Adopted dogs in Iran

Last October, a young man brought a small dog with a severely injured leg to the shelter. He had witnessed the little one being hit by a car, taken him to a clinic for treatment, and even picked up his medications, but he couldn’t keep the dog himself. Dr. Rouhollah...

It was the summer two years ago when Reza, one of the shelter’s longtime volunteers, spotted a scruffy black creature on the sidewalk while driving to work. When he got to work, he couldn’t stop thinking about what he had seen but hadn’t identified. So, he went back...

It was late spring of 2024 when this beautiful dog was discovered wandering the deserts nearby, accompanied by a few puppies. No one could say for sure if they were her own. She was brought to the shelter and found a place to call home in Yard Two. One day, as Mr....

On July 26, 2024, under the scorching sun on the Kooshke Zar road, she was running away from a group of large dogs and bumping into a kind woman. Out of fear, she jumped into her arms. If that woman hadn’t been there that day, who knows what might have happened to...

It was late March 2024 when a tiny, innocent pup with a severe ear infection was brought to the shelter. During treatment, it was discovered that she had tumors in both ears, so the surgeon had no choice but to remove them. That’s how she became known as Tootak—a...

After neighbors complained, a young couple brought Panbeh to the shelter several months ago. They loved Panbeh and used to visit her on Fridays. We asked them whether they had left Panbeh at the shelter temporarily or if she could be adopted by someone else. They said...

On March 17, 2018, Toffee arrived at the shelter, brought in by his guardian who found it challenging to care for him due to frequent travels. Despite our efforts to explain that shelter life might not suit a dog accustomed to a home, it seemed futile. A year later,...

In October 2020, amidst the challenges of quarantine and COVID, we received distressing news about a small dog confined in appalling conditions behind a shop. Farzad and Mr. Karam sprang into action, engaging with the owner and persuading them to surrender the dog to...

The story of Setareh has a sad beginning, but if you bear it, it will have a happy ending. Setareh was a puppy mill victim and was brought to the shelter by a family. It was their neighbor's dog. So, one day, seeing the dog in the street, they inform the neighbor that...

An animal-loving family that didn't believe in sterilization brought nine small-breed dogs to the shelter a few years ago due to problems with the neighbors. We sterilized all of them. All were adopted except Michelle, who is in the shelter. Teddy was one of them. He...

Hello. My name is Zoghaal (meaning charcoal). My new family gave me this name. I want to tell you how a kind family adopted me. I am one and a half years old. I used to live where some profiteer breeders forced us to give birth so that they could make money from...

Some dogs, due to their situation, have no hope for the future, but suddenly good fortune arrives. This happened to Willie and Nasha! Willie arrived at the shelter about 3 years ago. He was a small terrier found on the streets. He was old and his eyes were developing...

Jack arrived at the shelter when he was two months old in the spring of 2016. He was very weak and very ill. For a few months, he was on medication and even needed to be put on an IV. His health was not stable at all. Gholam, one of the staff at the shelter, made a...

Chico (Formerly known as Misha), Yavari Family, Tehran, July 2017 Chiko found his forever home! Ms. Azari one of the shelter managers says: Chiko (AKA Misha) came to the shelter in November of 2016. His owner wanted to let him go because he was not a good enough...

It has been a year since the day Kama was adopted by Mr. Noori to be the guard for his place of business – heavy machinery parking garage. It was love-at-first-sight between Kama & Mr. Noori during his visit at Vafa. Mr. Noori cuddled him and after the screening...

Date of adoption: March 13, 2011 - Naghmeh Amini (Fereydoon Shahr, Mazandaran, Iran) Hi. My name is Lucky. My savior angel gave me this name wishing me to be lucky and happy as long as I live. On a hot Summer day in Tehran, I found refuge near a house. I was terribly...

Adopted on Jan 11, 2012 - Keihani Family - Tehran, Iran Six year old Foxy is another one of Vafa's little guests who got lucky lately with efforts of Ms. Gandom Tadrissi. Ms. Bahareh Pour-Ahmadi tells us how this union came about: We had been thinking about getting a...