Dumaguete Animal Sanctuary

15/11/2024

Two more deliveries of Aozi!
Thank you Rhaveena and Desiree!!
This is so so helpful for us.

15/11/2024

We would like to wish our Founder, Fearless Leader and friend Christine a very happy birthday today! It is no exaggeration to say that many lives, both canine and human have been made immeasurably better for all her hard work, love and dedication. Without Christine, there would be no DAS, and so many more poor souls lost to suffering than there already are. Please join with us in wishing her all the very best on her special day!

13/11/2024

We took in this poor little boy yesterday. We called him clover. He's paralysed.

We have had numerous requests to take in kittens and puppies, but we have to say no as we are way over capacity as everyone knows.

But we will take in animals that are in critical condition and that no one but us will help.

Pretty much everyone can manage kittens and puppies that don't need medical assistance. They can be fed at minimal cost and advertised for adoption.

But there are many animals that need immediate veterinary care. These are the ones we can help. Clover is one of these.

We are not asking for donations for Clover as his treatment costs will be minimal. We will use our laser therapy machine to help his legs heal, cat food that has been donated, and meds that we already have.

Please just welcome Clover to DAS and wish him a speedy recovery.

13/11/2024

Since our post about receiving aozi canned food, 3 more people have sent cans or money for us to buy cans!

We use Aozi canned food for puppies and also thin, sick dogs who need feeding a few times a day.

Thank you so much Rowena for buying this batch!

13/11/2024

Muttley out on his morning walk! He seems to know his name already!

Muttley will be ready for adoption in 2 weeks, so if you want to give this boy a loving home, please message the inbox.

11/11/2024

Another happy ending for one of our rescues, Gailen!

Dogs like Gailen rarely get adopted as once a rescue is no longer a puppy, there is little interest.

Gailen was rescued a few months ago, thin and mangy.

The story around his adoption is also about Ori, the dog with the terrible skin infection around his face and neck.

Ori was adopted ten days ago as part of our adopt a stray program. However, just after he was adopted, the fence and gate were destroyed in high winds. Jessica asked someone to look after him while it was being fixed, and the family looking after him fell in love with him and asked if they could adopt him.

They have a huge fenced and gated property, and ori loves living there.

They asked if they could adopt another dog for a companion for ori, so we suggested Gailen, who was friends with Ori at the shelter.

Gailen has loads of energy, so the house and garden are perfect for him.

Thank you, Eunice and family, for adopting them both!

11/11/2024

We have the best news!!! Miki was adopted by a wonderful family and is already adjusting well.
The first night, she wouldn't come out of the bedroom. But the very next day, she was up on the sofa!

Thank you for adopting our sweet girl!

We love seeing the happy ending photos side by side with the initial rescue pictures.

This is what drives us to keep doing what we do!

11/11/2024

Today is the last day to sign up for "Run for a Paw'!! Over 170 people have already signed up!!

The event takes place on Sat 16th November. Please go to young entrepreneurs page for further details.

The 3k is closed but 5k still open for registration.

DAS staff and some of our dogs will be joining the 3k run - though pugsley will be in a stroller!

Thank you to everyone involved in setting up this fantastic event and all you good sports who are participating!

🐾 Barking News!

We are CLOSING our 3k Category, to ensure everyone's safety and comfort



Registration 🔗 : https://forms.gle/k8YwV3QRzHk17MUa6

End of Registration: November 11, 2024

10/11/2024

One of the reasons we are limited with rescuing is that people keep dumping puppies and kittens outside the shelter!

We don't want to post about it as it just encourages more people to dump.

In the last couple of days we had 4 puppies and 4 kittens dumped.

When you dump, you are basically sentencing other rescues to death as you are taking up space in the shelter that we reserve for animals that are in desperate need.

When we take in any animal, we have to test for a range of diseases. Feline leukemia, feline parvo, canine distemper, parvo, rabies, ehrlichia, anaplasma, heartworm, corona. It costs around 10,000 pesos per animal if you factor in deworm, vaccinations, blood tests, tick and flea treatment, neutering, and medication. Plus, food.

8 little souls will cost us 80,000 pesos in the short term.
But most likely, we will have them for life.

We would really appreciate even 20 (50 USD cents) pesos to help us with these new additions.

Or if you can adopt, that would be the most favourable outcome.

Donations can be made via gcash Christine askew 0905 4949 030

Or through options in the link below

https://www.dumagueteanimalsanctuary.com/donate-funds/

10/11/2024

I just want to say thank you to everyone for your kind words and support yesterday. It made a very difficult day a lot easier.

We picked up the dog that was reported lying in a box. We actually went straight out to check on her right after we made the post. She was already in a bad way, pooping blood, which was likely due to internal bleeding.

A fecalysis showed that she was infested with worms and a skin scrape, showed she was riddled with sarcoptic mange. Blood tests showed that she was in starvation.

We brought her in at 10:50am Saturday, and she ate a little chicken. We put her on IV and other medication that she needed. At 4:30, she started struggling to breathe, and her heart stopped. We tried to resuscitate her with epinephrine, but she couldn't be revived.

We called her Martha.

Days like yesterday can really deflate us, but at DAS, we are always hopeful and optimistic that the situation here is changing. And it is.

We are at capacity at this current shelter and temporarily limited in the amount of dogs and cats we can rescue. But because of our hard work, vision, and most importantly, very generous supporters, we will soon have a shelter 12 times the size of the current one and we will be able to do so much more.

Sadly, it was too late for Martha.

Run free, sweet girl.

And thanks again to everyone for your continued support. It's truly so much appreciated.

09/11/2024

Another fundraising activity happening today!!!
Signore Ma Donna, a Frat/Sor of Silliman University have organized a sale of shirts, jeans and shoes at Escaño today from 3pm to 7pm.

Thank you so much for making such an effort to raise funds for our rescues. We are so grateful.

Visit their page through this link

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/sC8F7TmgaBhwKg61/

09/11/2024

We posted about a dog earlier today who needed rescuing. There are hundreds of dogs here that need rescuing and if we had the means to rescue them all we would.

We are way way over capacity now and to keep on taking in dogs would be putting our whole operation in danger.

So I made a decision to post about the dog in the hope that SOMEONE would help. That someone would offer to adopt the dog after treatment. That somone other than DAS would actually do something.

This of course generated negative comments - and then once someone makes a negative comment, so many people come out of the woodwork to jump on the bandwagon. Pointing out times we have failed to help them, or refused a rescue. Without any reference to context.

Nothing mentioned about the 1000's of lives we HAVE saved. Or the thousands of free spays and neuters we have provided.
Or the free clinic that to date has treated over 300 owned pets.

We do absolutely welcome intelligent dialogue about the problem here and are very willing to hear solutions!!

But I guess this is just another aspect of running a rescue organisation. When I read these comments, I think of Theodore Roosevelts quote - The Man in The Arena..

We did rescue the dog - because someone actually stepped up and helped.

09/11/2024

UPDATE: We have the dog now at the shelter.

We really want to save more lives but we really don't have space to keep adding dogs to the shelter as we are compromising the wellbeing of the 220 dogs we already have.

UPDATE: We have the dog now at the shelter.

The only way we can keep rescuing is if someone agrees to adopt a dog after treatment.
We've had a number of requests to rescue recently that we just have to refuse, or we will end up like many other shelters where the dogs are in terrible condition and the shelters end up collapsing.
We will not allow that to happen to DAS.

We really want to post the rescues reported to us in the hope that someone will take pity on them and offer to adopt. But of course this means we will get a slew of negative comments telling us just to take the dog in.

We are damned if we do and damned if we don't

I'm going to take a risk here and post this poor dog that just got reported to us.

We will treat, vaccinate, neuter, bring back to full health and socialise if someone can just make room for him / her in their home.

We just cannot do this alone.

Is there anyone out there who can help?

06/11/2024

Every two weeks on a Friday, we send out an email newsletter giving more detailed news about what is happening behind the scenes at the sanctuary, updates on our rescues and other news that we don't have space to post about on social media.

Our aim was to get 1000 subscribers, and we have now reached 1001!! such great news!!

Do you want to be part of our inner circle?

Sign up today by clicking the link below, and receive a free guide to healthy eating for your pets.

https://www.dumagueteanimalsanctuary.com/media/our-newsletter/

06/11/2024

So many people in our local community are stepping up and raising funds for us! we are so truly very grateful.

Soul Sis Tarot is offering free tarot readings as part of their Tarot Reading For A Cause Fundraiser on November 8th. Follow their instructions in their post to be in with a chance to win a free tarot reading.
Thank you Kelly and Gretchen!