Help Us Bring The Teletubbies Home

Meet...The Teletubbies! Three little puppies that had an awful start to life and who deserve so much more.

My name is Helena and it was my partner (Amos) and I who found The Teletubbies while travelling Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a beautiful country, teeming with luscious greenery, golden coastlines and an abundance of unbelievable wildlife. It is a truly wonderful country for more than a million reasons. However, conditions for street animals, particularly dogs, are poor.

While riding our moped to dinner one evening,  Amos noticed some tiny black floofs moving by the roadside. Fascinated, we jumped off the bike and headed over to investigate.

Upon getting closer, we were surprised to discover that what we had found was puppies, four of them, only days old.

They were weak, cold, hungry and exhausted. Their little cries were heartbreaking and they were terrified. One of the tiny pups, who we later named ‘LaLa’ was particularly weak. Lying so limp and lifelessly we initially thought she was dead.


Unsure what to do, but acting on instinct, we scooped up the four little furry babies and took them with us back to our hotel where we fed them milk, warmed them up, and got to know them a little better. We decided to name them our Teletubbies! Three females and one male. As we called around local rescues, shelters and vets their little personalities began to shine through.

Dipsy (m) was funny and playful and eager to eat!
Tinky Winky (f) was extra fluffy and very talkative with her loud squeaks!
Po (f) was small and had a little white tummy that she really liked being softly tickled!
LaLa (f) she was small, tired and weak, and seemed grateful for a comfy spot to sleep.


The advice given to us by the vets, rescues and shelters was to return the puppies to where we found them. In Sri Lanka street dogs are common (an estimated 3 million strays across SL- a country that is only half the size of England!) and often stray mother dogs will leave puppies alone while they go out for the day to feed. We were advised that they were probably strays and their mother would come back to find them that night.

Heartbroken, dejected and feeling lost, we took our babies (with a newly built ‘protection box’) back to their spot. I sobbed and sobbed to leave them but the only thing that hurt more than that was imagining a mother losing her babies. Amos and I made an agreement to take turns to check on the puppies every few hours throughout the night to make sure they were safe and their mother returned.


Early the following morning, I awoke to find Amos had not returned from his check. I waited anxiously for his return, and when he came back the news was devastating.

He had gone to do a night check and had heard the puppies wailing from far away. Upon reaching them, they were with a local man, who told Amos they had just been attacked by a mongoose- and had it not been for him stopping to investigate the noise, they would have all been killed.

Amos spoke to the man for a while and learned even more devastating information. The puppies had been abandoned, by their human owners, who didn’t want to care for them. These babies had been abandoned by the roadside, without food, water or even so much as a blanket, at only days old.

The local man knew the people that abandoned the dogs, and later was able to provide information to the authorities, as dumping puppies or dogs is illegal in Sri Lanka.

The mongoose attack left the puppies terrified and bloodied and we were terrified that they would all die there and then. LaLa in particular looked exhausted. The whole ordeal was too much for her tiny body to handle, and we knew we didnt have much time left with her.

We raced to the nearest dog rescue, Animal SOS Sri Lanka, who took our Teletubbies in, despite being full to burst with 1200 resident dogs, and provided vetinary care and a warm, safe place to stay for our little babies.

The following day, LaLa passed away. She was too tired and weak, and despite the vets best efforts, the ordeal was too much for her to handle. We were all heartbroken and knew that we had to do everything we could for our remaining Teletubbies.


The rehoming rates for shelter dogs and puppies in Sri Lanka is unfortunately low- and there are hundreds of thousands of dogs and puppies across the country who need a home. Although rehoming the babies in Sri Lanka would be perfect in an ideal world- we know their chances are slim. Especially for all three of them to stay together.

So, we would like to bring them home to Wales in the UK! To homes where they can run, play, and be cuddled and kissed and loved, like they deserve. They will have gardens to run and play and homes where they can see each other often, and where they can forget and recover from the horrors of their first few days in this world.

Bringing dogs back to the UK is expensive - and bringing three is even more so! But we will not leave one behind. The average cost of the process (which includes vaccinations, neutering, puppy passports, airport fees, quarantine fees etc etc) is easily over £2000 per dog, we just need a little help!


Thank you for reading our story and for giving the Teletubbies an opportunity to have a better life.

Love, Helena X

Update! We have visited our babies since their ordeal in their temporary home at the rescue and they are doing great! They are getting stronger and bigger every day and even more and more fluffy!








*we aim to raise enough money to bring our babies back to Wales. That said, with costs upwards of £5000 we are aware it’s a tough goal. Should we not be able to reach our goal, all money raised will be sent to Animal SOS Sri Lanka where the puppies presently reside and will be directly used for their care*