Every Life Matters
Little Kimchi's time on Earth was all too short. Not long after her reporter had agreed to adopt her if we stepped in to recue her, she passed away on 12 December 2024. We tried our best, but she was just too young to have been abandoned like that. RIP Kimchi, you were so close to a promising life.
Kimchi
Kimchi
On Wednesday 4 December 2024, we suddenly lost Bruno. He was around 15 years old and had a bad heart when we rescued him five years ago. He was one of the very first residents of the Sanctuary. He was the victim of a hit and run and had fallen into a sewer. Rina had to crawl inside to pull him out.
Bruno
He never mixed with other dogs, preferring to keep himself to himself, until he met Wena.
Bruno and Wena
For five years, they walked 1together, slept together, and stayed by each other's side.
On Wednesday, we noticed that Bruno was having trouble breathing, and as our vets were off, we rushed him to Doc Gama at Animal Wellness. But tragically, he had a cardiac arrest just after we got there.
Wena was lost, wondering where he had gone. We decided to take her to the clinic to see Bruno so that she could ride back in the van with his body and at least perhaps understand that he had died and not abandoned her.
She is still grieving at the moment, so we have staff constantly with her.
Losing these precious souls never gets easier.
Thank you, Catherine, for sponsoring him for so many years.
Run free Bruno, you were absolutely loved by us all, and especially Wena.
Wena
Bruno
On 6 December 2024, Ozzy lost his fight against liver failure and passed away. Tragically, he was only about 3 years old. We rescued him and his mother Izzy when he was a puppy. Izzy was an owned dog who had been severely neglected. We were too late to save her, and she died not long after we brought her in, but Ozzy survived. He has had problems with his legs since we rescued him, likely due to malnutrition when he was a puppy, but apart from that he has been happy and healthy at the Sanctuary.
Ozzy
There were no obvious signs of kidney failure until a few days ago when he collapsed after eating and couldn't walk. We immediately did blood tests, and an SDMA test showed his kidneys were irreversibly damaged. All we could do is make sure he was comfortable and pain-free and help him enjoy whatever time he has left. He will be missed, especially by Cleo who was one of his pals.
Ozzy RIP
We are sad that you never found a home outside the Sanctuary, but glad that you spent your time here with us, you grumpy but lovable little soul.
Ozzy
Reese Rhett and Ripley adopted
3 puppy adoptions! On 4 Decemvber 2024, Reese, Rhett and Ripley were taken away by the family who were feeding them as strays, along with their 4 other siblings - Rafa, Raya, Ryder and Rylee. The others are still will us, awaiting their own happy futures.
Thank you so much for adopting from DAS!
Reese
Rhett
Ripley
