Dumaguete Animal Sanctuary

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Snow

snow

Snow

Approximate age:

6.5 years
Date arrived at Sanctuary: 1 June 2020

Where from:

Thrown in a sack outside the shelter

Story:

Snow, her sister Ebony and her brother Alfie were tied up in a sack and thrown outside the Sanctuary.  They were tiny when we rescued them – only around 4 weeks old. 

Her brother was very sick and died a few hours after we brought them into the Sanctuary, and 
Ebony got adopted when they were both around 10 weeks.

Poor Snow did not get adopted, possibly because even after 6 years at the sanctuary, she is still quite wary of strangers and doesn’t approach even our regular volunteers, but she is good with other dogs and never gets into fights or squabbles.

Snow now resides at the new sanctuary where she has much more space and comfort and we hope her new environment will give her more confidence with her hoomans,

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Woody

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Woody

Woody

Approximate age:

1.8 years
Date arrived at Sanctuary: 10 May 2025

Where from:

Wandering on Bacong Diversion Road

Story:

Woody was found wandering around on the extremely busy Bacong diversion road, covered in mange and malnourished, along with fellow suffering stray pup, Buzz.


Woody has been with us for about 18 months now and with his confident nature, he is often the ring leader of the younger dogs in the sanctuary,  He lives in a pack of younger dogs who occupy the central area of the main sanctuary.

Woody is still bonded with Buzz, the younger dog who he was rescued with and, together they always try to get maximum attention from staff and volunteers, by jumping up to get close enough for ear rubs and cuddles.  Now fully recovered, he's developed into such a handsome and healthy boy! 

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Teodi

teodi

Teodi

Teodi

Approximate age:

5 years
Date arrived at Sanctuary: 24 November 2024

Where from:

Reported collar embedded in his neck

Story:

In November 2024, a dog with an owner was reported to us with a chain collar deeply embedded in his neck. The procedure to gently release the links from Teodi's flesh was long and difficult, but ultimately successful.


Although Teodi was originally to be returned to the owner, we decided that he deserved a different future, one that does not feature this kind of neglect. Our adopters commit to never chaining or caging their rescues, so we could not in all consciousness allow Teodi to return to the same situation.

He is now an active, happy and handsome dog, who generally mainly lives outside the sanctuary as his preferred location. Teodi's original sponsor was unable to continue so he's now looking for someone new to support him.

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Mopsie

MOPSIE

Mopsie

Approximate age:

1 year
Date arrived at Sanctuary: 1 September 2025

Where from:

Stray in storm

Story:

During a severe storm last year, we got two calls about dogs in need. One sadly didn't make it, but the other, a little puppy, had been given some protection from the rain by a good Samaritan.

Unfortunately, they could not take her home and by the time we were able to get to her, we found that she had a horrific injury.


She apparently had been hit by a car and her thigh bone was protruding from her leg - she had been there for over 24 hours.

Once we got her back to the shelter we called her Mopsie and after x-rays it transpired that her other leg was also fractured. The leg with the protruding bone was not possible to save so an emergency amputation was carried out. Then, because she was so young, we hoped the other leg would recover after cage rest. Happily that was the case and today Mopsie runs all over the place with her three legs. She is a super cute young girl and her confidence is growing but understandably, she can be wary of people until she gets to know them.

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Chippie

Chippie

Chippie

Chippie

Approximate age:

1.5 years
Date arrived at Sanctuary: 28 June 2025

Where from:

Abandoned near shelter

Story:

In June 2025, 9 puppies were dumped in a cardboard box next to the road leading to the shelter. It's so sad when we find these innocent, young souls just left to fend for themselves, they couldn't even get out of the box.


Chippie was one of those sweet bundles of fur and although his siblings were soon adopted Chippie was never chosen although we can't imagine why.

He's one of the most lively and fun loving young dogs at the sanctuary now, always ready to jump in front of anyone passing to get some attention and have a play. He's full of beans and very confident and mixes well with most dogs in the sanctuary. Chippie can most often be found encouraging his mates to play tug of war with a fallen branch or a bundle of leaves.

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