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After six months in a foster family with a member of the team, the time has come for her to move on to a new life with what will be her forever family. Art arrived at 36kg extremely thin and weak, with leishmaniasis, kidney failure, heartworm disease, anaemia, etc. Today, with fifty kilos, the energy…

In July last year Antônio was tied with a rope to the gate of the municipal kennel in Tavira, where he stood in the height of the heat until the officials arrived. With him was a note telling them to put him down as they had no money to do so. After a few months,…

Almost all of our followers and volunteers know Mago, a paraplegic dog who arrived at the shelter over a year ago and has won many hearts. The dog who always loved going to do the awareness sessions in schools. Mago was beaten by his former tutor who left him paraplegic, yet he never stopped being…

After more than a year and a half with us our girls Estrela and Dora finally found families as perfect as they are! Estrela came to us after the ADOTA association in Tavira closed, she had several health problems and has exclusively hypoallergenic food. She never tolerated the presence of other dogs but was always…

This is Salvador. 20 days apart for these 2 photos… and to see this difference were only necessary: food; water and lots of love! There are things we take for granted and we think we will never miss. But for Salvador this didn’t happen, he was deprived of all that is essential to life and…

In the first photo it just looks like another dog trying to survive a miserable life that someone has imposed on him. She carried the weight of a chain around her neck, the cold in her body and the fear in her eyes. Blind of one eye, sleeping on their own waste and growling at…

When we are asked what we are looking for for our dogs and cats the answer is very easy: that they are part of the family. A house is not just a roof with food and water. A house is a home, where everyone is respected and loved equally. A house is where they feel…

Happy endings that give us the courage to keep going❤ Almost two years ago a dog has been left behind, wandering the streets of bitterness, fed by some, avoided by others. Frightened, she fed herself in the garbage bins and lived for some months in a field next to the bus terminal in Loulé. She…