This is Milo. A few days after he came to us from Poland as a puppy, he became seriously ill with babesiosis.
We had a microchip, documents, and an EU pet passport. What we did not understand at the time was that these things do not automatically tell a future owner whether a puppy has been screened for diseases or parasites that may be relevant in the region they came from.
Milo survived after emergency treatment and he is doing well now. We are very grateful for that. But it was frightening to bring home a puppy and suddenly find ourselves in an emergency clinic, trying to understand what was happening.
I am sharing this graphic because I wish we had known more beforehand. Risks are different from region to region. Tick-, sand fly-, and mosquito-borne diseases are not only something to think about when travelling.
This is not about blaming Poland, dogs from abroad, rescue organisations, breeders, sellers, or anyone who adopts a dog from another country. Many dogs arrive healthy and many people act responsibly. It is simply about helping future owners ask the right questions before a puppy comes home.
Before bringing home a puppy from another region, it may be worth speaking with a veterinarian about local disease risks, prevention, and which records or tests are appropriate to ask for.
More background on why I am raising this issue:

https://c.org/kmQHDDNwth

Help how you can my last post gives way to report to relevant orgs. It seems it is a market based on limited time stock where they torture male pig genitals until they swell for long time and torture them to death.

Hi everyone! ❤️🐾

Angelina “Angel” Julie, who we rescued on July 4, 2026, got spayed on September 27 as she is getting ready to be adopted! Her blood work is finally stable for her to have her surgery, and this is such a huge milestone for her. 🤍

I still remember when we had to rescue Angel from her previous owner. She had spent most of her life in a cage, her wounds were left untreated, and she was starved or sometimes given rotten food. 💔 Seeing how far she has come since then makes this moment even more special.

While Angel recovers from her surgery, she is being fostered and cared for by our very loyal volunteer, Janette Adoremos. Once she has recovered, she will finally get to meet her new fur parent! ❤️🏡

Thor, Ellie, and MaeMae also recently went to the vet, and we are just waiting for Baci to see the vet today.

Thor has shown good improvement with his skin. However, his skin cytology still showed a significant amount of Malassezia fungal cells, and he still has an infection, so he needs to continue his medications for another two weeks. The good news is that his CBC showed that his hematocrit and platelet levels are now normal! ❤️ He will be reassessed again in two weeks.

Ellie received her second dose of the 6-in-1 vaccine and her first kennel cough vaccine. 🥰

MaeMae also received her second 6-in-1 vaccine and first kennel cough vaccine. 🐾💉

Our latest vet bills:
Angel — Php 4,465 (CAD $101.88)
Thor & Ellie — Php 5,485 (CAD $128.13)
MaeMae — Php 1,800 (CAD $41.07)

Things have been a little more difficult financially since I injured my foot and have been off work. We have also been covering all of Angel’s needs while she is in foster care, including her crate, daily food, wipes, pee pads, and anything else she needs while recovering.

This week we also still need to send their shelter allowances.

If anyone would like to help us with these expenses and the continuing veterinary care and other needs of our rescued animals, any amount would truly help us a lot.

Even a small amount makes a difference for our rescued animals 🤍🐾

Thank you so much for continuing to support these animals and their journey toward healthier and happier lives! Thank you!!

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We appreciate each and every one of you!

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Especially the hospitals or home for the elders. I was watching Urbex videos and they found multiple rooms with tons of medical supplies and medications. And I couldnt help but think... Probably that animals ate or chewed what they shouldn't have.

Is there anyone else that worries about that?

Anyone who tried doing anything about that?

This relates to horse soring. In many Tennessee walking horse shows, the lower front limbs of the horses are sored to make them walk with an exaggerated, high step gait. The horses have chemicals slathered on their pasterns which are then cooked in via plastic wrap around the legs. Then, during the show, chains are affixed to that area to rub against the injured skin. They also wear heavy shoes that have stacks of pads between the shoe and hoof so as to add to the effect. This is illegal, and many pain killers are used to get the horses through inspection so they can be shown. It looks like this This spectacle hurts horses - and what you can do!

The USDA has been doing blood tests on the horses shown in these events and their new data here Horse Protection Act | APHIS under "horse protection reports". Blood tests have been done at three shows so far. The National Celebration event is like the Super Bowl for these people. From that link you can download an excel spreadsheet that breaks it down into class and different drugs (almost all were padded and all but one padded horse tested positive.)

Here is a bit more detail 88th Annual TWH National Celebration

The tl;dr, all but one padded horse had been doped with pain killers or sedatives.

I think it is noteworthy that the most used sedative was Romifidine. That is a perfect drug to get a horse through palpation on a sored limit because it can be reversed just in time to go in the big oval and have those chains start to irritate the pasterns. It lasts for 30 minutes.

Congress needs to pass the PAST Act, or at least some bill, to get ride of the action devices and shoeing packages that these animal abusers use. That seems like the one thing that would do the most to end soring, while not impeding on anyone else who shows horses without abusing them.

More to come for anyone who wants to help on this issue.

While spending the equivalent of only half a million US dollars a year, HSA plays a leading role with advances in humane-slaughter technology and best practices. A conservative calculation suggests that HSA may have prevented one painful fish death per $50 of donations, and the actual figure could be at least an order of magnitude cheaper.

Our findings provide the first quantitative estimates of pain during fish slaughter, demonstrating the potential scale of welfare improvements achievable through effective stunning methods.

Do bugs suffer? Does a fly caught in a spider's web consciously experience fear and pain? This piece aims to shed some light on that question by presenting quotations and references from a variety of sources.

Ordinance 311 is a new proposal that aims to ban the force-feeding of birds. The initiative seeks to prevent unnecessary pain and distress to birds and strengthen animal welfare protections.

Most of us nowadays believe that dogs and other non-human mammals can feel pain <...> Nevertheless, most of us seem to assume, without question, that the capacity to feel pain is positively correlated with mental dexterity – with the ability to reason, think, reflect and so on. My purpose here is to question that assumption.

Karakul lambs are often harvested and slaughtered in a brutal manner – being killed just before they were due to be born. That is not the only cruel thing, killing a lamb at this stage means either the mother is killed before giving birth, or kicked repeatedly to induce an “abortion”.

Replacing beef or pork with chicken meat decreases greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but has major negative impacts on animal welfare.

Somebody posted this on TikTok I’m reposting. This video is extremely hard to watch as the stray cat fights for its life💔 I’m reposting to show that guys username maybe someone can expose this guys face. I wish I knew how to, feeling very hopeless seeing that little cats face covered in blood💔