News
Salvation for Maya and her pups
“Maya's eyes have always said it all,” Giuliana Adamo, Program Manager for Too Many Puppies, which is dedicated to combating stray animals in Campania and Calabria, explained to us, “and they have done so since the first day she arrived here.” When she and her puppies...
Relief aid in Ukraine during the winter months
A family weaves its way through the crowd. The mother, father and three children are wearing heavy jackets, hats, scarves and gloves. They are so covered up that they find it difficult to walk. In their arms they are holding tightly onto their animals: two small dogs...
Fleeing the war with her horses
“I didn't think it would be possible to escape and take my horses with me, but here I am”. Olga is originally from Odessa in Ukraine. She left the country when war broke out. Like many of her compatriots, she fled in a hurry, taking only a few essentials with her:...
Footprints of Freedom: a whole new life has begun!
The first thing that Inca did when we opened the dog carrier in which we had brought her to Footprints of Freedom was sniff at the grass all around her for several minutes. Every now and then she would glance up at us, almost as though she was asking us to confirm...
Nothing makes the nights feel cozier than your dog’s comforting warm nose
‘A sleeping bag for two’ is not the title of a comedy, but is a practical solution implemented by Save the Dogs to help people living on the streets in Milan with their dogs. The City Council has been unable to keep its promise, which now dates back several years, to...
The tragedy of the ghost towns in Ukraine
“We have made it to Shirokoye, a small village just three kilometers away from the Russian army. There’s nothing left here, except rubble. It’s a ghost town. The number of animals we have seen on the streets is staggering. They all look so terrified and are so...
People begging with dogs on the increase in Milan, more stringent enforcement required
“In the past two weeks alone, we have received 10 reports from local residents in Milan, who are growing increasingly sensitive to the living conditions of animals, about people harboring dogs in poor condition or suffering from malnutrition that are being used to...
Sara Turetta’s autobiography presented in six romanian cities
“The publication of my autobiography, I cani, la mia vita (‘Dogs are My Life’) in Romanian, which has been revised and expanded from the first two Italian editions and has been given a new title: “Urme de Bucurie – Footprints of Joy”, has given me the opportunity of...
Cernavoda – Matteo and Melissa are safe
When the dog-catchers took to the streets in Cernavoda, we decided it was time to take Matteo and Melissa to the safety of our shelter. We started up the van and drove at full speed to the town centre, but when we first arrived we couldn't find them anywhere. We...
Helping the animals of poor families living in romanian villages
Signora Aurelia Sirbu lives with her cats in Dunarea, a village not far from Cernavoda in Romania. Her home is devoid of all the essentials: electricity, heating, food, medicine. But Aurelia would do anything in the world for her cats. One day we bumped into her while...
Salvation for Maya and her pups
“Maya's eyes have always said it all,” Giuliana Adamo, Program Manager for Too Many Puppies, which is dedicated to combating stray animals in Campania and Calabria, explained to us, “and they have done so since the first day she arrived here.” When she and her puppies...
Relief aid in Ukraine during the winter months
A family weaves its way through the crowd. The mother, father and three children are wearing heavy jackets, hats, scarves and gloves. They are so covered up that they find it difficult to walk. In their arms they are holding tightly onto their animals: two small dogs...
Fleeing the war with her horses
“I didn't think it would be possible to escape and take my horses with me, but here I am”. Olga is originally from Odessa in Ukraine. She left the country when war broke out. Like many of her compatriots, she fled in a hurry, taking only a few essentials with her:...
Footprints of Freedom: a whole new life has begun!
The first thing that Inca did when we opened the dog carrier in which we had brought her to Footprints of Freedom was sniff at the grass all around her for several minutes. Every now and then she would glance up at us, almost as though she was asking us to confirm...
Nothing makes the nights feel cozier than your dog’s comforting warm nose
‘A sleeping bag for two’ is not the title of a comedy, but is a practical solution implemented by Save the Dogs to help people living on the streets in Milan with their dogs. The City Council has been unable to keep its promise, which now dates back several years, to...
The tragedy of the ghost towns in Ukraine
“We have made it to Shirokoye, a small village just three kilometers away from the Russian army. There’s nothing left here, except rubble. It’s a ghost town. The number of animals we have seen on the streets is staggering. They all look so terrified and are so...
People begging with dogs on the increase in Milan, more stringent enforcement required
“In the past two weeks alone, we have received 10 reports from local residents in Milan, who are growing increasingly sensitive to the living conditions of animals, about people harboring dogs in poor condition or suffering from malnutrition that are being used to...
Sara Turetta’s autobiography presented in six romanian cities
“The publication of my autobiography, I cani, la mia vita (‘Dogs are My Life’) in Romanian, which has been revised and expanded from the first two Italian editions and has been given a new title: “Urme de Bucurie – Footprints of Joy”, has given me the opportunity of...
Cernavoda – Matteo and Melissa are safe
When the dog-catchers took to the streets in Cernavoda, we decided it was time to take Matteo and Melissa to the safety of our shelter. We started up the van and drove at full speed to the town centre, but when we first arrived we couldn't find them anywhere. We...
Helping the animals of poor families living in romanian villages
Signora Aurelia Sirbu lives with her cats in Dunarea, a village not far from Cernavoda in Romania. Her home is devoid of all the essentials: electricity, heating, food, medicine. But Aurelia would do anything in the world for her cats. One day we bumped into her while...