Each day is a new experience

The other day I was walking a dog down the street and I walked passed a man walking a goat down the street the other way (also with a leash). We just sort of looked at each other with a funny face. That's something you don't see everyday!

Things have been going very well here. Each day I find myself a lot closer and more comfortable communicating with the other locals and volunteers. Recently, however, we have had some problems with people trying to kill dogs and so I've been helping Avis run around and see what we can do to stop it.

Three days ago there was a dog fight on the beach and some people were said to be stoning the animals. We ended up talking to all of the restaurant managers so that they could inform us of another event like this in the future. We also captured 3 dogs (1 with bite wounds) and brought it back the shelter for treatments and rabies vaccinations.

Yesterday, Aseeb and I went to a beach about 45 km away to look for a dog named Ruby that was dumped there about a week ago. We looked for 2 hrs and could not find it, so we will be going back there today to see if we can find it. Some people can be very cruel here. Hopefully with our efforts we can try to change this in the next few years. Since this shelter opened (as I have been told), there have been many changes in the laws here and also people have been getting much better with showing more respect for the animals.

As for the A.R.K. shelter itself, I can tell that it has progressed rapidly over the past three years since its birth.