Stories
Thanks to your support and donations to HIPAW and Humanitourism, we are able to help hundreds of animals worldwide. From providing much needed medical supplies to volunteering at spay/neuter clinics and rescuing shelter dogs from underserved communities, you are helping to change lives and save lives. Here are a few stories about the dogs you have helped in our animal welfare projects.
Tochimpo's Story
Tochimpo had a home in Mexico once. And then one day he didn’t. One day as a puppy he found himself tied to a tree with a rope around his neck. Maybe there was a reason they couldn’t keep him or maybe they just didn’t want him anymore.
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Abandoned and Abused Dog Survives Cruelty
James was born in Nepal and was treated well as a puppy. Life was good in a home where his family gave him love and food. When he grew older, James was tied up in an
alley with the garbage all day and night. Every time he broke away, he ran home. And every time, he was retied until eventually he was beaten up and bloodied, left to die.
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Neglected Senior Greek Dog Gets A Second Chance
Lucy, a Border Collie/Greek Shepherd mix, is one of two Greek dogs who were rescued in June 2019 and given a second chance with a new home in the U.S. Her story is tragic. She lived her early life at the end of a short chain, often beaten, rarely fed and never touched by humans.
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From Street Life to a New and Better Life
Feta is our second Greek dog who
was adopted in June 2019 after
living in a shelter for three years. She was found on the streets with a metal rod sticking out of her leg.
After Feta was injured by a car, she had a poorly placed pin in her broken leg and was abandoned.
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Special Needs Dog Adopted by Loving Family
Coyote is a two-year old Spitz dog
who was injured by a car and
languished on the side of the road for more than a week. He was paralyzed and left with a portion of one of his rear legs severed off in the grisly accident.
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Foster Family Offers Home to Dog with Birth Defect
Zana is a young female Doberman/
Whippet mix who was rescued
during our Humanitourism tour to
Manzanillo, Mexico in March 2019. She was born with a birth defect in her front legs. Although it did not affect her ability to walk, run or play,
she was cast out into the streets.
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Dog with Paralyzed Back Finds a New Home
Little Ellie was hit by a car in Mexico and left paralyzed in her rear legs. She dragged herself around for over two weeks before someone helped her. The tops of her feet and legs suffered so much abrasion that the small bones in her feet were scraped off.
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