Posted on January 18, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Our real winter has begun a week ago. After a couple of sunny and rather mild days for this time of year, a bitterly cold blast arrived and we were caught in its icy grip, with temperatures plummeting to 10 degrees Celsius below zero.
Although the central heating was on day and night and despite the fact that all of the kitties had grown really thick winter coats, they were eating astonishing amounts of food and the last food delivery literally disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Actually, kitties are always eating more than usual during the cold season and even though the weather isn’t so hard on us these days, it’s becoming harder and harder to keep all of the Felix residents properly fed. This winter is predicted to be brutal and it’s highly probable the worst is yet to come, so even deeper freezes are sure to be coming our way and the first big snowstorm can easily cut us off from the rest of the world.
We simply must have ample food reserves in case this happens and we get snowed in just like we did twice last year.
All of you know that we don’t usually ask for help to buy the cats’ food, but we can’t possibly feed a three digit number of kitties on our own.
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Posted on January 13, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Care2 Success! Almost 250,000 People Save Dog Sanctuary from Eviction on Christmas
Watch the great clip of Sasha and all the dogs having fun after the news of being saved:
by Laura Simpson
January 12, 2015
A quarter million dog lovers recently formed a virtual human shield around a besieged cage-free dog sanctuary in Nis, Serbia.
A Care2 online petition to protect the sanctuary was an overnight sensation, delivering tremendous political impact that halted the planned Christmas eviction of the dogs (read the original story here). With just days to spare before dog catchers were scheduled to invade the sanctuary, municipal officials announced that the dogs could remain on their property for the time being. Though the city would like to use the land for other purposes, efforts are underway to persuade them to help identify a new home for the sanctuary.
Recently, the mayor visited the shelter, and even brought a few large sacks of food with him. He stood beside the sanctuary’s founder Sasha Pesic, who was rather caught-off-guard by the appearance of cooperation from a municipal government who previously regarded the rescue center as a nuisance. Was this a simple photo op or can the sanctuary expect acknowledgment of their role in the private care of thousands of the city’s homeless dogs over the years?
One of the most amazing things to come from this experience is the change in Sasha himself. As a man who entirely devotes himself to the protection of all 450 dogs who live at the sanctuary, Sasha died a thousand deaths during the month of December when the dogs were suddenly threatened by forces he could not control. But now, we’re beginning to see something we haven’t seen in quite a while. Sasha is beginning to smile again.
If you have just a moment, watch this little video clip and you’ll be quite amazed at what crops up in the middle. Indeed, a playful Sasha seems to have rekindled his sense of joy in playing the role of pack leader to the dogs. Make sure you have your sound turned up to hear all the giggling!
The sanctuary’s ultimate objective is to persuade the municipality to provide an equally suitable property for the dogs to relocate to. The sanctuary team are waiting patiently for meetings to spell out exactly what the city is willing to offer. Those meetings are yet to be scheduled by authorities. Meanwhile, the dog sanctuary’s monthly funds to provide food and veterinary care for the dogs comes from the Harmony Fund charity.
They have established a fund to begin saving for the cost of erecting a shelter on the new property next summer. The cost is expected to be substantial. Major developments in this story will be reported here.
For weekly updates, you may follow the Harmony Fund’s Facebook page.
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Posted on January 4, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
SAV Comment – As Danica says below; not the start to a new year that anyone wants. But saying this, we know that as you can see, little Tik finally got to know love, warmth and a tummy full of food, all thanks to Danica who has to be admired by us all for her dedication to helping felines in Serbia.
Below we are showing some pictures of Tik when being cared for by Felix shelter.
We all strongly hoped that this year would not begin with heartbreak but sadly, our wonderful and audacious little Tik gave up the ultimate struggle for life.
He was just too small and too weak and he ultimately came to the point where his exhausted body simply couldn’t carry on. Possibly he got tired of fighting a desperate but apparently hopeless fight that seemed to last forever, and it was easier for him to just let go.
He fought the hardest he could, we did everything we could, but sometimes not even everything is good enough.
Fly free now, my sweet little angel, I know we’ll meet again one day 😦
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Posted on December 31, 2014 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Posted on December 29, 2014 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
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Fiona arrived at the shelter about four years ago. She was one of 17 strays which had been living in a joint yard in my hometown where their caretaker was feeding them and taking care of them the best she could. That is until a cat hating neighbor hired two brutes to round up all of the cats, put them into bags, take them away and probably kill them.
All 17 cats found their safe haven here at the shelter and have been living nice, quiet and safe lives ever since, Fiona among them. She wasn’t exactly people friendly, understandably, but she’s mellowed a little over the years.
A few days ago she started to behave strangely, she was somehow too quiet and it turned out she had seriously hurt her left hind leg. Nobody has any idea what had happened, but her paw was smashed and the vet had no other choice but to amputate, which was done two days ago.
The costs of surgery and postoperative treatment will be huge, around the 250 euro mark (a little more than $300 USD) and with so many kitties to take care of, we simply can’t pay them off on our own.
Please, help this gorgeous girl who’s already been through so much!
Tripod cats can have full, quality lives and she will have that for sure, once she adjusts to walking on three legs.
Whatever you are able to give really means a lot for her!
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Posted on December 27, 2014 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
We are trying to do our little bit by adopting one little lady from Soi Dogs – her name is ‘Twinnsie’ and you can see her in the video link below:
Is she a little beauty.
Find out more about the Thai dog trade from celebrity supporters including Ricky and others by watching the following video about Soi Dogs:
Watch this amazing video below !!
This is the brief story of Soi Dog Foundation and a recap of the last few years. For more information how you can help, please visit www.soidog.org
Thank you
Please give your support to the fabulous work of the crew at Soi Dogs.
Thank you.
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Posted on December 26, 2014 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Thank you to all those wonderful people who did give something; regardless of the size, towards helping Marko with recovery treatment.
We made approximately 2/3 of the money that was intended to help this little guy with his severe injuries.
As you can now see from the link above, the fundraiser closed some 15 hours ago.
I trust you all had a good Christmas with plenty of food and presents.
Marko hoped for a Christmas that would cover his veterinary treatment – sadly it did not arrive to the degree that was hoped for.
Enjoy your Christmas.
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