Adopted by Annie Altman - September 23, 2012 - San Francisco, California A few words from Rico's rescuer/foster mom in Iran: Rico was only about two months old when she arrived at my home on a cold Winter day. It was late February when I received a phone call from...

Adopted by Linda Kay - Oakland, California - August 12, 2012 Her face kept popping out at me every time I scrolled down the Petfinders webpage. Her name was Lucky and she had a You Tube video. I finally watched it and watched it over and over. Her story was an amazing...

Adopted by Nicole & Karlheinz Pilgrim - Oscar - July 1, 2011 & Roya - Sept 30, 2011 - Friedrichshafen, Germany Our story with Roya and Oscar started about a year before they actually came to live with us for good. That was when my husband went to Iran for work. While...

Carbon (now Princess Persia) adopted by Farid & Cindy Yaghini - Ottawa, Canada On a beautiful Spring day my Father called me and told me about a puppy's cries of pain near their house. He had looked for the source of the cries but could not find it. We live nearby so...

Adopted by Susan Arnett, September 2012,  Seattle, WashingtonIn September 2012 I was a volunteer dog walker at PAWS Animal Shelter.  One Sunday evening I was returning a dog to it’s kennel and overheard one of my co-volunteers in the kennel next door trying to coax a...

Adopted by Catherine & Ken and their 3 kids Andrew, Courtney & Kimberly - Mississauga, Ontario - Oct 21, 2012 "Chesmak" was one of four female puppies who were brought to the shelter early summer 2011. They were only a month old. The staff was told that their mother...

Mahtab (now Debbie), Adopted by Anne Marie and John McCusker - Mossley, Ontario, Canada - Feb 24, 2013 Debbie (Mahtab) has been with us for over two months now and we could not imagine life without our sweet girl. She is best pals with her new brother, Geordie who she...

Adopted by Parisa Salehi & Burk Finley - Feb 06, 2013 - Washington DC Surf's arrival from Vafa was not only to have a dog accompany us as we go through life, but to have a piece of a place I once called home nearby. It was also a way to contribute to my Mom's tireless...

Adopted by Reza & Cheryl Saffarian - Saginaw, Michigan, USA - Feb 24, 2013 Dear friends; My name is Captain Jack formerly known as “Nakhoda” and here is my “Happy Ending Story”.My story begins as a stray dog living on the streets of Northern Tehran/Iran. I don’t know...

Adopted by Ramtin Minouei - April 30, 2013 - Bridgewater, NJ Milo's (lucky) story started for us when I was visiting my mother in Iran . I promised a good friend of mine to take some medicine and dog accessories for Vafa animal shelter and when I contacted Ms. Zarrin...