Our Recent Rescue Work from Across the Globe

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  400 Dogs Will Never Go Hungry Again

  Sasha Pejčić cares for 400 dogs at his breathtaking animal shelter in Serbia. The dogs eat, play, run and sleep together peacefully. Most have been taken off of the streets and nursed back to health (also spayed and neutered) and now live in a large pack in a disused riding school. At night they sleep in stables in groups of about 15..... Read more.

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  Pups Arrive for Rescued Dogs in Spain

  A few weeks ago the Harmony Fund helped with a flurry of rescues for hunting dogs left to starve in Spain. VivActin, a yioung animal welfare association, led the interventions to save these dogs. We thought you'd like to see a photo of Freckles who gave birth to her pups a few days after rescue. The little one she's nuzzling is called..... Read more.

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  Meet Squiggle, the Rescued Baby Mongoose

  Karen Paolillo at Turgwe Hippo Trust is raising this young mongoose orphan. Karen is such a fine nanny to the wild things here in Zimbabwe and probably one of the few women in the world to have pet a wild wart hog or to touch a baby baboon in his mother's arms. While life with Squiggle involves taking her for short walks in the bush..... Read more.

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  "Wow, I'm Crying Here!"

  This week we received a distress call from Kim's Animal Rescue in Spain. "Some three months ago we rescued dogs from one of the local pounds," explains shelter representative Karoline Barrett. "We have since discovered there is a case of distemper in..... Read more.

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  Updated on Mom "Too Poor" to Rescue

  Many of you are now familiar with our support of the Rudozem animal shelter in Bulgaria run by Diane and Tony Rowles of England. Diane has been threatened with arrest if she does not bring her shelter into compliance with the state-of-the-art standards set forth by the European Union. When the couple moved to Bulgaria with their four..... Read more.

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  "I Slept on the Floor and Hugged Them"

  Last week we sent funds to buy a month's supply of pet food for the cats and dogs cared for by Danica Djurkovic in Serbia. There are 50 animals under her care and here you can see cats resting after spay/neuter surgery. "Last night 18 cats (9 female and 9 male) were sterilized..... Read more.

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  Breaking News! Rescue Blitz Underway for Abandoned Dogs

  These abandoned hunting dogs are now safe. The latest in a string of rescues for "useless" former hunting dogs who are left to starve when their owners replace them with younger ones, these dogs are experiencing human.... Read more.

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  "Speaking Dog" Can't Stop Talking to His Rescuers

  Native Bulgarian Antoni Banev was driving through traffic in the city of Sofia recently when he heard the sound, the familiar yelp of another street dog being mowed over by someone in too much of a hurry to slow down.... Read more.

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  Mom Could Go to Prison for Being too Poor to Save Animals

  Diane Rowles is much like any other wife and mother. She makes sure the boys put on their coats before heading outside, that her husband eats his greens and that the laundry gets done before bedtime. She worries about all.... Read more.

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  We Did It! New Shelter Land Purchased in the Ukraine

  We are very proud to announce that the Harmony Fund has purchased a new animal shelter for the DRYG ("Friend") animal shelter in Ukraine. Thanks to our incredible supporters a $12,000 parcel of land is being secured and.... Read more.

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  Big Barn Rescue Brings Village of Cat Lovers Together

  Winter was coming and the cats all knew it. Their coats were growing thicker, daylight left the sky a little sooner and flies stopped invading the food bowl. But what these feral cats didn't know was that they were all about to lose the home base for their colonies and a rapid rescue mission was underway to build them new ones.... Read more.

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  Blue Dog Rescues His Furry Companions from the Cold

  Sometimes being different is a gift and for one little street puppy in Serbia, a single coat of blue paint became the difference between freezing to death in the snow and flying to the UK to begin a warm and wonderful new life.... Read more.

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  Remarkable Rescue of Elderly Woman Living at Dump With Dogs & Cats

  Lydia Petrova was dealt a rotten hand when her husband died and her sister-in-law sold the house leaving Lydia on the street with her dogs. And though the social service agency offered to place Lydia in a nursing home and a couple of acquaintances offered to let her stay with them, no one wanted to help the dogs. For Lydia, that was simply a deal breaker.... Read more.

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  Hero Ambushes Kitten Villain and Forces Him to Rescue His Own Victims

  Manuela Wroblewski ends each day with throbbing feet and a weary soul after hours of hauling huge sacks of food through the streets of Avsallar, Turkey where she feeds hundreds of homeless cats and dogs. Looking every bit the part of Cinderella, this former German television actress who now devotes her life to street animals knows very well what it's liked to be kicked and cursed and scorned for her compassion in a community that is largely violent... Read more.

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  Wonder Women Blanket Tiny Island With Help for Street Cats and Dogs

  A few months ago, I received an email that I just couldn't turn away from. It came from a woman on the tiny island of Amorgos, Greece. She'd just come home from making her rounds to feed some 80 stray cats, under the constant criticism of passers-by who don't embrace care for the cats despite the fact that all have been spayed and neutered... Read more.

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  Parrots Glued to Trees Will Fly Free in Rainforest

  Justice was served in the West African rainforest recently when 14 African Grey Parrots were confiscated from the grip of a smuggler headed for Nigeria. The birds’ capture from the rainforest canopy symbolizes the brutality of the exotic bird trade here, yet their recovery sends perhaps a more profound message about the priceless contributions of wildlife rehabilitators who seize every... Read more.

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  Snow Storm Blasts Cat Sanctuary

  It looks as though a white Christmas is a sure-fire guarantee for the residents of Cat Shelter Felix in Serbia, and while the cats are greeting the white stuff with mixed reviews, the sanctuary’s caretaker fears this could be the first in a series of super storms. Some of the cats playing on the patio before the storm hit. “The youngsters are having a great time and loving the snow but... Read more.

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  New Russian Shelter Shines Love on Homeless Animals

  This winter turned out to be extra cold in Astrakhan, Russia; some days it was—30 degrees C. We remember how we started to feel cold before we even left the building, even though we were wrapped up in so many layers. We were a regular witness to so many stray animals covered in frost trying to dig anything remotely edible from under tens of inches of thick Russian snow. They would run... Read more.

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  "Unreachable" Doorbell Dog Rescued in Bulgaria

  Here at the Harmony Fund, our rescue squads fly under the banner of "Saving the animals others deem unreachable" and today I want to illustrate exactly what that means. Under ordinary circumstances a neglected dog languishing in a backyard in a rural mountain community in Bulgaria would not stand a chance of ever getting help, but these are no ordinary circumstances... Read more.

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  Emergency in Bulgaria

  Winter brings terror to the Rowles family who sleep under a sagging antique roof blanketed in several hundred pounds of snow. Diane cannot rest. She is tangled in worry for the safety of her four children, her husband and the 150 dogs and cats sleeping blissfully around them. When morning comes, and the Rowles start their 6:30 am morning routine, they notice... Read more.