4 Paws Rescue & Relocation International

10/11/2024

06/11/2024

Halloween Competition Draw and October Lottery Draw.

Halloween winners-
1st Paul Evans
2nd Luisa Giammattsei
3rd Gillian Mroz

October Lottery
Susan Nuttall

Strays Of Belle Mare and East Coast Animal Welfare Project Mauritius

05/09/2024

If you are a new member or one that has not entered yet, please consider joining our
4 PAWS LOTTERY 🐾
We currently have 120 members and that generates £960 per month with a prize pot of £240.
The more people that enter raises more money for the project and a bigger prize pot for the winner.
The average monthly cost of the project and shelter is £3500 so we are desperately in need of more regular funds.

As well as our 60 to 80 dogs fed daily on the east coast at the hotel and public beaches, we have many adult dogs and pups in our shelter that rely on me financially.
Some of the beach dogs have sponsors to help me towards their daily food.
Apart from a few regular donations the rest of the project is funded by me personally.
The lottery money is a an essentially needed source of funding to help towards the daily food, sterilisations, vet costs and day to day running of the project and shelter 😊
Without your support and donations I would not be able to carry on our vitally important work.

The project and shelter are expanding and evolving everyday and behind the scenes we face many difficult situations and heartbreak.
I am also now donating monthly food for feeding the strays at Camp Thorel.
We receive many requests daily now to help dogs and cats all over the island, not just in our area.

If you would like to join the monthly lottery then please get in touch for more information.

Once again, thank you to all who support us and make it possible for us to care for so many dogs and cats that desperately need us and have absolutely no one else who cares if they live or die!
Strays Of Belle Mare and East Coast Animal Welfare Project Mauritius
Lisa 🐾

05/09/2024

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31/08/2024

Sharing Justin our stray of the month from Sunrise Attitude Hotel Mauritius again as he really needs a home!
Share him far and wide please 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
He really is a people dog and desperately wants his own family and a soft and comfy bed to call his own!
I will personally help to sponsor towards this deserving boys travel overseas to Europe if anyone can open their hearts and home to him! 🙏
He was one of the many nameless dogs on the public beach until spotted by a kind guest of this resort because he had severe eye infections and a limp which we think was caused by a car hitting him.
The guest sponsored his foster care until he got better and he wad then released back to the beach.
However the resident hotel pack are very territorial so he turned away from the beach and now prefers to spend time inside the resort where he can feel safe.
Justin is an older boy around 4 to 5 years of age we think but we can't say for definite as he seems to have had a hard life.
He is so friendly, loving, calm and quiet and likes to lay around the resort area with the guests.
He is hoping one of these guests could be his forever family .
Could that family be you?
He is microchipped, sterilised, fully vaccinated and will be snap dx4 and Brucella tested.
Now all he needs is you! 🙏
If you are interested in Justin please contact me on WhatsApp +4407496924661
Lisa 💙🐾
Strays Of Belle Mare and East Coast Animal Welfare Project Mauritius

27/08/2024

I would like to apologise for being quiet over the last couple of weeks but as a family we are going through some very difficult times right now and I needed to take some time out.
But I would like to thank each and everyone of you that reacted to my plea for help and for your kind donations 🥰
I have to be completely honest and admit that financially I am really struggling with the project and the added costs of the shelter now on top.
As I’ve said before, the project for the beach dogs and the running of the shelter costs on average £3500 per month and regular donations only cover around £1000 of that.
This is causing me some additional stress and worry at what is already a difficult time.
The shelter is now full and we have to find homes for some of the dogs and pups or we don’t have room for the sick and injured beach dogs and never ending amount of abandoned litters of pups! 🤦🏻‍♀️
So I will be posting some of the dogs and pups for adoption in Europe ideally as the cost to send them there is around 800 to 900 euros.
U.K. is also obviously possible but sadly because of U.K. regulations and customs costs which are really high the cost of adoption to the U.K. is around £1800 to £2000.
It is slightly less if two pups are travelling in once crate and is around £1500.
Sadly if we can’t find homes for at least some of the shelter dogs and pups our doors will have to close to any new ones that desperately need us 😞
We are also looking for sponsors for all the shelter dogs and pups to help towards their food and veterinary costs.
So if you would like to sponsor one of them please watch out for their posts and let me know.
Sponsorship is from £10 per month and you will be given a sponsorship photo and monthly update on how your chosen dog or pup is doing.
I’m posting Snap, Crackle and Pop to start with.
They were born on the Solana hotel beach under a tree stump dangerously near to the sea.
A guest contacted us to help and is actually adopting their beautiful mum to South Africa.
But the 3 pups also need a home of their own and a family to love them ❤️
They don’t deserve to live their lives in a shelter!
They are currently 10 weeks old and can travel overseas in 6 weeks when they will have been microchipped, rabies, fully vaccinated, snap dx4 and Brucella blood tested.
They are bundles of energy and fun with so much love to give.
They have never lived in a home so will need training and also socialisation.
If you would like to be considered to adopt one of them or to help with sponsorship until they’re adopted then please get in touch in the first instance on my WhatsApp +4407496924661
Application form and home check will be required.
Strays Of Belle Mare and East Coast Animal Welfare Project Mauritius

26/08/2024

It is not “just a dog!”

6053 likes, 252 comments. “The next time you hear the phrase “just a dog,” just smile, because they just don’t understand.”

14/08/2024

I would like to ask everyone who has visited the island of Mauritius, staying at a hotel to name the hotel and your experiences with regards to animal welfare and their treatment of the strays during your holiday please.
Also how you booked your hotel and with whom (travel agent etc)?
I will be collating this information for a formal report to the hotels and travel agents to advise future tourists that regularly ask me which hotels are animal welfare friendly.
So please be professional and factual in your responses and please NO swearing!
Just constructive responses about your experiences and also how you would like to see the strays treated by the hotels and staff and what they can do to improve.
Ie- sterilising the strays, water bowls, dog friendly areas where guests can feed the dogs, allowing us and other organisations around the island to come and feed the dogs daily etc
Thanks,
Lisa
Strays Of Belle Mare and East Coast Animal Welfare Project Mauritius
4 Paws Rescue & Relocation International

13/08/2024

This is a desperate plea from the heart!
I’m struggling guys and need help!!
We are drowning in a sea of pups and I am struggling financially to care for them all 😭😭
We are a group of 3700 people and if everyone donated just £1 that could make the difference on whether these pups live or die!
They need food, vaccinations, flea/tick/worming, sterilisation once old enough and a bed to sleep in!
In the last week alone we have had 15 pups dumped on the beach!
3 just yesterday only a few weeks old covered in fleas, ticks and maggots in an horrendous condition!
Thank you Buchan and friends for going out late at night to rescue them and took them home to pick off all the maggots and ticks and bathed them to remove the fleas.
They have been to the vets this morning and are now safe at the shelter.
We still have 5 pups only around 4 to 5 weeks old living in a tunnel under a monument on the beach.
We have nowhere at the shelter for them and we have asked others but they also have nowhere.
For me to be able to take them I need to build yet another area at the shelter which I just don’t have the money for right now.
We are feeding them everyday and a very kind lady from the USA is also spending many hours a day with them trying to gain their trust as they are completely feral.
But they are not safe!!
They are in danger every minute from the bigger dogs and from sadly humans!!
We already have 15 pups at the shelter on top of our 20 plus adult dogs 😭

My project was always to care for the strays at the hotel and public beaches on the East Coast and a shelter was never in my plans.

But we have helped so many dogs that cannot be returned to the beach for one reason or another and now a sea of pups with little to no future that will grow up to be more adult dogs and a shelter of 50!
The shelter is not even completed yet but so far I have spent thousands and still have more to do!
Financially these dogs all rely on me and it’s a scary place for me to be.
Without me there would be nowhere for them to go, no food, no vet care and no hope!!
SO PLEASE CAN YOU ALL SPARE JUST £5 TO HELP ME BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY TO HELP THESE STRAYS THAT HAVE NOONE ELSE!!

Below are the ways you can donate and please reference pups.

Lloyd’s Bank
4 PAWS Rescue and Relocation International
Sort Code - 30 98 97
Acct No - 59941662

PayPal
https://www.paypal.me/lisa4PAWS — with Barbara Rebecca Elkaz.
4 Paws Rescue & Relocation International

10/08/2024

The publicity of this cruel and barbaric system in Turkey is gaining public momentum and is now featuring on news channels around the world! Boycott Turkey as a holiday destination please! 🙏And let this be a lesson to Mauritius and other countries around the world that still kill their animals instead of using the system of mass catch-neuter-release

06/08/2024

Meet Justin our stray of the month from Sunrise Attitude Hotel Mauritius.
He really is a people dog and desperately wants his own family and a soft and comfy bed to call his own!
I will personally help to sponsor towards this deserving boys travel overseas to Europe if anyone can open their hearts and home to him! 🙏
He was one of the many nameless dogs on the public beach until spotted by a kind guest of this resort because he had severe eye infections and a limp which we think was caused by a car hitting him.
The guest sponsored his foster care until he got better and he wad then released back to the beach.
However the resident hotel pack are very territorial so he turned away from the beach and now prefers to spend time inside the resort where he can feel safe.
Justin is an older boy around 4 to 5 years of age we think but we can't say for definite as he seems to have had a hard life.
He is so friendly, loving, calm and quiet and likes to lay around the resort area with the guests.
He is hoping one of these guests could be his forever family .
Could that family be you?
He is microchipped, sterilised, fully vaccinated and will be snap dx4 and Brucella tested.
Now all he needs is you! 🙏
If you are interested in Justin please contact me on WhatsApp +4407496924661
Lisa 💙🐾
Strays Of Belle Mare and East Coast Animal Welfare Project Mauritius

28/07/2024

Well done to Gill Thompson you are our winner for Julys Lottery. The prize pot this month is £240 and I will be in touch for your details of where to send the money. Thank you to everyone who is taking part and your support for the Project and our Mauritian strays. Lisa 🐾❤️
Strays Of Belle Mare and East Coast Animal Welfare Project Mauritius

28/07/2024

Lottery draw will be tonight, as I have been waiting for confirmation of the 3 last numbers.
We now have 120 entries which is amazing, so thankyou to all that have entered so far 🥰
If you would like to join for August then please just leave your name below in the comments.

The prize pot this month will be £240.00 🎉

I would just like to say that it is extremely generous and kind when someone donates the money they win back to the charity but I want you guys to benefit from being in the lottery and for me to be able to give back for the support you give me.
So if a person wants to donate the money back to the charity they can only do this once.
If that same person wins again at any point then they must accept their winnings.

And PLEASE don’t feel that you should donate your winnings back to us because others have.
This is my way of thanking you guys for supporting our Mauritian strays!
Lisa 🐾🥰

23/07/2024

I have some very sad news 😞
Despite everyone’s best efforts Troy didn’t make it! 😭
He took a turn for the worst last night and despite being on a drip and antibiotics it just wasn’t enough.
This morning he went into his basket and went to sleep and didn’t wake up! 💔
If only we had known about him sooner maybe it would have been a different outcome but sadly it was too late for this gentle boy!
This poor boy must have been roaming around in this appalling condition for many many months but somehow invisible!!
He was seen near restaurants and public places but no one gave him the basics of food and water let alone kindness and rescue!
Please let this be a lesson that when you see an animal in distress and needing help, don’t just take a photo and post it all over social media and expect someone else to help!
Take action there and then and save them from days more suffering and distress whilst others try to find them!

I have sat here crying this morning for a dog I have never met but managed to help from thousands of miles away in the U.K. whilst in Mauritius he was invisible to humans because of his condition! 🤬

Thank you to Barbara Rebecca Elkaz who found Troy purely by chance and Lorena Gaus and Keyur Patel who did their best to try and save him!
Sadly it was just too late but in his final days he was cared for, had a soft bed and food and water.

For those who have donated for Troy, if you would like your donations returned please get in touch with me directly on WhatsApp 07496924661.
If you are happy for your donation to be used for other dogs needing our help and care please also let me know.

RIP Troy and I’m so sorry you were let down by humans who didn’t care enough to help you before and we were just too late!
Lisa 😭💔🌈🐾