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Happy 20th Birthday, Vafa!
Vafa, which began as a small shelter, has grown tremendously over the past twenty years, weathering many challenges along the way. Throughout these years, countless individuals have dedicated their time and effort to Vafa, enduring harsh weather, and times of both...
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World Spay Day – 2026
Spaying: A Humane Solution for Managing Dog Populations Spaying is the most effective and responsible method to reduce uncontrolled breeding, abandonment, and the suffering of homeless animals. ✔ Prevents unwanted births ✔ Reduces reproductive system diseases ✔...
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Hoppy, from Astara to Los Angles
In March 2017, a family who had lost their terrier dog and had reached out to the community to find their missing dog, went to Astara in response to a call that claimed their dog was seen in that neighbourhood. It turned out that it wasn’t their dog but since the dog...
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Robin Hood in USA
Why was he named Robin Hood? No, it was not because he was helping the poor. Only because the colors on his face looked like Robin Hood cartoon character. When he came to the shelter in 2016, he was less than a year old. A happy and well-behaved boy. He was a little...
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Zoghaal : Happy in North of Iran
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...
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Jaajaa found a home!
In March 2019, on the day of Vafa’s Nowruz Market, it was quite busy. It was on this day, a young boy brought a puppy, whom he had found and could not keep, to the shelter. The shelter could not accept new dogs, and puppies that young are in danger of catching...
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