ABOUT US - For many years we independently helped animals in England. We moved to the Costa del Sol in 1998 and helped animals whenever possible.  A fewyears later we moved inland to Coin and became even more aware of the plight of so many animals.

In 2006 we started as fundraisers and worked withlike-minded people to help the individual Foster homes and the small Rescue Centres that look after and home animals. 

Due to the volume of Stray/Abandoned animals we became more involved in 2007 rescuing and homing animals and in early 2008 we became a Registered charity (No. 7974. All the Dogs and Cats that are very young or sick are looked after by our network of volunteer private foster homes as well as in our own home in Coin, which helps the animals get use to a family environment. Some of our dogs are also kept in our small sanctuary which consists of 10 kennes and is located on the outskirts of Coin. As well as looking after dogs in our own home we have a cattery for about 20 cats. Please note that 'we do not take in peoples own pets'. Our mission is to try to find good secure homes for the stray/abandoned/abused animals that we look after as well as networking with other charities to find homes for all the animals. When financially able we also try to help the individuals and small charities that are overloaded with animals and lack the funds.

We always try to home lost/abandoned dogs straight away. As this is not always possible, we then place the dog (if there’s room) in one our kind volunteer foster homes, which at the moment are in Coin, Alhaurin el Grande, Benalmadena and Cartama and we live in Coin. We also have the collaboration of a very kind and small rescue Centre in Fuengirola, that whenever possible takes in some of the dogs that come our way until a permanent home can be found.

All our animals have a health check and if applicable, they are Micro-Chipped, Vaccinated and neutered or castrated. We are sometimes limited to the number of animals we can help, but by co-ordinating with our connections here and in Europe we are doing our part to try to reduce the amount of stray/abandoned animals and the suffering in this part of Andalucia.

Our order of priority is:
1st. Home animals as soon as possible via our contacts and their friends.
2nd. Our kind Foster homes play an important part as they help us by giving shelter to an animal on quick short-term bases.
3rd. And only if we have to, we will place the animal in one of our kennels. 

Our commitment:

Dogs are desperate for help as there are so many abandoned. In Málaga province alone, around 12,000 animals are abandoned annually   It’s not possible to help everyone but we do our best to help as many animals as possible.From Jan - Dec 2007 we homed 170 animals, in 2008 over 260 animals, in 2009 2005, in 2010 168 and in 2011 202 animals.

We do not receive any type of government funding and donations from the public are far and few between. To meet the animal bills we raise funds by holding charity events and by selling donated goods in our two Charity shops based in Alhaurin el Grande, which are run entirely by volunteers. 

Our charity does not have any paying members and we are classified as ‘Animos sin lucro’, which means ‘intentions without profit’ in other words all the funds raised are used for helping the animals and none of our shop volunteers or the charity committee, which includes ourselves takes a wage.

Help us to help the animals so that we can reduce the misery and death that we witness every day. Sometimes situations can be resolved with just a little help. Our belief has always been the welfare of all animals and the care, safety and protection of them is our priority. We are all working towards the same goal, THE ANIMALS

Breakfast time - Janice with 15 of the 20 dogs at home looking for a new forever home

Grub up! Feeding time

Janice, shoes off and  unwinding after a long day

Below are our pets recued locally, which we kept and are now part of our family.

BEN
Jack Russell Terrier born Aug 2007. Was left without a home twice through no fault of his own.

BENGI
Small Black & Tan Rough coated Terrier cross, Found in the countryside in 2008 when he was 5 months old.

JODI
Large Black & White Mastin/Gun dog Cross, rescued in 2003 when she was 1 year old.

R.I.P. 2002 - December 2011

Some of the strays at our home

Playtime - Puppies with their toys

PIPA
Large Tan Alsation/Hunting Dog Cross, rescued in 2004 when she was 8 weeks old.

Temporary cages - Sleeping pens for puppies in
our covered terrace

CHIQUITA
Small Tan mixed breed, found in countryside in 2007 when she was 12 weeks old.

Temporary cages - Sleeping pens for cats in one of our bedrooms

MERLIN
Brother to Sox (below) Gundog cross dumped over over a wall in early 2009.

Stray puppies in our home awaiting new homes

Puppies - Inside and out (it never ends)

SOX
Sister to Merlin (above) Gundog cross dumped over over a wall in early 2009.

FOSTER HOME PAULINE WITH JANICE (A.I.D.) -

Pauline (left) is one of our main and very kind Foster homes and usually fosters several dogs and pups

OSCAR
Just walked into our land when he was 12 weeks old.

Aviaries - Our 3 Aviaries at home with 40 - 50 birds.
Most of them are rescued.

COOKIE
Was dumed in a box in our chariyty shop in 2009. He was 8 weeks old

Our terrace with cages for injured birds or other types of bird, rodent etc that cannot mix with our aviary birds

Some of our rescued Birds in our home in Coin

Our 5 catteries at home

The funds raised are allocated to the following:

• Vet consultations
• Dog – Leishmania test and treatment if applicable
• Tables/injections
• Drops/collars for protection against flea, tick, mosquito
• Sterilising dogs & cats
• Vaccinations
• Worming
• Special Puppy/kitten milk + food
• Microchips
• Unexpected operations
• Flight/road transport for homed animals here and abroad
• Blood samples and passports
• Sterilising feral cats whenever possible.  
• Projects expenses to help animals that come into our care.
• Dog food
• Cat food
• Cat litter
• Collars and leads
• Animal houses for refuge/foster homes
• Beds
• Toys
• Other unforeseen expenses to help the animals
• Collaborating & helping some private individuals that rescue animals as well as small charities like Pepis Refugio in Pedrera, Seville.

We do not receive any funding from the Government or local authority.

Our charity does not have any paying members and we are classified as ‘Animos sin lucro’, which an exact translation would be ‘intentions without profit’ in other words all the funds raised are used for helping the animals and none of our shop volunteers or the charity committee, which includes ourselves takes a wage in any way shape or form.

40,000.00 Euros raised in 2010 by A.I.D. to help the stray, abandoned, abused animals

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