Animal-Kind International
La gentilezza verso gli animali non ha confini

It was a busy Doggy Tuesday in January, but Twala Trust volunteers were ready, as was Animal-Kind International's Pet Food Fund, which provides the food for the hungry doggies at Doggy Tuesday and some takeaway goodies to enjoy later at home until the next Doggy Tuesdsay.

Animal-Kind International supports the 6 Freedoms Horse Care Teams on their visits to Accra's informal stables. In this video, they are visiting several stables, some for the 1st time. In follow-up visits, they will help with de-wormers, hoof trimming (farrier services), nutritional supplements, and more.

A 2025 grant from Animal-Kind International to Starting Over Sanctuary in Israel was used to construct one of these large tent-sheds to house ~100 donkeys and horses. All the animals at SOS were rescued from abusive situations and at SOS have been able to recover and heal, emotionally and physically. The rescued horses and donkeys are finally able to be free from pain and enjoy freedom.

Animal Smile Tanzania is a 2025/2026 Animal Welfare Organization Grant recipient. With the grant from Animal-Kind International, over a 6-month period, they are teaching good animal welfare and care practices. And most importantly, they are giving the 30 paravet students in the course hands-on practice in rescue and community animal health care, something that the students don't normally get in their paravet training courses. The aim is to not only help develop paravet professionals, but also create a stronger cadre of animal welfare advocates in Tanzania. This video shows the training and learning experiences.

NOTE: This video is actually 2 videos in 1. The 1st is for sensitive eyes, but if you'd like to see what actually happened to Blacky and why we're so grateful he was helped and recovered, watch the 2nd video, which follows the 1st with a clear delineated between 1st and 2nd. Here's Blacky's story from Marylin, director of our 2025/2026 Animal Welfare Grantee, Fondation Alliance Verte in Haiti: "We want to thank Animal-Kind International for their help! In September 2025, they helped us vaccinate sixty dogs. Blacky was among the sixty dogs vaccinated that day and, recently, they helped us with Blacky’s vet bill. Blacky is very special to us! It’s been two years since we know him from our neighborhood. We have been helping caring for him since his owner does not have the means. Blacky was badly injured when he was hit by a car and it’s six days later that we found out when we did not see him and asked for him. Amputation was needed asap. We could not come up with the amount for the surgery and the 16 days of hospitalization. Animal Kind International, generously, steped in and covered the vet bill. Thank you very much for your trust in our work and for your support. It is greatly appreciated. Thank you everyone who has been supporting us! Alone we would have not been able to do it."

Monique has been volunteering at the Sauvons nos Animaux shelter since 2022. But with the war, she had to stop visiting the shelter, it was no longer safe. In September 2025, she returned to the shelter and was reunited with Malou, one of her favorite shelter residents.

Animal-Kind International Partner Organization, Bam Animal Clinics-Uganda, shows us how they gently clean and file a donkey's hooves. Instead of handling the donkey roughly, as is very common, and tying the donkey's legs, this farrier and donkey owner gently hold the donkey and calmly clean and file the hoof. A great example of humane handling by Bam Animal Clinics!

Deborah was ready to begin her daily feeding rounds of cats and dogs living on Kingston's (Jamaica) streets. Within seconds of her drive, she saw this little dog, limping, scrounging for food. She called him over to her and he approached. He put away his fear, he was so hungry. Deborah brought him to the KCAW kennels, and went back out to feed that day's dogs and cats. When she returned, she cleaned the dog up, checked him out, gave him meds for an injury on his shoulder. She named him Starboy. Within 3 weeks he recovered. He was ready to be neutered, and Deborah had already found his forever home!