Local News
Introducing Vafa Animal Shelter’s New Logo
Vafa Animal Shelter's current logo, masterfully designed by the volunteer work of renowned graphic artist Mr. Alireza Mostafazadeh-Ebrahimi, was the introduction point for the Shelter for many years. However, to synchronize the logo for both Vafa campuses in Hashtgerd...
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World Rabies Day- 2025
September 28 is World Rabies Day. This day raises awareness about rabies and how to prevent it. It honors Louis Pasteur, who developed the first effective rabies vaccine. Experts agree that killing animals is not a solution. Vaccinating 70% of dogs is enough to...
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Booboo
Taniya, Guelph, Canada- February 2019 When one of friend of Vafa in Guelph, a very small city in Ontario Canada, was talking passionately about Vafa and its dogs with her co-worker, she did not realize that she simply was matchmaking! On that very same day, her...
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Franky
Summer 2017, Guelph, Ontario, Canada It was the summer of 1395 that one of Vafa's volunteers found a very weak puppy. He was about 3 months old and obviously very sick and hungry. He was suffering from a very...
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Lucky
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...
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Foxy
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...
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