Dumaguete Animal Sanctuary

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Buzz

BUZZ

Buzz

Approximate age:

1.5 years
Date arrived at Sanctuary: 10 May 2025

Where from:

Wandering on Bacong Diversion Road

Story:

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


Buzz has been with us for about 18 months now and is one of the livelier residents in the sanctuary always running around and investigating what's going on.

Now back to full health Buzz, lives in a pack of younger dogs who occupy the central area of the main sanctuary. He's developed from being a shy, nervous boy to a confident young dog. He now just loves to get attention from staff and volunteers, always nibbling on their ankles to attract a scritch and a friendly word.

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Britney

Britney

Britney

Approximate age:

1.5 years
Date arrived at Sanctuary: 26 April 2025

Where from:

Abandoned near the shelter

Story:

Britney was one of the 15 puppies that were heartlessly dumped at the Sanctuary in April 2025, one of the worst days on record for illegal abandonment of animals we have ever seen.


All of them were given names of pop stars so we knew they all belonged to one group. Luckily we found homes for most of their siblings but inexplicably Britney and her sister Beyonce has been left behind.

Britney has been with us for nearly 18 months and has developed into a lively and fun loving young lady who mixes well with all the other young dogs. It's much harder to get dogs of this age adopted but we still hold out hope that one day she will be lucky.

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Beyonce

Beyonce

Beyonce

Beyonce

Approximate age:

1.5 years
Date arrived at Sanctuary: 26 April 2025

Where from:

Abandoned near the shelter

Story:
In April 2025, we experienced a shocking mass dumping of 15 puppies left abandoned and wandering around near to the sanctuary.  Staff found them all when they were out walking the other dogs. 

All of them were given names of pop stars so we knew they all belonged to one group. Unfortunately one of the siblings died but luckily the rest were all healthy and 12 of them were quickly adopted leaving just Beyonce and her sister, Britney behind.

Beyonce has been with us for nearly 18 months and has developed into a lively and inquisitive young lady who mixes well with all the other young dogs. It's much harder to get dogs of this age adopted but we still hold out hope that one day she will be lucky.

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Bridie

Bridie

Bridie

Bridie

Approximate age:

5 years
Date arrived at Sanctuary: 9 August 2023

Where from:

Abandoned near the shelter

Story:

In August 2023, we took in a weak, confused dog that had been dumped close to the Sanctuary, probably because she got sick and the owner wouldn't or couldn't care for her.  We called her Bridie.


We know all the dogs in the area, so this was another case of an animal being abandoned rather than being cared for properly. She was very weak, and in very poor condition with wounds all over her body. She has a permanent twitch which is a sign of previously having survived distemper. 

We kept her under observation, and began feeding her up and she was very trusting, and responded to humans positively, so it's sad to think that a family that she depended on has let her down so terribly.  She's been with us for a while now and has integrated nicely into the sanctuary.

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Onyx

Onyx

Onyx

Onyx

Approximate age:

1 and a half years
Date arrived at Sanctuary:

July 2024

Where from:

Mother Odette and siblings were dumped near the shelter

Story:

Onyx and his mother Odette and 3 siblings were brought to DAS by their owner who planned to surrender them.  Sadly, the sanctuary was unable to take any more rescues and anyway, DAS can not accept owner surrenders otherwise we would be inundated. So the owners just went behind the sanctuary and tied Odette to a tree were she and her puppies were later found by staff.

Onyx's siblings were both adopted but he has remained at the sanctuary with his Mum.  He is the liveliest of young dogs and loves nothing better than to tussle with his playmates all day, except if his hoomans are around when he just loves to play with them too!

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