Mon 19th April: One of the lucky ones

 I picked the new husky girl up from AFCD today, and as expected she was overjoyed to have many new friends at Tai Po and the games started as soon as she arrived.

.  Now-Eski was one of the dogs rescued from smugglers acting as pet-moving companies, and she's spent half her life and puppyhood awaiting release for re-homing.  I gathered today that other dogs have been claimed back by their owners while prosecution cases are being prepared, while sadly many others died after being thrown overboard from speedboats trying to evade capture.  You may recall the awful news stories of travel crates full of dogs and cats being found on beaches around Hong Kong.  

2 junkyard puppies

There are a further two dogs and one puppy coming to us from AFCD Sheung Shui on Tuesday, and we're told that the adults are very sweet, with one being a smaller size.  Many potential adopters are looking for medium sized adults, so I expect this girl will quickly be chosen. 

I was also asked if we'd accept a couple of older puppies from a junkyard who were due to be picked up by AFCD, so I said yes to those as well.  Whether these pups will actually turn up is another matter since we know that many never arrive, hopefully having found homes or at least safety elsewhere.  What always concerns me is the sheer number of unwanted puppies that are born and the limited space in suitable homes, and I assume that the adult dogs that end up at AFCD are often those that have been adopted as babies and then given up when they get too big or become a nuisance.  

All animal NGOs are always being told about stray puppies by members of the public, and it's just not possible to go all over the territory to try to catch such puppies.  HKDR don't have the staff or the equipment, and the best I can suggest is that you contact AFCD to send out the dog catching teams in such cases.  Remember that many of our puppies, as well as adult dogs, come from AFCD, so it's not true to say that all will  be killed as those that are suitable (meaning not wild) will be offered to the animal groups for re-homing. 

Ramen at WNP on Sunday

I'm happy to report that there was a positive response to my request for Sunday volunteers for the Whiskers N Paws puppy afternoons, and we also have a new photography team starting up.  It's been too long since we were able to share all the lovely photos every week like these from last Sunday https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=hkdogrescue&set=a.4254483567897676, but we also have this very sweet video of the tired puppies after their playtime on Sunday: https://www.facebook.com/hkdogrescue/videos/2837036013224922