Mission Stray Sri Lanka

23/11/2024

ONLY FOR UK .... please vote for Dog Star Dogstar Foundation who has been doing amazing work for the strays around the area of Negombo. Check info in the link.

There’s still time to vote for Dogstar to win £1,000! 🗳️✨

Yap yap family - it’s Loki here, and I have a pawsome opportunity to share with you!

The hoomans at Dogstar tell me that the Benefact Group are gifting £1,000 to 120 charities in December, and they need YOUR help!

Pretty please with a dog biscuit on top, if you haven’t already, could you spare one minute to vote for Dogstar to win this furnomenal prize?

Voting is really simple and 100% free! All you need to do is click on the link below and cast your vote for Dogstar today 👇👇

https://movementforgood.com/index.php?cn=1188754&ct=animals_and_wildlife

The hoomans at Dogstar also tell me that Christmas is just around the corner. And this £1,000 gift would go such a long way in taking care of me and my puppy pals. In other words, it would be the best present we could ever ask for 🎁

Voting closes on Thursday 19th December and ten lucky winners per weekday will be announced between the 5th and 20th December - so keep your eyes peeled for further pupdates 👀🐶

Thank you for always looking out for me and my fellow street pups. You truly are a dog’s best friend 💙

With love, woofs & wags,

Loki & Team Dogstar 🐶💙

21/11/2024

Come on guys, give Tails of Freedom the support they deserve and find your perfect gadget at the design market, Bayleaf restaurant, Colombo.
More details below.

See You at the Design Market! 🛍️
We’ll be popping up at the Design Market at Bayleaf Restaurant on 24th Nov from 10am to 6pm! Bring your reusable bags and come find some amazing items that support our rescues. Looking forward to seeing you there! 🐾

19/10/2024

UPDATE: as we didn't get any reply on finding a courier to take this valuable medicins from Europe to Sri Lanka, we decided to send this parcel to an amazing rescuer, Aggeliki Koussidou, in Greece. I'm sure Agge will make full use of it for the benefit of the Greek stray dogs and cats :)

IMPORTANT Question: is there anyone from Belgium or nearby countries like Holland, Germany, France... traveling to Sri Lanka this year and still has some place in their luggage to take these valuable medicins? I preferably like to donate this medicines to dr Nayomi from Healthy Pets Animal Clinic who works together with us in the area of Matara (Madiha or Dickwella) or to Shilpa of Tails of Freedom (Colombo area)... If you can help us to help them, please get in touch with us ASAP.
Thanks in advance ☺️

06/07/2024

Please help to find SANDY, area
Contact number in post!

⭕️Pls help to find beloved ‘SANDY’

03/07/2024

For those who ever travelled to Greece will remember this country has lots of stray cats. Most are not spay/neutered and struggle to survive. Many get virusses like cats' flu: this herpesvirus often results in cats getting severe damages to their eyes (conjunctivitis), mouth ulcers (very painful!), upper tract respiratory infections .... This herpesviruses can spread very fast amongst unvaccinated cats. Except for female cats giving litter after litter, male cats fighting eachother (and getting infected wounds), cat related diseases ..., many cats also struggle to find food. Thankfully i saw some Greek locals giving food and water, but many leave the island once the tourist season ends. During the months from june till september cats will find more food around restaurants. And if they're lucky, they'll find 'fools' like me who go around with cat food through the streets every day :)
As i saw so many cats on the island of Thassos, i couldn't really do prevention that would make a big difference, but I did get one female cat sterilised: she was 11 months old and had 4 kittens. While she was still lactating, she already got pregant again. The vet in Thassos agreed with spaying her. I hope to get the 4 kittens spay/neutered around september. Costs of sterilisation of a female cat is 90 euro; for a male cat prize is 50 euro.
If anyone would like to make a donation, you can send it to our new bank account number: Name: Mission Stray
Iban: BE39 9734 8780 1819
Bic/swift: ARSPBE22
Note: cats of Thassos

If you plan to visit Thassos and need a vet, you can contact the local vet Pistela Konstar in Limenas: (0030)2593 058384

For dogs there's also a shelter more inland: FOS Thassos. They work together with the same vet mentioned above.
Medication i brought to Greece was handed over to this vet for the dogs (and cats) taken care off by FOS Thassos.

31/05/2024

We don't often find people flying from Belgium to Sri Lanka to take extra valuable medicins with them, let alone pet food. Yet, it would be sad to get these supplies wasted.
I'll be travelling to Greece next week and will do it in the style i most do and like: with little clothes and extras for myself, but with lots of stuff for cats and dogs ... to be continued 😉

20/05/2024

Our may spay/neuter program with Dr Nayomi included 9 dog spays, 6 cat spays and 5 ARV's.
Our total bill is 121000 rs (372 euro)

We thank Dr Nayomi for doing a great job for these pets and strays so far. We'll have to miss her for a while, because this lovely vet will soon deliver her baby. We wish the best luck for her and her husband and hope they can both hold a healthy baby in their arms soon.

Dr Ishara, the clinics' new vet, will be available during Dr Nayomi's absence. We will get in contact with her once we have enough donations to carry on our important work.

20/05/2024

The last few weeks we've been helping a lady, named Amina.
I met her in Kenia/Africa last year and although she has little resources herself, she takes care of 10 stray cats.

One of this cats is Snow who's mom got killed in an accident. Snow was a tiny little kitten who we didn't know whether she would survive or not. She was quite skinny, lethargic and first didn't really want to eat. I bought some wet and dry kitten food and slowly she started to gain some appetite. Within a few days she became a playful kitten and grew into a beautiful healthy young cat.

While being back home, i stayed in contact with Amina. I knew soon a few of these stray cats would get pregnant and I decided to help Amina to get at least the female cats sterilised. Sadly Snow was already pregnant, but thankfully got sterilised anyway. Snow recovered well and is also vaccinated against rabies in the meantime.

The costs of Snows' sterilisation were 7000 Kes (Kenian Shilling) (=65 euro) and paid by myself, not Mission Stray Sri Lanka. But if people want to help me with a few of Amina's other cats, can make a donation on a seperate bank account:

Mission Stray (Ilse Ruyssers)
Iban: BE39 9734 8780 1819
Bank branch: Argenta
Bic/swift: ARSPBE22

Thanks in advance!

20/05/2024

Due to the Sri Lankan new year holidays only 5 animals were made sterile, amongst them 1 cat spay, 3 dog spays and 1 stray dog from Madiha got castrated and vaccinated against rabies.

Our total bill was 41600 rs (around 128 euro)

09/04/2024

DORA FOR ADOPTION!

Our kind animal lover, Diana, is trying to find a home for a pup she named Dora.
Dora was dumped at Diana's gate together with her two siblings. Unfortunatly these siblings are still fighting for their life at the vet as they have parvo. Dora was lucky not to have contracted this nasty virus and even got her first vaccination against parvo (see picture of vaccination book).
Diana is now looking for a nice home for Dora and is willing to pay the costs of the other vaccinations and sterilisation once this pup is old enough. The pup is in Colombo area, but can get transferred elsewhere in exchange for a home that doesn't cage or chain a dog, but knows how to care and love man's best friend.

Anyone who would love to this lovely white puppy, please contact Diana: 0760968008

30/03/2024

Our charity supported 6 dog spays and 6 cat spays in march + 1 TVT treatment.
All dogs and cats were nicely made sterile by Dr Nayomi of Healthy Pets Animal Clinic (Madiha and Dickwella/Matara area). Our total bill this month was 93.800rs (290 euro).
Please help us to continue this important work. Despite the fact there are 2 other good organisations in this same area doing so many spay/neuter programs, still so many pups get dumped. It's crazy and it sometimes feels like mopping with an open tap, but if we don't continue our work many more dogs and cats will suffer and that is definitly NOT what we want.

Donations can be made to our Belgian/European bank account:
Mission Stray Sri Lanka
BE29- 9734-2813-1964
Bic/swift: ARSPBE22
Bank: Argenta

Paypal: [email protected]

08/03/2024

A total of 5 female dogs and 14 cats got spayed in februari. This under the careful care of Dr Nayomi of Healthy pets animal clinic. One stray dog with a maggot infested TVT was brought to the clinic by two local girls who want to help this dog: we covered the costs for this dogs' treatment. Another dog with mange was brought in as well: Dr nayomi asked if we were able to pay for a Bravecto tablet, as it's mostly the best way to treat mange and it prevents dogs from getting fleas, ticks, mange for a few months. Bravecto is very effective, sadly way too expensive for most local people, so we just backed up for this one.
Our total bill was 148100 Lkr (443 euro)

16/02/2024

A kind lady could use a little help with getting some dogs and cats spayed and neutered in the area of Mattaluliya, colombo.
We both got in contact with .lk to get all things sorted. Best care drove to this place where they caught 5 dogs (3 females and 2 males) and 3 cats (2 males and 1 female) yesterday. After these sweet dogs and cats got their surgery they were dropped off in the same enviroment they live in and roam around. Our charity Mission Stray Sri Lanka paid all bills. There's another dog pending, but he had severe skin infection that first need to be taken care of.

There are also some kittens around that we would like to help to rehome and spay/neutered when old enough ... will be continued, so please stay tuned :)

😻🐶

Mission Stray Sri lanka (Belgium/Europe)
Iban: BE29-9734-2813-1964
Bic/swift: ARSPBE22

Paypal: [email protected]

05/02/2024

With a little delay we're happy to say our sterilisation program with Dr Nayomi from went super OK!
11 dogs and 6 cats got spayed in januari and we will continue to follow this path as preventing dogs and cats from getting pregnant is the key to a happier and healthier life for these animals. We also give anti-rabies vaccination (ARV) for dogs and cats when needed.
Our charity will continue to raise money to provide free spay/neutering/ARV for low income pet owners.

If you want to help us to help them, you can make a donation to our Belgian/European bank account:
Mission Stray Sri Lanka
BE29-9734-2813-1964
BIC/Swift: ARSPBE22
Bank branch: Argenta

Paypal: [email protected]

13/01/2024

Please help this amazing organisation to find lovely homes for this rescues.

Blossom | Hanh | Sherlock | Lucy | Gladys | Raina | Oakley | Mocha | Cece
These are names of rescues, who have varied histories and personalities. They are large, small, furry, angry, happy, old and young. The one thing they have in common is that they have survived so much more than any of us could have.
And they are all still waiting for homes. Some for years - some just for a month.
We are reaching out to you our community for help. We will be putting out their stories and details one by one in the next few days. Please like, share and talk to others people about them.
Please help us get them to the loving, caring homes they deserve. Please. They really deserve it.

03/01/2024

Avoid unwanted pregnancies in your pet!

Free spay/neuter surgery and anti-rabies vaccination for male or female dogs/cats, sponsored by our charity Mission Stray Sri lanka.

Benefits for your pet:
- Reducing the risk of cancer.
- Minimizing the risk of contracting other diseases such as rabies.
- Reducing infections.
- Minimizing accidents related to roaming around.
- Avoiding unwanted pregnancies.
- Depopulation.
- Owning a healthy, happy and long-lived pet.

How do you get a free pet surgery?
1. Book a date/time by calling Healthy Pets Animal Clinic and tell them you saw this poster.
2. Inform the doctor (Dr Nayomi) if you are unable to attend on the date/time of your appointment.
3. Do not feed the pet on the day of the clinic.
4. If you have a vaccination book of your pet, please bring it.

NOW IN TWO LOCATIONS:
📞 DICKWELLA 0704000151
📞 WALGAMA 0704421000

Please help us to get more dogs and cats spayed/neutered in 2024.
Donations can be made on our Belgian/European bank account of Mission Stray Sri lanka:
Iban: BE29-9734-2813-1964
BIC: ARSPBE22
or via paypal: [email protected]
or create a Wise account: it's free, easy to use and safe: https://wise.com/