Care for street animals health and welfare and better health in communities
We are a non governmental, non profit organisation, based in Austria, dedicated to supporting animal welfare and health in communities, through the development of sustainable street animal management programmes in areas where our work is needed the most.
To provide veterinary care to street animals, raise awareness and support communities to responsibly care for their animals.
We envision communities where animals and human beings can live healthy and in harmony with each other and with the environment.
We develop long-term and integrated programmes for managing the population of stray cats and dogs, in collaboration with our local partners. Learn more about the different activities we carry out in our projects.
Spay and neuter campaigns
Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)
Door-to-door visits
Education and awareness-raising activities
Training
Data collection and surveys
Disease surveillance and research
Meetings with stakeholders
We develop projects where we are most needed, where we can provide support through sharing our knowledge acquired over 25 years of experience and/or where there are no or not enough qualified animal health professionals to provide quality services, leading to risks related to public health and animal health and welfare. Learn more about our current community-based projects on remote islands in Cabo Verde (Brava, Fogo and São Nicolau) and Portugal (Flores).
Since 2000, we’ve reached over 68,000 animals through our work. But numbers only tell part of the story, as meaningful change can’t always be quantified. True fulfillment comes from witnessing improvements in animal health and welfare and positive transformations within the communities we care for. Learn more about some of the animals that have been with us along the way.
recovered from an advanced stage of vector-borne disease transmitted by ticks.
was amputated after a road traffic accident. She couldn’t have adapted better to her new condition.
Fajã aka Cristina
is the best company for hikes in Brava, now that she doesn’t have to tend to any more puppies ever again.
Preto Show
is the most famous dog from Tarrafal São Nicolau, Cabo Verde, and got even more famous for wearing a collar.
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She was taken to the veterinary practice in Praia, Cabo Verde, in October 2019. On arrival, she was thin, weak, scared and sad, covered in ticks, dehydrated and suffering from severe aneamia. She was diagnosed with tick fever and immediatly received the appropriate treatment, which took around four weeks. Day by day she recovered more, starting to not only enjoy the regular food but also cuddles and attention.
When she physically recovered, she was adopted with the promise that she would never have one single tick ever again. Tick fever is a very common disease in Cabo Verde, but unfortunately not all cases have the same happy ending.
After arriving at our campaign in Nova Sintra, on Brava Island, Cabo Verde with an old open fracture which had been caused by a road traffic accident, it was decided that the best option for Tripé would be an amputation. She was also neutered during the same campaign.
Since then, it has been a joy to see her every year when we visit Brava. She lives in Nova Sintra, is cared for by several people, and has an inseparable canine companion. She and her friend always come to say hi and receive their deworming tablets.
She lives in Nova Sintra, is cared for by many people, and accompanies hikers on their walks around the island. She was known to have a lot of litters, with many of the puppies having an uncertain future.
She was finally castrated in October 2021, during our castration campaign. She has been a very happy dog ever since and usually shows up whenever our team is campaigning in her town, receiving not only her deworming pill but also plenty of affection.
A few days after surgery, it was reported that he was looking sad. We went to check on him, in Casa para Todos, where he lives in Tarrafal. Due to him licking the wound, the stitches had come out and the wound got infected. As he needed medication for several days, we decided to take him in and he spent the whole week with us for treatment.
While with us, we got him used to a collar and taught him how to walk on a leash. It seemed natural for him, he would walk with his tail up, looking proud as punch. Once he was fully recovered, we took him back home. But guess who waited outside our residence door on our last day to say goodbye! It was Preto Show – what a surprise! He must have grown fond of us and perhaps also of the nice treats we had for him.
After that episode, each time we go back to the island, we check on him and give him his deworming tablets. What’s more, being such a lovely dog, he participates in our awareness-raising activities. Our goal is to give children information about how to approach a dog in a safe way and how to read an animals’ body language. During these education lessons the children also have the opportunity to listen to Preto Show’s heart and to walk him on a leash. Now all children in the city know him and call his name when they see him.
