1. In Serbia, Svetlana has only three days of kibble left to feed the 260 dogs at her shelter.
“Today, 260 dogs all depend on me, and I have enough to feed them for three days, at most. I've been rationing for a month now: a whole month of reduced portions, stretching every bag as far as it will go.
I managed to pay off my debt with my old supplier, and I found a new one who's cheaper. But this one won't sell to me on credit either: I can only buy what I can pay for on the spot, and what I can pay for is nowhere near enough.
I'd rather just say it plainly: in three days, maybe less, my stock will be empty. This campaign is the only way I'll be able to give all my dogs full rations again.”
2. After a month of reduced rations, the fights have started and Svetlana has to choose who gets fed first.
“Winter is settling in over Draževac. When it comes to straw, I'm all set: I have enough to keep the dogs warm. But straw doesn't feed anyone, and with the cold, they'd need more food, not less. Their portions have been cut for a month now. Every meal has become a tense moment: with so many dogs in one place, the first fights have broken out.
I have to choose, I have no other option. I feed the most fragile first: the old ones, the puppies, the sick, the ones who are recovering. Dogs like Josko, a two-and-a-half-month-old puppy I found abandoned by the side of the road, or Mamita, who's still coughing despite her heartworm treatment. The others come after.
But with so little stock left, this kind of triage can only be a stopgap. I can't treat them with one hand and leave them without food with the other: I need kibble for all of them.”
3. At 14 months old, Fati has already beaten distemper and mange: to fight leishmaniasis, he needs full rations.
“Fati is about fourteen months old. His owner abandoned him at a garbage dump, and he's been at the shelter since June. He had everything at once: leishmaniasis, distemper, mange, and on top of all that, he'd been hit by a car.
We fought on every front, and there have been some victories. We treated the distemper, and he now tests negative. The mange is taken care of. For the leishmaniasis, he went through a course of Milteforan, and now he's on allopurinol twice a day. We still need to get his front legs X-rayed.
But for all this treatment to pay off, one thing is non-negotiable: he has to eat full rations, every day.”
4. Between medical care and food, Svetlana's salary is no longer enough: she can't pay for the kibble on her own anymore.
“I have a day job, and a big chunk of my salary goes into the shelter. But it isn't enough to cover everything, so over the past few weeks I've had to make choices: pay my employee, pay off part of the electricity bill, and buy whatever kibble I could, far short of what's needed. The rest has to wait.
Thankfully, some things are still holding up. The Dutch organization keeps helping me, and that means so much to me. I also reached out to several foundations abroad, and one of them sent me kibble and canned food for the puppies. I've been able to resume some of the spay and neuter surgeries that were on hold.
But at the same time, donations from individuals keep dropping. Every bit of help I get is precious, I can't say that enough. It's just that with 260 dogs to provide for, everything that comes in is gone in no time: kibble is still what I need most.”
5. Svetlana isn't asking for money, only kibble so her dogs can eat their fill.
“For years now, I've been taking in the dogs nobody wants, and very often the hardest cases. Some of them have been with me for a very long time. I found Megi at a border crossing, her jaw broken. She's about twelve now, and she's been living at the shelter for eight years. We had a tumor removed and sent off for testing: the prognosis is guarded, and if it starts growing again, Megi will have to go on chemotherapy.
The requests keep coming. People often tell me about abandoned dogs, puppies, dogs left by the roadside, and I get far more requests than I can take on. Over the past few months, two of my dogs found families, and those are two happy endings. But over the same period, I took in four. I have to say no, often, because every extra dog is one more mouth to feed, when I'm already struggling to feed the ones I have.
I hold down a job, I pay what I can. But with what I have left in stock, I don't see how I can manage on my own.”
6. By taking action now, you can help Svetlana receive 3000 kilos of kibble.
Animal Webaction has a logistics centre in Serbia which allows us to intervene quickly and deliver kibble.
7. A campaign is only delivered if it reaches its goal.
If it doesn’t, the campaign is canceled, Svetlana receives nothing and every participant is refunded. That’s why every share counts.
Since 2020, all 25 campaigns organized for Svetlana have reached their goal, bringing in nearly 52 metric tons of kibble for her dogs. Here are the last six:
- July 12, 2026: 3,000 kg of kibble
- March 22, 2026: 3,000 kg of kibble
- December 28, 2025: 3,000 kg of kibble
- August 24, 2025: 3,000 kg of kibble
- May 8, 2025: 3,000 kg of kibble
- February 8, 2025: 2,000 kg of kibble
8. In Serbia, street dogs are hunted by the State and ignored by the population, volunteers like Svetlana are their only hope.
If you know of a foundation or NGO that could help Svetlana, please invite them to contact us, so that we can put them in touch.
If you represent a foundation or an NGO for animal protection, please help Sveltana's dogs, contact us and we will put you in touch!
If you wish to go to the association's shelters to help or if you want to send her directly some kibbles or a cheque, contact Svetlana (note: direct help is done on your own responsibility).
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