, care and rehoming of abandoned animals.

The Forgotten Dogs of Eastern Europe

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are more than 200 million stray dogs worldwide with 50 million of those street dogs estimated in Central and Eastern Europe.

For these forgotten dogs, life on the streets is brutal; dogs are seen as vermin, and with no, or only basic, animal protection laws, anyone can mistreat them without risk of penalty or imprisonment, so dogs are routinely faced with poisoning, beatings and torture as well as struggling to survive in a hostile environment with starvation and disease a reality or freezing to death or falling victim to being run over by a tram or car and sustain horrific injuries. Those that survive, suffer the most devastating post traumatic stress.

Our projects reflect the very real need for support in this region.  The Forgotten Dogs present an environmental disaster in the making, and highlight the issues communities have to deal with on a daily basis