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Cat and Dog Welfare

Charity begins at home for local dogs

Some of the poorest dogs in Chengdu are enjoying world-
class health care and kindness thanks to your support, and

the extra efforts of Animals Asia vet Dr Sheridan Lathe.

Sheridan already has her hands full caring for the bears at our

Chengdu sanctuary, but she couldn’t ignore the dogs that live
nearby. Many live bleak lives – chained outside as guard dogs
with little nutrition or affection.

That’s why Sheridan and team are providing these dogs
with love and care – treatment for wounds and diseases,

vaccinations, de-worming, de-sexing, and usually a treat or two.
Having earned the trust of the villagers over the years, they’re
now free to visit the dogs any time. They also encourage much-
needed walks and discuss diets and proper animal care.
Sheridan’s visits are a highlight for poor Jade and the two
have formed a special bond. Jade had a nasty mite infection
Sheridan says that by keeping the neighbouring animals healthy,
a protective ring is created around the bear sanctuary, reducing around her ears and eyes which has now cleared up thanks
to weekly injections and Sheridan’s hugs and sausage treats.
the risk of diseases, such as distemper, spreading on site.

Thanks for the fun!
Paw prints

For seniors like Mr Zhou, a visit from our friendly Dr Dogs In 2016, Animals Asia’s volunteer therapy dogs reached
can brighten their whole week. Mr Zhou was so taken with 20,000

his visitor, Dr Baobao, that he wrote to us to say thanks. “Dogs over
people in Hong Kong and three
are our best friends. The Dr Dogs have brought us so much fun!
Thank you for your visit!”
mainland Chinese cities – Chengdu, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

The visit to Guangzhou Yuexiu Elderly Care Centre was a joint
event organised with the local “Information Times” newspaper.

We invited seven readers to volunteer and join our special visit
during the Chinese Lantern Festival.
Our Dr Dogs visited
Our canine professors
131110

aged and made

special care facilities, visits to 89 schools and
bringing comfort to over
organisations, teaching
12,411 7,904

people. students that dogs are
our friends.

Dr Baobao gives some healing love to his newest fan, Mr Zhou.

Over
430,000

people learned
from 40,000 lealets, posters, banners,
stickers and DVDs on cat and dog welfare

that we gave out to the Chinese public.

Orphans from Qionglai in western China had a Mid-Autumn
Grateful thanks to the UK’s Tony Martin and
visit from Dr Xuegao (Ice cream) in 2016. He was the irst The Anthony V Martin Charitable Foundation for your
dog they’d met who wasn’t a guard dog, but it didn’t take incredible support of our cat and dog work in 2016. This
them long to realise he just wanted to be friends. For children
who’ve never known a real family, affection from a sweet dog included directly helping over 5,000 dogs and reaching
over 10 million people.
like Dr Xuegao can be life-changing.

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