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by Cora Brosnan Korsan is Turkish for Pirate. Now, it might look as if that is the ideal name for our July model but in reality someone needs to ask the question  – how did this female dog end up with that name? Well like all my stories……..it’s a long

by Margaret Glenn When a street dog is rescued or helped it’s always a small miracle. There are so many of them and for the ones lucky enough to receive help or best of all a forever home it really is miraculous. Mini, Miss December in the 2020 Kusadasi Paws

Meet the beautiful Dudley, another Kusadasi street animal rescued by Kusadasi Paws and Claws and one of the models for our 2020 Kusadasi Paws and Claws Calendar. About 4 months ago he was found trying to scrape food off the market leftovers at Davutlar and had a perpetual eye infection

Each year we produce a calendar to raise money to support our work here in Kuşadası. The 2020 Calendars have been so popular we have had to do a reprint. Generous supporters from the community sponsor a page each to help meet production costs, so 100% of the proceeds from

Sharon found this very sick teenager lying, all alone, in front of Ladies Beach Hotel last Saturday, the day of our Christmas Table-top Sale. The poor thing couldn’t walk and could hardly breath. She thought that kitty was going to die. Sharon messaged through an urgent SOS to Mary, who

Meet Zeki! In June 2016 Carol Anderson came across Zeki. A Turkish friend of Carol’s neighbour had found Zeki in her hairdresser’s. They thought that he had had glue poured over him, as his eyes and mouth were so ‘stuck up’ with bloody pus. He was estimated to be 2

This beautiful puppy was found by Remzi Ozdemir and his wife at Kirazli while going for breakfast. She was with several other puppies out on a hillside. Remzi thinks she might have had a bad fall. This kind couple brought her to town for treatment. X-rays showed a very nasty

During 2015, thanks to the devotion of local members and generous donations received from Kusadasi animal rescue group Paws & Claws supporters, a total of: 140 Cats received veterinary care 50 Dogs received veterinary care 40 Cats were spayed/neutered 10 Dogs spayed/neutered 9 Received immunization (These are numbers taken from

Animal travel to EU countries procedures: Must be micro-chipped. Chipping date must be prior to rabies immunization date. Rabies immunization. Some vets prefer to do 2 shots 2 weeks apart, to increase the chances of getting the desired result from the following blood test. 30 days after the first rabies

Folks, if you missed our coffee morning, you really missed out on some serious good food and best kind of friendship you could find‼️ We met new friends, enjoyed Maggie Mellor’s beautiful yard, met her dogs, overdosed on coffee and helped the street animals all the while. Seriously, look at

Rae Marsh’s story: Lucky the One-eyed Warrior was first found with his mother and siblings behind the Chinese restaurant down by the harbour. His mother was rejecting him as he was ill and moved her brood around, leaving him behind. He was all of two weeks old. Sarah and her

Kusadasi is one of the towns that has implemented new hybrid recycling / food dispensing machines in Turkey. So far, just one machine has been installed, at Yunus Emre Park, next to Gurmar Supermarket in town. Every time you put an empty water bottle or can in the hole, the