Help TWS build Pakistan's Largest Animal Sanctuary

Todd's Welfare Society (TWS) is a small registered non-profit organisation, based in Lahore that came into existence in 2016. TWS aims to save, rescue, and treat the street animals of Lahore and also works to promote animal welfare in Pakistan. Our work to protect these vulnerable animals is extremely difficult in a country with no animal welfare laws or provisions. The condition of stray animals is pitiful as animal abuse is rife, with dogs being routinely starved, shot, and poisoned. Dogs such as Mercy, whose leg had to be amputated after being beaten mercilessly.

We at TWS are trying to save these animals in a society where these animals are considered unclean or a nuisance, not worthy of life. These animals have no one to turn to, but we try to help as many as possible by providing them with shelter, medical treatment, rehabilitation, and searching for forever homes.

In 2021 / 2022 we ran fundraisers to help secure funds for a bigger and better sanctuary. Our current sanctuary is too small, and due to lack of space, we cannot help as many rescues as we want. We were over the moon when the target was achieved, but we met a significant obstacle. We planned on purchasing one acre of land but with time we realised that one acre would not meet our needs. After a great deal of legwork and research, we have finally found the land that will be perfect for our hospital and sanctuary.

We are now actually purchasing extra land on which we will have the donkey sanctuary – this will be the largest donkey sanctuary in Pakistan.

The lifespan of a healthy and well-looked-after donkey is 25 – 30 years, but that is not the case in Pakistan, where the life span of a working donkey is 10 – 12 years. They work day and night without proper access to food, water, or medical treatment. And after all these years of hard service once too sick or injured they will be discarded like rubbish and left to die.

One of the most heart-breaking cases ever was that of baby April.

Tiny and weak, she had several open wounds on her body and was suffering from rectal prolapse. Her chances of survival were low but we felt she deserved a chance. Sadly, April did not make it but she made us realise that we have to do more for these poor creatures. Life had not been kind to April but we have to help all the others like her suffering daily.

Our kind supporters will know that we carry out TNVR projects within Lahore. This has shown us how desperately we need a separate TNVR facility with kennels, a clinic, an operating theatre, and post-op kennels. A separate TNVR facility will mean that we can spay and neuter as many street dogs as possible to reduce the population humanely and protect them from being culled.

We need to build more dog kennels and larger cat enclosures to accommodate more rescues.

We desperately need bigger and better quarantine facilities to avoid the risk of cross-contamination as these animals often carry contagious diseases.

We also have no post-op areas for dogs to allow them to recover fully and without mixing. We need a separate area exclusively for puppies. Sadly, a common occurrence in our work is having to rescue orphan puppies, tiny babies who have lost their mothers to dog culling.

Our current sanctuary has helped us to save so many precious lives but it’s now time to upgrade our facilities. We envision a state-of-the-art shelter to help those coming through our doors.

With all going to plan this will be the largest stray animal hospital and sanctuary in Pakistan. Where the land will belong to our furry residents.

Once the architectural plans are ready, we will be sharing them including a cost-by-cost breakdown of the build. But for the start, we will need funds to purchase the additional land, build the boundary wall, lay all sewerage pipes, and pay all costs for approvals from the Environmental Protection Department, the Planning and Development Department, and our architect.

Please help us to reach our target as we are ever so desperate to save lives. Please note all donations will go towards the sanctuary as we all work on a purely voluntary basis.

I am the Vice-Chair of TWS but am based in the U.K. I joined TWS as the state of street animals in the city of Lahore, where I grew up saddened me, and I wanted to help these poor wretched creatures. I fundraise for TWS outside of Pakistan so that as many animals as possible can be saved. Once the funds are raised, I forward them to our finance team.

We receive absolutely no government funding whatsoever and rely 100% upon donations from our kind and generous supporters. Please note that we are officially audited, and our financial statements will be available online on our website or by request.

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