Celebrating 10 Years of The Sato Project
When The Sato Project was founded in 2011, our work began by rescuing one dog at a time from Dead Dog Beach. 10 Years later we have flown and vetted over 6,000 dogs from the streets and beaches of Puerto Rico to loving homes on the mainland. We have also spay/neutered and vaccinated over 7,500 animals and distributed 136K lbs of disaster relief supplies across the island in the wake of Puerto Rico's multiple natural disasters. None of these accomplishments would have been possible without the support of our #satostrong community. Read this special edition 10th Anniversary Program Report for The Sato Project's full story.
When The Sato Project was founded in 2011, our work began by rescuing one dog at a time from Dead Dog Beach. 10 Years later we have flown and vetted over 6,000 dogs from the streets and beaches of Puerto Rico to loving homes on the mainland. We have also spay/neutered and vaccinated over 7,500 animals and distributed 136K lbs of disaster relief supplies across the island in the wake of Puerto Rico's multiple natural disasters. None of these accomplishments would have been possible without the support of our #satostrong community. Read this special edition 10th Anniversary Program Report for The Sato Project's full story.
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CHLOE - 2017
Chloe was found chained up and abandoned in an empty house
shortly after Hurricane Maria. This was, sadly, the case for
many dogs whose families left them behind when they fled
the island. Thankfully, Chloe found her way into our program
and took her Freedom Flight to New York where she landed
with our trusted shelter partner, Animal Haven. Shortly after
arriving, she was adopted by her mom, Carla. Instead of her
life ending on a chain, Chloe now lives every day as a princess.
She even inspired Carla to become a dedicated member of our
volunteer team!
CEIBA COMMUNITY RESCUE - 2018
In the summer of 2018, we received a call for help from a
small community in the mountains outside of Ceiba. 10
months after Hurricane Maria devastated their infrastructure,
they still had no running water. Despite many of these families
losing everything themselves, they were still committed to
sharing what little they had with a neighborhood pack of stray
dogs. However, without the resources to spay/neuter them,
this pack kept multiplying. Many of these dogs had mange,
other health concerns and injuries, and were at constant risk
of being hit by cars. They needed help. Our team went in and
rescued 14 dogs in one day from this community. The dogs
that we couldn’t rescue, we set live humane traps for and
the community helped us rescue them later. We also spayed/
neutered and vaccinated all of this community’s stray cats.
Our team was very appreciative of how much these neighbors
only wanted the best for their stray animals, regardless of
not having the resources to help them themselves. One of the
puppies from this mission even went on to compete in The
Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet.
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Photo by: Keith Barraclough/Animal Planet
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