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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MAGNIFICENT SATO 7 - 2018
After Hurricane Maria, the majority of veterinary offices had
to close and any spay and neuter efforts completely ceased
for many months. Combined with the large numbers of people
evacuating the island and leaving their pets behind, we braced
ourselves for what would likely be a critical phase of this
fallout: a huge increase in unwanted litters of puppies being
born. Sure enough, by winter of 2018, entire litters of puppies
started showing up abandoned in the streets and began pouring
in through our doors. This litter, which came to be known as
the ‘Magnificent Sato Seven’, was just one of such cases. They
were abandoned in a plastic box outside of our veterinary
clinic. All seven of these little faces survived and eventually
took their Freedom Flight to Animal Haven in Manhattan. One
year later, three of their families even managed to connect
with each other and coordinate a reunion.
REUNITED
Photo by Jennifer Mitchell Photography
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