Sancho, known as Zecke in Animal AWARE was abandoned as a puppy outside the shelter. We found him tied up to the gate one morning and he was extremely nervous. When we attempted to untie him he was so scared that he tried to bite us and to see such a little puppy so fragile […]
Well dog my cats! as Huckleberry Finn would say. This caring for animals business is beginning to rub off on the staff! Head farm-hand Don Carlos turned up one day, carrying this tiny bundle of fur under his jacket. On his way to work he heard a pitiful miaowing coming from a bush, and there […]
Risitas was rescued along with her 2 siblings from certain death on the streets of Guatemala City. We assume that the terrible wound across her face was made by a cruel blow from a machete. She was skillfully sewn back together by Dr. Hugo Sicán Pelén at Clinica El Arca, and her left eye returned […]
“Khan went to the vet. He is on anti-inflammatory drugs for the arthritis and hip displasia and he moves much faster and easier now. He also had a really bad bladder infection and some kidney problems. We have him on Amoxicilin for 10 days.” – Sue. Khan had been found on the street in Guatemala City’s […]
Delfin is a battler, a bruiser, and an incredible survivor. He was found on the mean streets of Guatemala City with a terrible gash the length of one hind leg. He never told us whether he got it from another cat, from a dog, a traffic accident, or human cruelty. Either way, he could barely […]
What must it be like for a dog to meet and bond with a Human, then to lose that Human, to have to adapt to life in an animal shelter, to one day be subjected to a massive upheaval of its routine and fly in a roaring machine over unknowably vast distances, and to find […]
