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October results

Here are our Group’s results for October and few pictures: Programme “Shelter support”: we provided support to 9 shelters and 2 rescue groups supplying them with food, medication, cleaning products, dog and cat beds, and toys Programme “Neutering”: we neutered 36 female cats, 3 male cats, 32 female dogs and 5 male

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Will you help us save these dogs from freezing this winter?

Will you help us save these dogs from freezing this winter?  These dogs  live in a small private shelter based in a wooded area of Ryazan region (Central Russia). There are 60 dogs there. Private donations just about cover food and medical treatment for the dogs but no more than that.  Dogs

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Yukiko the fox

Yes, this is a Fox! Her name is Yukiko. She was bred for fur at a Russian fur farm. Why does she have such an unusual coat?! Because she was bred especially to have this coat to meet the demands and tastes of customers who are prepared to pay more for

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How we helped Smoky, Brulle, Lera and Nochka

Here are some of the animals we recently helped. Beautiful cats – Smoky and blue eyed Brulle. Both arrived at our partner shelter in Kaluga in a terrible state. Brulle took a long time to recover but now that she is feeling good and looking sleek again, she is ready to find

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How the World Cup Is Killing Russia’s Stray Dogs

Our founder, Natalia Chumak, spoke with K9 Magazine about the upcoming FIFA World Cup and the work to save Russia’s stray dogs ahead of the games. Across Russia, animal rescuers are fighting to save as many of the country’s stray dogs as the launch of the FIFA World Cup 2018

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School Year 2018

We have great news for you today! School year 2018/2019 in Russia is officially over and we would like to share with you the results of our educational programme.  325 lessons6243 children reached (schoolchildren, pre-school and students) 34 schools and other educational facilities: 4 kindergartens, 28 schools (state and private), 1 university

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Nyusya and Chernichka, the sisters

Today we would like to share a story of two sisters – Nyusya and Chernichka (which means Blueberry in Russian). They are community dogs. Until recently they were having a reasonable life in the street but looked after by people who had created a shelter for them and fed and

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Sterilisation for Yasya

Yasya was found as a stray. She saw one of our volunteers and decided that she would follow her. Good girl! Yasya was only about 6 months old when she was found. She was still a kid – naïve and trusting. The volunteer just could not leave her behind which is how

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LAPA’s birthday!

Today is a very important and emotional day for us. It is LAPA’s 5th Birthday! We registered LAPA as a charity in the UK and started work on 1 March 2013. At the end of September 2016 we also registered LAPA as a charity in Russia. We would like to celebrate

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Sterilisation stories

Today is International Spay Day. We would like to share with you one of our sterilisation stories. It is very typical for Russia and we think it explains very well why our work must go on. There is a pack of stray dogs living on an abandoned industrial estate in

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