The death of a tiny kitten shows why our work is still vital
On June 26th after weeks of round the clock care Mo sadly report that we lost our beautiful hand rear kitten Tigger he’d been poorly for a few days but rallied a few days previously and the team were hopeful he would pull through. Tigger deteriorated rapidly and Mo was with him at the end, [...]
Lack of funds delays 500 sterlisations by 3 months
We urgently need fundraising help , we have had make the heartbreaking decision to postpone the 500 dog/cat spay clinic from March / April to the middle of summer as we have not raised enough money to fund the project. We have hundreds of animals on our waiting list who are depending on us. No [...]
Dogstar needs your help
Dogstar is not a big charity, in fact it costs us on average just £ 25 a day to feed all our dogs, provide free sterilizations, vaccinations, and veterinary treatment & medication. Even so we struggle some months to raise the money required and Dogstars 3 unpaid trustees make up the shortfall. No amount of [...]
Breaking the circle of suffering
Dogstar also rehomes some of community/temple dogs with local families. So far this year we have rehomed 4 pups ( 2 male 2 female ) and a adult female dog. In the past those dogs stayed on the streets producing unwanted litter after unwanted litter. Now with our support these dogs are being homed , sterilised and vaccinated breaking the circle of suffering and disease.
Clinics
The Dogstar Foundation provides free surgical sterlisations via fixed and mobile clinics, treating companion and community animals. Since February 2007 we have provided a series of clinics in the Randeniya area including local Temples. Additionally we provided a series of outreach clinics to the Tsunami affected coastal areas around Bentota, we have also travelled further [...]
WSPA come to Visit Dogstar
As well as working direct with the local community Dogstar works with other Sri Lankan and international organisations giving us amazing oppurtunies to learn and share our experiences . On Sunday 3rd January we were delighted to welcome back Dawn from WSPA who visited us in 2008 and welcoming for the first time Dr. Subash [...]
7th, 8th & 9th November
On saturday we held our follow up clinic for the animals that we had seen in Octobers clinic , the morning started out a bit damp ( okay it was hissing it down ) and we were worried that it might stop people getting to us I was some what surprised when I found this [...]
