ACTIN, making changes for animals in Spain.

On Sunday 22nd September we rescued 3 dogs from a balcony of a duplex. The photos sent to us were of a Yorkshire Terrier and a Fox Terrier and a 3rd that barely resembled a dog. The person reporting had listened to the pitiful cries of one of the dog's till they could bare it no longer and asked Actin to help.

We believed the 3rd dog was very sick with tumours on its body and had our vet on stand-by. The tumours turned out to be the worst case of neglect of a long haired dog, ( Llasa Apso), that we, or our vet had ever seen. Four years of continual hair growth for this poor dog and no care for any of these dogs.

They are now safe but the veterinary costs and care for them is mounting and we need help and support for them. The Llasa Apso is suffering from malnutrition, we do not know how he survived. The other 2 Sweetypie the Yorkshire Terrier, and Griff the Fox Terrier faired slightly better. Rasta's heavy coat, weighed 2.5 kilos and the poor dog weighs the same.

We are asking for donations for these 3, as we have many rescues at the moment and ever increasing vet fees and residency costs. So far we estimate that Rasta's rescue will amount to 800 Euros and this is a conservative estimate.

Please help by donating for these dogs who are lucky to be free.The link for PayPal is here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=H7L8ULMMXA5CC or you can go to our website www.actin-spain.com where we have a donation page and the full story of Rasta's rescue.

Below: before

Below: after, unbelievable!

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO DONATE!

For a number of years a dedicated group of people have followed the problems in Spain and helped tirelessly to save many animals. Their dedication, their loyalty and their professionalism and care for the release of the dogs from the pounds and their ultimate adoptions is something to be truly admired and very thankful for, especially for us on the frontline, that live in this holocaust of Spanish dogs with the serious lack of welfare for animals in Spain.

As the founder of Actin, I first came across this dedication from afar a few years ago, through our Facebook group Animal Welfare support Murcia. One of the things that strikes me most about this dedication, is that is carried out quietly and discreetly, they have no reward or fanfare for the work they do,  but –  oh yes they do, they have the rewards of seeing the faces of those dogs they have saved, when they arrive in their country safe and well, usually after rescuing them just before they are due to die in a Spanish pound.

"We called ACTIN so, because Animal Care Treatment International Network, is exactly that, we need people like the mentioned group, to help to spread the word and we have many doing this now. For that we are so very grateful, as are the many dogs being helped and saved."

Stichting dogs Spain understanding of the situation, their in-depth following you would think, could only be from those that live and work in animal welfare in Spain, to truly understand the whole picture, and they may as well be living here for all the time they spend on this project, their understanding is deeper than many ex – pats and people that turn a blind eye. Many do not believe we can help the animals in Spain, some even  think we waste our time and dream, when they don’t know the work and the daily grind that we have with this massive problem. But these International carers know and they support us. So, we want to tell them how grateful we are that they are here with us, through the power of the internet and how much respect we have for the work they are doing. A big thank you to Stichting Dogs and all of the people who work outside of Spain helping the animals here.

CLICK LINK >> Stichting dogs Facebook Page

Please see their website and support them on Facebook. Here is an article written by the group, and just shows how completely they understand the plight of the dogs in Spain. CLICK LINK >> Info about the dogs of Spain by Stichting dog

We have many dogs that we urgently need help with, for residency, innoculations, sterilisations and care until we get them adopted. We have already made 51 adoptions this year and rescued over 80 dogs. Please check out Adopt a Spanish Rescue Dog page on Facebook - there are so many ways you can help us, even just by giving up a cup of coffee and sending a Euro to our dogs, or sponsoring, or helping the pups by gifting something from the wishlist here...thank you....

Click on photo to take you to the Amazon website. YOU can make a difference!

Actin-Spain website is http://www.actin-spain.com

There is a donate facility there, help us please to do the work we do, thanks!

Actin is a non-rescue, so why have we saved this many dogs and re-homed, fostered and adopted more than 50? The answer is we cannot do the work we are doing without saving them.

We are so proud that not only have we saved this many adult dogs and puppies but we have had many successful adoptions through our Adopt a Spanish rescued dog Facebook page and website, some have been taken by other associations to re-home and some are still waiting. But we have to focus on the job that Actin is set up to do and if we are going to continue like this we need more help, to take off the incredible pressure of seeking funds. We like to re-home our dogs and be sure that they will go on to a better life and we didn’t expect the immense work this involves but so far we realise that we are pretty good at it and its important to us. But the funding is another huge pressure that we cannot manage along with the investigations of cruelty, the campaigns and the development of the association.

To continue with this rate of rescue and re-homing we need sponsorship, or a regular source of income to maintain the dogs we rescue.

We would like to thank the following organisations and individuals for their help with these dogs

The Harmony Fund, Jeanne Thompson, Starfish rescue UK, Jacquie Hazeleger, Dogwatch UK, Perros sin Casa, Perros En Familia, MTC Catalunya and all those adopters, fosterers, carers, donators to our T-cup campaign, member sponsors and all the support morally and financially, that we have received from Facebook members and friends…we couldn’t do what we have done so far without you.

kindly go to this page on our website & help our cause by donating.

We have put photos of many of our adoptions there too. Thanks!

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