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Abyda
ADA
Andalucian Rescue Centre
CAPAB
Chiripaina
Fuertedogs
La Guarida
Khatucai
SARA Lanzarote
Noahs Arc Murcia
La Pontiga
K9 Tenerife
Life Arico Tenerife
Trifolium
Abyda
We build the cages and everything ourselves. It's very close to a place where the rubbish of the whole city is thrown. The shelter is also very small and there are frequent fighting’s between the dogs because they feel stressed. They have no space to run freely and they have to share the cages with 3 or 4 more dogs. We want to save money so that we maybe get another shelter that is larger and have space for the dogs to run. But our expanses are very high so it very difficult. In this shelter are 60 dogs, unfortunately many dogs are in the killingcenter but we have no more space in our shelter. We try very hard to find a adoption home for them. The cats's shelter is also overcrowded as it is really difficult to find good adoptions for cats and so it is very difficult to keep them in a good state. We, as an organisation, are trying to carry out campaigns to make people aware of the importance of not abandoning animals and adopting them. Every cat that comes to our shelter will be tested for FIV and leukemia. In our cat shelter are now 45 cats. The cats with FIV and leukemia are in a separate room.
We are also helping to the animals of the killing station to avoid massive murders. And we also feed and help to those poor animals that are still living in the street. We never sacrifice dogs that are positive in Leishmania or cats, which are positive in Immunodeficiency. So that make us pay very high amounts of money every month to afford veterinary treatments. All our animals are sterilized or castrated before the will be adopted. http://perrosabandonados.es.tl
ADA Almeria Defensa Animal
Our shelter is based at Almeria in southern Spain. At the moment it is a very small shelter, as we only have the capacity for a maximum of 25 dogs. However, we also have 14 volunteers who foster dogs in their own homes. The foster carers take the sick dogs, the old dogs and also the puppies. We rely very much on our volunteer foster carers, who care for these dogs, even though they work full time.
The shelter has been started to care for the many stray dogs in the region. We give them food, water and veterinary care when it is needed. We keep the dogs long enough to learn all about their character and then we put the animal up for adoption on our website and forum, and try to find permanent homes for them. We work with a Netherlands based association and two German association to try to find permanent homes for the dogs.
We hope in time to increase the size of our shelter so that we can help more dogs in need.
http://www.almeriadefensaanimal.org/
Andalucian Rescue Centre
CAPAB Torrelavega
Now there are 350 dogs.
The shelter is in bad situation. The official help is only 6.000 euros per year (Cantabria Goverment), the town hall dont give any help.
The shelter only have 60 memberships. The help is lack.
The land where the shelter is belong to the Ministery of Infraestructures.
There facilites are very precarious, there are no electricity, without fences, a lot of dogs were stole for this cause
there are only a small place with several cages built for 100 dogs.
The shelter has water facilities.
Th shelter are managed for two ladies that feed and care the dogs with few help for voluntaries, only three people are helping.
In February a small dutch foundation send a help of food, and they decided help more times with food and other goods and too building cages in the future, we are very grateful for this help. Its for this cause we ask you help with medicines too.
There is a veterinary that want to help us. The facilities are very precarious and the dogs health are no good.
http://www.capab.freeservers.com/
Chiripaina
Six months later, we registered as an association Chiripaina. It is a non-profit organisation and receives no money from the government
In time, many volunteers come and gone. Our work is physical and mentally hard.Now we have only Rosario - Chairman and Fatima Vice-Chairman as volunteers. We running the organisation and take care of the dogs.
Every day people thrown dogs over the fence from our shelter and the dogs are often wounded. Some dogs run free and we separate the dogs that are aggressive but sometimes a fight is unavoidable, there is a great need of medical equipment to take care of the wound of the dogs. We want to do so much more but there is no money. Sterilisation is very important because not only to avoid pregnancy but also to avoid aggressiveness among the males. Should still bitches become pregnant than it costs twice as much money because there also must be aborted. We have four places where we have a shelter for the dogs.
Shelter Location 1: is on loan, nothing may be built there, is no water. 't is close to the road to the town of Don Benito, with the result that this dogs every day be put on the fence. On this place we have about 20 dogs.. Shelter Location 2: Is from the council and the place when its raining, there is a lot of water, so not ideal. 't Is past the cemetery and was formerly used a a little killingcenter for dogs. Here stay at this time 6 dogs. Shelter City 3: Is also from the council, Its a large space, divided into cages and 2 large spaces where the dogs can run. We like to divide the 4 spaces so that more dogs could walk around during the day while no shade happened. There is running water. There are approximately 24 dogs here. Location 4: It’s a private property is simply an outdoor area, but with natural shade. Here stay now 6 dogs. www.chiripaina.org
Fuertedogs Fuerteventura
The FuerteDogs Foundation Dutch-based, non-porfit organisation that provides both practical and financial support for the dog shelter run by Elke Kaaskoper on the Spanish Island of Fuerteventura. Dogs on Fuerteventura often live under appalling conditions. All sorts of breeds, and the Canarian warren hound (Podenco Canario) in particular, have a rough life on the island and often end up in extermination centres. Healthy dogs, sick dogs and even puppies are killed without a second thought at these centres, even though these dogs could be great pets elsewhere.
Website
www.fuertedogs.com
la Guarida
We need help of any kind to our dogs, medicine, adoptions, money for vets...
Thank you so much for your help.
Website
www.laguarida.org
Khatucai
Khatucai, is a young association for the protection animals in Spain, we specially are dedicated to the cats, because this animals always are forgot for the society in Spain.
We started with a big group of cats of one woman, more of 100 cats were reproducing and dying by illness. In 1,5 years we obtained the control for this group and housed the most of these cats, also helped the cats in the street, sterilizing and looking for families.
At present, we are dedicated specially to rescue cats in the kennels where they could be killed.
When we take out animals of the killing station, they are in very bad conditions, they must go to the veterinary for mediation urgently because many cats can not eat or have a virus.
We haven't got a refuge. The cats are in our houses and in the houses of 2 volunteers. We have about 60 cats in cares.
www.khatucai.com
SARA Lanzarote
We are a registered charity located on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. We care for up to 350 abandoned or mistreated animals at any one time and we receive no fixed Government funding for our efforts. We give aid to abandoned or mistreated animals, stray dogs and cats in Lanzarote. We try to find them all loving homes, be it on the island or in mainland Europe. We have as much animals neutered as possible, both pets and feral, to alleviate the overpopulation of the island. We fight for the rights of animals, to educate people in animal welfare and try to stop mistreatments of animals which still goes on today.
WEBSITE
Noahs Arc Murcia
Noah's Arc is a registered animal rescue charity in the Murcia region of Spain created to rescue injured and badly treated animals. The main focus has been on dogs. Whilst we currently can only take in dogs we always try to help with any injured animal. It is our intention to build more relationships with other specialist animal charities throughout Europe to ensure that we can help re home more animals.
Website
www.noahsarcmurcia.com
la Pontiga
The shelter is in a field near Oviedo, Asturias (Northen Spain). It is about 5000 square meters and has around 200 dogs in cages that accommodate from 1 to 6 dogs, depending on the size and personality of the dogs and the different sizes of the cages. We get no money for the government and survive only on people’s donations and funds that we raise with several activities such as selling lottery and such that we organize along the year.
We build the cages and everything ourselves and they are a bit precarious. The shelter is divided in four areas, totally isolated from one another so that dogs can be let out of one cage at the time in the four areas and four people can be working at the same time, each in one of the four areas. Most of the people who work in the shelter are volunteers, mainly women. We do jobs such as cleaning the cages, feeding the dogs, caring for their health (cutting nails, cleaning ears, etc). For more serious conditions we bring the dogs to a local veterinary that makes a little discount in our bills. And, of course, we give them as much love as we can; we hug them and play with the ones that enjoy playing. We do not put dogs to sleep unless the veterinary recommends doing so. For this reason, most of the dogs in the shelter are quite old and require more health attention. The access to the shelter has to be walking as the road is very deteriorated. The water is suministrated by a pump that gets it from a well trough and energy source (gasoline generator). We still have no light facilities, although a volunteer is currently working on it.
All our female dogs are sterilized and we never give a female in adoption without having been sterilized. We also try everyday to make people conscious of the importance of sterilizing dogs and cats. Every adoptant has to sign a contract before getting the dog and, of course, put the microchip.We do not have cats in the shelter but we feed and sterilize several groups of street cats and also have stray cats in our particular houses.
Website
www.masquechuchos.com
FORUM with AMCF info
Tenerife K9
We were formed in 1993 (our official title is Refugio de Los Animales - K9) by three lady residents in the South of Tenerife, who were moved by the plight of the poor and neglected abandoned animals on the island. At first the rescued animals (dogs and cats) were kept in kennels that had been constructed by friends and volunteers on some land belonging to one of the founder members. K9 Tenerife raised funds for the upkeep of the animals by organising Car Boot Sales, Dinner dances, the placing of Collection Boxes in Bars and the collection of funds at the local markets.
The raised funds never seemed to be enough, there were always more and more animals, more food, and more operations required than there were funds to cover the costs, it was a continuous struggle!
Since then, K9 Tenerife has continued with its work and has received much help from other similar organisations, both here and abroad, and is now affiliated to the RSPCAin the UK - something we are very proud of.
Today, K9 Tenerife has a committee of elected members who meet regularly to consider and deal with the ongoing needs of the organisation. Our Lady President, Elsie Clinton-Leslie, one of our founding members, heads the committee. There are also other non-committee helpers, including Rescuers, Car Boot Helpers, Dog Walkers, Kennel Hands, and Fund Raisers to name but a few, and we are always looking for more volunteers - there are never enough helpers!
We currently rent kennels in the Las Chafiras / San Miguel area in the South of Tenerife which are suitable for housing around 55 to 60 dogs comfortably, although most days we have upwards of 80 in our care!
We have a large variety of pedigree and non-pedigree dogs at the kennels, large and small, all colours and all ages from little puppies to fully grown dogs - every one of them desperate to find a new loving home. During 2007 one of our volunteers has built us a lovely Cattery and so at last we have somewhere to look after the many Cats and Kittens that are also abandoned.
Website
www.k9tenerife.com
Live Arico Animal Protection
Trifolium
Canópolis is a sanctuary for abandoned animals outside Barcelona, Spain, run by the non profit organisation Fundación Trifolium. Taking advantage of the beautiful mediterranean gardens that constitute the place, the dogs are able to live in semi liberty in groups, and can therefore enjoy freedom of movement and socializing according to their own choices. Canópolis also stands out for its use of different complementary treatments such as acupuncture, Bach flowers, or Reiki, and it's programs to integrate huamsn with animals, called "Humanimal". This program facilitates encounters between the animals and people, such as foster home children, and also offers courses and workshops such as the course "Our teachers the Animales" that aims to help participants find their Totem animals. Trifolium also support little individual shelters in the environment and therefor the AMCF is glad to help them.
Website
www.fundaciontrifolium.org
