EARS Ethiopian Animal Rescue & Sanctuary

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EARS Ethiopian Animal Rescue & Sanctuary

We will provide immediate rescue, medical care and a safe place for animals in need.

08/09/2023

My name is Joe and I am writing to you with an urgent plea for help. … Joseph Bartlett needs your support for DESPERATE FOR FUNDS TO GIVE 350 DOGS A NEW HOME

08/09/2023

That smile! 😄🥰😍

08/09/2023

Think about how that’s speciesist this .

27/04/2023

You may wonder who is behind EARS Ethiopian Animal Rescue & Sanctuary
My name is Michaela Engst, I am fashion/textile designer, trainer and consultant but mostly a passionate animal lover.
Since 2016 I have worked in Ethiopia in the private fashion and textile industry and have held workshops around creativity in Addis Ababa and Youndé, Cameroun.

In Ethiopia I have seen many injured animals since the beginning of my stay.

An abandoned horse broke my heart. The horse was visibly sick and was left on the road to be hit by a car, left to die.
I felt the pain of this horse in my heart and called a vet to see what we could do to help this horse. Unfortunately as things are, there was nothing we could do. "You have to buy the horse but we most likely cannot save it. You need a place to keep it safe or a place to put it down and bury it. As soon as you will go and treat it, someone will come and claim ownership, be prepared!"
I had just arrived in Ethiopia and all this was overwhelming.
On my way to work I would pass the horse and one day it was laying on the side of the road and lifted it's head a last time. It still makes me tear up until this day to think of all this suffering this beautiful creature must have gone through. The horse was dead in the afternoon.

This moment and helplessness has haunted me since. How many injured dogs, sick horses and donkeys I have passed without the ability to help. It makes you sick!

One day I met Coco on my way to work. I stopped at a bakery and saw a dog laying beside the road, in the dirt, with such badly injured back paws, skin and bones.

I will tell you her full story!

Years have passed and I got involved with AAP Addis Animal Project, a group of volunteers who rescue cats and dogs.

Through this work and still passing too many animals we cannot help, not only cats and dogs but also so many horses and donkey, mistreated and abused animals, I have decided to either walk away or to make efforts to change things.

We need a proper structure, we need a place and a team - we need a sanctuary!

We can help all this suffering animals.

We have to work at the core of the issue, which is an absolute ignorance for the well-being of animals.

Part of our efforts will be raising awareness for animals welfare, creating campaigns, run workshops for people working with animals and bring people closer to animals in general.

We can do this!

Please help us setting up the sanctuary!
I have found amazing people supporting my efforts but we need funds to bring this to reality and to built something sustainable.

If you have any questions or would like to find out more about me, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for supporting us in any way you can!

https://fundrazr.com/ethiopiananimalrescuesanctuary?ref=ab_9kV7EC6EDiU9kV7EC6EDiU

27/04/2023

PUFFY - One day on my morning round with Babou we met this little grey fuzzy scared puppy. He was rolled up in front of a neighbours gate. I walked home as fast as I could to get some food for the little one before he runs away.
My goodness he looked like a plucked chicken..poor little thing.
He ate and rolled up at another neighbours gate.
Slowly he started coming closer up the road towards our house, unsure yet...then of course he came closer and rolled himself on the back to get a nice belly rub, Babou attacked him as she was super jealous. Great. What to do about that...
I brought Babou home, sneaked out and cuddled that little furry, he was full of fleas. Luckily I had some coconut oil at home as anti flea dog shampoo is not easy to find in Addis and his teeth were a little sharp to just wash him without winning his trust first.
People, after 3 rubs with the coconut oil, all fleas were gone and he started looking better.
I put him a box in front of my gate and fed him regularly.
He surely wanted to move in, I wasn't sure what to do. Another dog..that is no joke. 2!
There are no adopters for this street dogs, so what to do?
One day, I got in the car with my friend and this little furry with big ears was literally flying behing the car, flying ears with all the strength he had. I couldn't...got out of the car and walked him.
How on earth will I be able to leave my home now if he runs after me with his little skinny legs?
So I took another road and trained him to stay at the gate when I leave. It worked. When I would come home I would find home somewhere on our road.
My heart had decided of course..my head was trying to tell me differently and to find another solution for this little dog.
One day he just ran through our gate.
WELCOME PUFFY!
Babou and me were in love with him!
He is so funny, funky and full of charm. He became the perfect playmate for Babou, ate a lot of my shoes, took apart my sofa cushions (Babou helped him), decorated a lot of my clothing with funky holes and scares people by running faster than a cheetah.

He loves to make friends with the street dogs. How many times I thought I lost him but he was a few streets down running and rolling around sand piles with a bunch of street dogs.

One day I picked him up from his friends street, they all followed us. Imagine: Puffy, me and 4 other big brown and black dogs...beautiful ones. We walked down the street, stopped at the little shop, scared everyone who met us and went home. We also had a sand pile in front of the house...the play continued. So much fun!
He is an adventurer.

You will hear more stories about him...🐶😍🥰

27/04/2023

BABOU - a little bubble of a puppy appeared in front of the house, tied to an electricity pole so she wouldn't run into a ditch or get lost. During the day some kids played with her, at night she slept in a hole in the wall.
It still makes me cry to remember those moments. I brought her a carton box and food. Confused what to do. A dog...that's like a child. My goddess... She disappeared, I was heartbroken. I waited too long. So I said to myself, dear universe may you found a great home for her where she is loved and will never be chained or beaten and gets enough food and love to be the happiest dog! If that is not the case, bring her back to this spot.
The next day my friend told me in the morning "Michaela, the dog is back". Alright. Done deal. I have to act. Whatever this means for my life, we cannot just watch all this beautiful animals suffer.
Babou moved in. She was crazyyyy active, running and jumping I thought she is a kangaroo dressed up as a dog with the strength of a bull. She would crawl over any kind of fencing we build to let my friends kids play safely outside as Babou would jump against the little ones, disaster.
I was panicking. 1. I got the responsibility for a dog. 2. How in the world will I learn how to handle this dog.

Today 8 dogs are jumping left and right through my compound and chill with a donkey in the sun 😅😂😍🥰🥰🥰
I am laughing about it myself. Imagine, I was tripping about 1 dog at first.
There has been not a second that I would regret the decisions - every one of those sweet hearts deserves a safe and loving home and I will give my last everything for those sweet friends.
The joy, hair, bark and happy smiles they add to my life are fulfilling me...when my furry family is happy, my heart jumps - when they are sad, my heart aches. I wish a healthy and happy life for all animals, for the ones I can provide this - I will!

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