Meet Bruno!

Bruno

This Miniature Doberman is one of the newest additions to our shelter.  This poor little guy is lucky to be alive; someone found him thrown away in a plastic bag and brought him to us. 


He is extremely skinny and the patches where he has no fur were completely covered in ticks.  Gloria gave him a special bath to remove the ticks when he got to the shelter and when they started to fall off he was left with patches of bare skin. 
Poor little guy is also anemic which is not surprising after being covered in so many ticks.  It's hard to believe that such an innocent life could have been treated so cruelly; however, as you can see in the pictures, he has not lost his faith in people and likes to get affection and be held.  Gloria named him Bruno and is hard at work getting him fattened up and healthy enough so that he can eventually travel to one of our partner shelters.  We will keep our SAS followers up to date on Bruno's progress.

A Sato from Boston needs to return home!

I lost my dog Dizzy 3 weeks ago. She is a Sato adopted by a friend in the fall of 2003 from one of the shelters on the North Shore, probably the Northeast Animal Shelter. The friend could not take care of her so I took her. Her original name was Evelia.

For the last 6 years she has come to work with me everyday and lived a happy and active life in Boston. She is very popular with the Latino community in my neighborhood of Mission Hill, both children and adults love to tell their friends about her Puerto Rican heritage. On 10/13 while at work one of the doors was left open by mistake and she decided to take herself for a walk. Unfortunately someone spotted her and grabbed her but they did not bring her to one of the area shelters. I have canvassed many parts of Boston with posters and check in regularly with the shelters but she still has not been returned

If there is any way you could spread the word to the Boston Sato community I would really appreciate it.

Thank you.

Best Regards, Dan

 

Wear a Save A Sato T-Shirt and Support the Cause!

Do you love Save A Sato, do you like to help dogs in need! Now you can donate to our cause, by buying on our online store, CLICK HERE to check our newest additions! buy a shirt, a bumper sticker, and let everybody know, who is Save A Sato! A 100% percent of all the purchases goes directly to help our dogs!

The animal rescue site contest! giving away $10k for your votes!

The biggest contest to help save a sato has begun!! horray! visit http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces and vote everyday!!! vota todos los dias! ayudanos a ganar los $10k para salvar a todos los satos de Puerto Rico! Remember to write Save a Sato in the search for shelter box, also in the state box be sure to choose PR, this contest ends on December 10, 2010. Lets give the biggest christmas gift to our satos!

A happy ending for one of our satos! Mancha!

Thought we would send you an update on one of your rescued Sato’s (Mancha – rescued from a rooftop in San Juan in May 2010). Mancha; now Bella, is living with my wife Jayne and I in Foxboro, MA. We adopted her from Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem, MA on 9/23/10. She is a wonderful and loving dog and is doing very well. She has gotten over any shyness very quickly, and loves to curl-up in Jayne’s lap and have her belly rubbed. She is a perfect dog for us, we couldn’t be happier.

Thank you for your efforts in saving the Sato’s of Puerto Rico.
Bob & Jayne Siteman 

Sasha and Betty, in need of a new home

This is Sasha. Her owner died and she and her sister got left alone in a house for who knows how long. When they found her, their hair was extremely long, you couldn't even see their faces. When Gloria, Save a Sato's president, took them into the shelter, she spent hours cutting and detangling all their hair. She was in very bad condition, but she's getting better now. She is a senior dog, extremely sweet, calm, and loving. She needs someone to take very good care of her for her last years in this world. We don't know how was her life before arriving to the shelter, but she deserves someone that will love her for the rest of her life and give her lots of attention and affection. She probably doesn't see too well, so she needs someone that will treat her gently. She would be a great dog for an older person or a calm home without young children.

She will be your best company if you give her the chance. Look at those eyes, you can see her old soul waiting for her new life.

Save a Sato group on facebook has reached 4,000 members!

Thanks to all our 4,000 Facebook followers for making Save a Sato one of their favorites! We will continue working hard on updating our pages and keep you informed of everything happening on our cause! Recommend us to all of your friends maybe with your help we can reach the 10,000! do you imagine that!

A happy ending for one of our satos!

Here is a story we want to share! thanks to Mary Ebbott &
Mark Tomasko for giving a good life to this sato! here is what they wrote...

We wanted to send you an overdue update. Just over a year ago (August  
2009), my wife and I adopted Pedro (then called Pepe), who was  
originally rescued by the Save A Sato program in Puerto Rico. We got  
him from the Worcester Animal Rescue League in Massachusetts, and  
we’re both so glad that we did – he’s  a big part of our lives, and we  
love him very much.
 
Pedro was shy and timid at first, so much so that he didn’t play like  
the young boy that he was. But he has settled into his home with us  
quite well, and now he’s a very happy and comfortable little guy. He  
loves to play fetch and tug and nibble on his toys, and to lie in the  
sun in his yard – and on the couch. Pedro is sweet, gentle, well  
behaved, and smart. He’s learned to sit, stay, and come, and he’ll  
give you his paw. Pedro also loves going on his long walks with my  
wife Mary every morning (rain or shine). People often stop to tell her  
what a nice looking dog he is, and to comment on his jaunty stride.  
We’re very grateful to the kind people at Save A Sato and the WARL,  
thanks for the wonderful work you do.

First man in P.R. Convicted for violating the animal protection law

A man accused of dragging a horse next to his truck became the first Puerto Rican convicted by a jury for violating the animal protection law.
Georgenan Lopez, 24, will face his sentence in November and could carry up to 15 years in prison, the prosecutor Andres Fernandez said today .
The horse could recover from all injuries in February, but still lame and no one can ride it, said Lisa Embree, director of a horse rescue center located in the town of Rincon.
Activists in favor of animal rights hailed the court's decision and believes there is evidence that is beginning to recognize the rights of animals.

Milagritos and rescuer Lisa Embree

100,000 tonight at 10:00 pm on channel 6 Puerto Rico

The documentary is about the  overpopulation of stray dogs in Puerto Rico. “100,000” explores the different alternatives available so that Puerto Rico can take action to eliminate this problem. The different topics that will be discussed are: myths about sterilization, the law against animal abuse, the cultural problem of abandonment of animals, adoption of animals, education of how to take care of a pet, and many others. The documentary will be aired on Puerto Rico TV (channel 6) and the public television of the other 13 participating countries of DocTV Latinoamérica II, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, México, Panama, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. You can watch it online on Sept 11 at 10:00 pm following this link TuTV Canal 6