What a crazy month it has been since the CDC announced a ban on imports of dogs from over 100 international countries, including Turkey and China, where we are actively rescuing needy dogs. We put out a panicked plea for help and our village came through as you always do and we couldn’t be more grateful.
Because of your compassion, we raised an incredible amount exceeding $50,000 to rescue as many dogs as we could before the deadline! And of course we couldn’t have accomplished this without our tireless volunteers who coordinated, transported, and helped clean the nasty crates that have travelled thousands of miles with the dogs inside. Our transporters drove a collective 4,000+ miles to Dulles, JFK, and Atlanta International airport’s to bring these dogs home to NRGRR.
We were successful in bringing in 20 dogs from overseas, including 18 from Turkey and 2 from China. Sadly, the rescue of the mom and 7 puppies that we were desperately trying to get out of China had unforeseen complications and was cancelled at the last minute. But we are not giving up! We are working with other rescues on a plan to get them out of China to a safe country that will accept them until the ban is over. We are also investigating a campaign to petition the CDC to lift their ban on importing dogs. So please stay tuned as we will need your ongoing support to continue our Love Knows No Borders mission.