Animal-Kind International Blog

Each AKI Blog post features an AKI Partner Organization, AKI Grant Recipient, or an individual or organization making a difference for animals in poor/resource-poor countries, where there is very little public support for animal welfare. In posts about our supported organizations, you'll also find details of how they use your donations to AKI.

Animal-Kind International

Feb 21, 2019

Everyday Heroes

In my country, The Republic of Macedonia, a country in the Balkan Peninsula, where dogs outnumber people, thousands of pets are abandoned every year. In Macedonia, we have so many issues regarding animal welfare, I don’t know where to start. The situation is terrifying. There is only one public shelter in the country, which is a high kill shelter, where the animals are not even vaccinated. In Macedonia, we have no culture of responsible ownership. Pet abandonment is common, d