The coronavirus pandemic has turned all our lives upside down.
And its effect on animals is devastating.
In August alone, our teams worked on three continents to save lives.
In July, we reported about the desperate situation for dogs on the island of Crete.
Authorities want to close the Souda shelter where they live because of a zoning issue.
A hundred dogs, many of whom act as therapy dogs for traumatized soldiers, are at risk.
After we publicized the crisis, authorities relented
and have given the shelter a year to find a new home.
In Lebanon, a deadly explosion in Beirut left behind a scene of total destruction.
The poor dogs and cats who survived were left dazed, starving...
Many with grave injuries.
We acted instantly, scraping together as much as we could,
and wiring funds in advance of raising money to help.
Our team was told about a cart that was being pulled by two exhausted and injured donkeys
in Bela Bela, South Africa.
We got there just in time and moved the pair, who we named Will and Grace, to safety.
Donkeys are being tortured, maimed and left to die agonizing deaths.
We have set up a workshop to manufacture safe harnesses for donkeys,
and are working with a community leader, encouraging him to promote donkey welfare.
In 2017, we helped save 236 donkeys from the evil Chinese donkey skin trade.
They found a home at the Karoo Donkey Sanctuary where we pay for food and medical treatment.
The sanctuary is located in a remote semi-desert area of South Africa
where grazing is scarce and fodder is difficult to get and expensive.
With your help, we relocated 50 of these donkeys
to a 1,700-acre (700-hectare) nature reserve in Limpopo;
Paradise for our rescued donkeys!
The derelict gold-mining area of Durban Deep near Johannesburg
is home to about 10,000 dogs who scavenge on scraps to survive.
Tragically, many of these dogs are dying from a deadly poison called Aldicarb.
To curb the rat infestation in the area, communities lace the region with this lethal substance,
When we received a call for help from CLAW, we responded immediately.
We are championing a campaign to assist claw with funds
so that they can continue the invaluable work that they do for these animals.
Street dogs are being systematically wiped out in a bloody massacre in Jordan.
Our team is working with the only sanctuary for street dogs in Aqaba.
Al Rabee runs with very few resources,
and the global pandemic has impacted hugely on the shelter's capability to help.
We are raising funds so we can get food and medicines to the shelter,
initiate spay and neuter projects and find homes for them.
In other countries,
Topo was found on the streets of Montevideo,
barely clinging to life.
He had a massive rotting hole in his back
and was literally being eaten alive by fly maggots.
With your support, we can save precious lives that will otherwise be lost.
Our work never stops, and the need for help is always urgent.
And with your help in this time of the corona crisis, we aim to extend our crusade
to help animals to more countries where animals desperately need emergency relief.
