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Vafa Animal Shelter is a non-governmental charity organization that relies solely on private donations and volunteers.

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Established in 2004, Vafa Animal Shelter is the first animal shelter to open its door to injured and homeless animals in Iran. We are dedicated to providing shelter and care for animals in need.

Local News

Vafa Nowruz Bazaar 1397/2019

On Friday, March 8th 2019, like every year, Vafa shelter in Hashtgerd celebrated Nowruz by arranging a grand visit and Bazaar. To prepare the shelter for this event, all our staff and the manager were very busy working. On the day of the grand visit, two chartered...

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World News

Earth Day- 22April, 2023

My name is Earth, the only planet that provides all your necessities for life. However, in return, you humans destroy all the natural resources I have provided you with excessive consumption. The pollution, global warming, and climate change you have caused destroy...

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Adopted Dogs Abroad

Maxwell (Bruno)

Adopted by Laura and Jim McIntyre - Jan 2016 It has been nearly a year since Maxwell joined our family in Chicago. He is an energetic youngster who has developed a sweet relationship with our blind, older Australian cattle dog, Taz.Maxwell loves: chasing his squeaky...

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Ripley (Violet)

Ripley (Violet)Adopted by Dani Johnson & Ben Sarb - Oct 17, 2015 - Seattle, WA, USA Ripley (formerly known as Violette) joined our family in October of 2015. We had wanted a dog for a long time, but we both worked full-time with 8-10 hour shifts and didn't think it...

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Adopted Dogs in Iran

Termeh & Sarri

Adopted by Alimardani's family "Saari", a 2 month old boy, who wandered the street hopelessly and hungry, was lucky enough to be found by Vafa's friends. He spent two happy years in Vafa to heal until Doctor Alimardani along with his little daughter came and picked...

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Chaman & Lucky (Nikoo)

It was last winter when Mr. Sajad Farahmand came to Vafa to take two dogs with him. Nikoo, who is now named "Lucky", and "Chaman" were the two boys Mr. Farahmand chose to go home with them. [gallery order="DESC" type="rectangular" size="medium"...

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