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Nowruz 1399
This year we are experiencing a different Nowruz. There is no "Charshanbehsoori" or shopping for the new year. There are no parties or family get together and there is no "Sizdabedar". We are all waiting to get through this mishap. We are waiting patiently for good...
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International Homeless Animals Day – August19, 2023
The history of animal rights and shelters has long been intertwined. In the 1870s, animal welfare advocates noted that children and animals were equally vulnerable and needed protection. So, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) enacted...
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Winky
Adopted by Mansooreh & Baran, Toronto, Canada, Winter2017 "We might have to appreciate that animals can't speak our language. Only if cats and dogs living in Iran could talk, what horrifying stories full of bitterness and suffering they could share. Stories filled...
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Tilley-Formerly Known As Asal
Adopted 24 Apr 2017 by Cameron family- Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Asal one of the sweetest Vafa's dogs arrived in Pearson Airport on November 9,2016. She was welcomed by members of Friends of Vafa in Canada. Her name in Farsi means honey. She has been helped by...
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Moozhan
It was Summer of 2013 that Moozhan and her little sister, Roozhan, at no more than two months of age, hungry and lost, made their way to caring hands of Vafa Shelter. It was about...
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Rojan
Rojan's departure from the shelter to her forever home was laced with kisses from her caretakers. Kisses, warm embraces and the safe haven that Niavarani family has gifted Rojan has made her one of the luckiest Vafa dogs.The starved and sickly stray who was found...
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