A collection of my articles over years featuring dog rescue organizations around the world and incredible stories here in the US. I hope you enjoy and are inspired by these organizations as much as I am.
photographer & writer Alan de Herrera
For the love of dogs…
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Bolivia's dog savior
LA PAZ, Bolivia
Meet La Paz, Bolivia’s, dog savior, 45-year-old Fernando “Ferchy” Kushner. Ferchy has made it his life’s mission to help Bolivia’s homeless dog population. In 2015, he formed the organization Alimenta Perritos de la Calle (Feeding Street Dogs), which has sterilized over 800 dogs with the help of volunteers and veterinarians.
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Rehabilitating Spain's troubled dogs
SANTANDER, Spain
“Give me two minutes and I’ll give you a new life.” This was the title for a 2020 video about Coco, a young Spanish Bulldog condemned to a government shelter in Spain. Deemed too aggressive for adoption, Coco was scheduled to be euthanized until one man arrived to offer him a second chance.
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Dogs of war
MOSKISHKA, Ukraine
It’s been one month since the war began. I’m here in Ukraine, embedded with a Polish veterinary team from the ADA Foundation--an animal clinic and hospital located near the Ukrainian border in Poland. We are traveling in a convoy of two animal ambulance vans, loaded with much needed food and medical supplies--on a mission to help pets displaced by war.