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SOS street dogs MacedoniaThere are 0 kg missing to succeed
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1. Mira has no more food for stray dogs : hungry, they are eating poisoned bait!
Well known by Mira, the one she called Golden Boy lived on the street where she fed him regularly, until this week. Poisoned, he died at the veterinary clinic where Mira took him in emergency after she discovered his body
Recently arrived on the street, this female dog had not yet been named by Mira, who also intended to have her neutered. But she didn't have time to do so, since the poison was fatal
Starving in the street, Finn had gotten used to getting close to a restaurant these past few days, hoping to get some leftovers.... An unpleasant presence for the restaurant owners, who openly threatened to poison him: Mira had to rescue him urgently during the night of June 23rd
Every day, Mom posts herself in the same spot hoping that Mira will come by and bring her food. Mom lives with her little ones on the street, whom she hides most of the time. If Mira can't bring them any more kibbles, Mom and her babies may eat poisoned food!
Frose arrived on the street a little over a year ago with an advanced skin disease, which Mira had trouble fighting. She stays every day at the same bus stop to receive Mira's food...
Donna has been living on the street for over a year, and was neutered by Mira last year: pregnant, she would have had to keep her litter on the street without Mira's intervention. Donna stays most of the time with Frose at the same bus stop, waiting for Mira to come by: they are easy prey for anyone who wants to poison them if Mira stops feeding them
Chupi is a long-time street dog, fed daily by Mira. Chupi only gets along with Pongo, another street dog. Very territorial, both are always posted in the same place and are therefore easy targets for anyone who wants to poison them
Mira goes around the city every day to meet a hundred street dogs, for whom summer is a difficult time: "Temperature here will soon reach +40 and sometimes even more. They can’t go far to look for a food with heat. And heat and hunger are exhausting them so much that they loose weight so quickly" Mira explains.
But summer also marks the arrival of tourists, and the resurgence of poisonings, which have been practiced for years in the country.... Starving street dogs rush on poisoned bait, with chances of survival close to zero: several have already died in recent days!
To prevent them from such a fate, Mira must keep them from being hungry, by distributing food every day, but she no longer has any kibbles!
2.We went there on June 18th, Mira only had half a bag of kibble to give them
The food storage was completely empty when we came on June 18th....
A few kibbles at the bottom of two open bags, and a few pieces of stale bread: here is all Mira had left to feed the dogs when we went there
Following Mira's SOS, we went there and followed her through the city to meet the street dogs.
During our visit on June 18th, her food supply was completely empty: half a bag of kibble and old bread were the only items still in stock. And the situation has not improved since then:
"I have no food left, buying from day to day. It's a daily struggle. And with all this emergencies i don’t find time to post to fundraise for food" Mira told us on June 24th.
3. Abandoned at the landfill where they have no water nor food, they also need kibbles!
The hot season has started, it is already 30°C in Macedonia. Dozens of stray dogs are abandoned at the landfill and try to quench their thirst with dirty water....
Subjected to hunger and thirst, the dogs in the landfill suffer for many skin diseases and various parasites. With heat, they suffer more than ever from hunger: the waste they eat rots before it even arrives on the spot
Mira goes there every other day to feed them as she can, whether it is with kibble or just bread, and to bring them water
Because the landfill has become her home, Opy is fed every second day by Mira. He already suffers from a skin disease, as well as an injury to one of his legs. Mira tries to treat him on the spot, but is not sure that this will be enough
Discovered at the landfill at the beginning of June, Lucy and Lola were totally emaciated, and in a terrible state. Their survival was compromised: Mira managed to get help to rescue them, but it is impossible for her to gather all the dogs from the landfill, there are dozens of them....
Just a few weeks old, Nelson lives at the city landfill, where Mira brings him water and food. He also has lesions on his hind legs: Mira is trying to help him as much as she can, and will take him to the vet as soon as she can
Probably used for breeding, Kali was left at the dump, where she has just given birth. Rejected by the other dogs so far, she is frightened and relies heavily on the food brought by Mira
Often located far from the city, and hidden from view, open-air landfills are a popular place for animal abandonment, dogs first.
Today, dozens of dogs of all ages live in the Skopje landfill. The arrival of summer also marks a very difficult period for them: abandonments that are intensifying, a tedious heat, and the scarcity of water and food. "Hot weather is starting, food in garbage is rotten quickly and they are getting sick " Mira tells us.
"We desperately need food for stray dogs. We are trying to feed as many as possible" she says.
4. If we don't reach the target, dogs won't receive any food
A failed collection on Animal Webaction
We can take action, we have already booked a truck and pallets, but we have to pay it before July 1st.
If the collection fails, we will not be able to pay, the departure of the truck will be cancelled and none of the collected kibbles will be delivered...
If the collection fails, we will refund all donors.
5. The number of street dogs is constantly increasing, Mira is overwhelmed
Mira feeds nearly a hundred dogs every day through the streets of Skopje. The simple fact of travelling around the city to meet each pack, or each isolated dog, takes her an average of 5 to 6 hours a day
"The main problem is that the number of dogs on the streets is increasing every day" says Mira, who has been in the field for several years now.
With a deficient neutering program throughout the country, and a lack of sanctions in the event of abandonment, the population of street dogs keeps getting bigger and bigger. The only solution is spaying and neutering, but the time and money needed for food and medical care is far too high for field volunteers, who cannot carry out extensive spay and neutering campaigns.
With 5 to 6 hours a day to feed each of the abandoned dogs, rescues and emergencies, trips to the clinic, daily treatments for each other, but also fundraising and adoption, Mira is totally overwhelmed! She begs us to help her.
6. Medical costs are booming, Mira is forced to choose between treating the animals or feeding them!
Found at the landfill, Gordi had been seriously hit on the head with a sharp object: his wounds were not yet healed when we met him
On the street and very weak, Minnie had a high leukocyte level when Mira took care of her, and received significant treatment. Unfortunately, she has just been diagnosed with a kidney tumor, so Minnie will need to undergo several other treatments in the coming weeks
Seriously injured on her hind legs and hip, Mila had to undergo several treatments and surgeries in order to heal from her injuries....
During our visit, we had the opportunity to meet about 15 dogs suffering from various diseases, and 20 suffering from more or less serious injuries.
The costs associated with medical care are very high, and Mira is not always able to get the help she needs to pay bills, let alone raise funds for food!
A situation that requires her to prioritise, and to give only stale bread and leftovers if she can find some instead of kibbles, to be able to finance the most urgent medical cares...
7. Social networks, website, contact with foreign associations: Mira does her best to get help, but it is not enough
Mira has more than one string to her bow, but she's already used most of them... Online collections are time-consuming and do not really work, SOS sent on social networks are continuous but insufficient, and her appeals to international foundations remain in vain....
If Mira also set up a website dedicated to her rescues, it proved to be very time-consuming and inefficient: "Website became lux as it was not generating enough money to pay at least monthly fees to keep it".
Mira already invests all the personal money she can spend on dogs, but it's far from enough, she doesn't know how to get by anymore: "With so many new rescued animals impossible to find time to make appeal for a food. Holidays approaching and to raise money even for really urgent things is almost impossible"
8. The only association that helps her is at the end of its capacity, she asks us to intervene
The Woolly Woofters association helps Mira as much as possible, but is confronted with its own limitations
From France, Linda Renton manages the Woolly Woofters association, to help animals in need around the world "We give of our time, we raise funds to pay for transport, food, treatments, spay" sums up Linda. Most of the funds collected come from the sale of creations made by the members of the association: knitted objects, paintings, and even plants of all kinds.
But the association generates little money, and supports several rescuers, particularly in Macedonia and Bosnia: "We can continue to buy small quantities by trying to raise funds but the sooner you can help the better" she tells us about Mira and the dogs from Skopje.
9. We want to help them
Abandoned at the dump, Tanouk gave birth to a litter there almost two months ago. Mira plans to neuter her as soon as she is done breastfeeding, and hopes to find her an adopter, but Tanouk will need kibble to survive the summer
At the landfill for more than a year, Janna is fed every second day by Mira, who has also neutered her. Disoriented in this environment, she won't be able to manage if Mira stops bringing her food
Lucy has managed to regain some weight thanks to the kibbles initially provided by Mira, but her condition is precarious: she suffered from severe malnutrition at a young age, still has scabies, and also has troubles with her hind legs
Lola suffers from scabies, and like her sister Lucy, experienced severe malnutrition at a very young age. Mira has managed to offer her a few days of kibble, but a good continuous supply is essential to her survival
Recently abandoned at the dump, Chico is still in relatively good health, but Mira knows that it is only a matter of time given the circumstances...
10. Mira left everything for the Macedonian dogs
Mira (left) and our caseworker Simona (right) during her visit
Involved in animal welfare for years, Mira has travelled and lived in different countries, and tried to help street dogs in each of them. Based in France for several years, she was already helping in Macedonia, where she settled permanently after her husband's retirement.
Since then, she has devoted herself 100% to street dogs, trying to relieve their daily lives while waiting for the situation to change on a larger scale. "Now i live here, it seems awful i know. But if we all give up and leave what will they do?"
We asked Mira what she would like to say to the people who will read this text, here is her answer "All i wish to tell them is help, in any way. Donate, foster, adopt... Anything. As we are all they have"
11. In Macedonia, stray dogs are subjected to atrocities, both from the state itself and from local people
A petition launched a few months ago to fight poisonings in Tetovo, a neighbouring city of Skopje
With an estimated population of 1 million street dogs, Macedonia regularly carries out mass extermination campaigns aimed at "cleaning the streets", at least temporarily. The last nationwide campaign in 2017 was particularly violent and led to numerous protests, including international ones. The most common method remains poisoning, which leads to slow agony (sometimes several days) for the affected dogs.
Beyond national measures, the treatment of dogs on a smaller scale also remains very harsh. Many municipalities practice poisoning on their own initiative, and the inhabitants themselves are often hostile to street dogs. Carried out with impunity, acts of cruelty perpetrated by individuals are numerous (acts of torture, strangulation, wild abandonment, etc.) and unpunished.
12. What will the 4000 kg collected be used for ?
This collection is organized by the French association Woolly Woofters. The 4000 kg of kibble collected will be delivered to Mira in Macedonia to feed the 100 dogs she cares for throughout the city
13. 100% transparency guaranteed
- Animal Webaction has been helping more than 833 animal welfare associations over the past 5 years, with more than 1,967 deliveries in 8 countries (see photos).
- We make sure to contact each partner association, inquire to ensure its reliability and always ask for supporting documents.
- Our partner associations only receive physical products, which means we never send money. When you offer 10kg of food, we deliver 10kg of food to the association.
- We also deal with transportation ourselves, and make sure all the products collected are properly brought where the association needs them to be, so a quick delivery is guaranteed.
- We will notify you by email as soon as the product bought thanks to your donation has been delivered.
- We will ask the association to take pictures of the food received, and will send you these pictures.
- The payment of donations is 100% secured by Paypal (no obligation to have a Paypal account), and by credit card.
- If you change your mind, we will refund your donation upon request, without charge or proof of any kind.
- If unfortunately the collection fails, we will not deliver anything, we will refund you the full amount of your donation.
Beneficiary
Association Woolly Woofters - Fundraising for Dogs in Need
Lieu dit Les Mouilleres
87130 La Croisille sur Briance France
This campaign succeeded, it has been delivered on the 04/07/2019, 
France
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