Sad Stories
Sad Stories
These are not the only sad stories by DzivniekuSOS… There are no limits to the cruelty of humans and the indifference of authorities but we will not keep silence on this subject!
Death in Construction Foam
A horrifying wrong was done to cats neat a house at 54/4 Ilukstes Street, rented by JSC Sadales tikls and other companies in the city district of Purvciems in Riga in July 2009. A worker filled with construction foam a hole formed in the ground where kittens aged roughly six months used to...
Villy
Villy, a five-year old English bulldog bitch (her full name is Villdang Flossy Foff), was taken into care by DzivniekuSOS on 2 January 2009. She spent several months, recovering on the premises of DzivniekuSOS first; then animal shelter Dzivnieku Draugs took her over to their place. Villy had...
The death camp of Babite – the tragic story about the impotence of the authorities
On 8 August 2008, reacting to reports by compassionate people travelling by, DzivniekuSOS found shocking violations of requirements concerning animal welfare at a home located in the village of Sebruciems , Parish of Babite. The health condition of nearly ten dogs had been brought down to a...
Rocky
Rocky is one of our sad stories with an almost happy end.
It began in the territory of a car parking place, in the district of Purvciems in Riga; two smart and beautiful Alsatians lived there. Initially it seemed to us that the owner had forgot about the animals; it turned out, however, that he...
Shaina – Survivor of the Fire Cauldron
An unbelievable miracle helped Shaina, a young female dog, then eighteen months old, survive in conditions that claimed the lives of two other dogs.
Shaina was born into a half-wild pack of dogs in the territory of allotments in the vicinity of Krustpils iela in Riga. She spent her puppyhood...
