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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ADOPTER STORIES
INDY
Indy was found on Dead Dog Beach with her two sisters right
after Hurricane Irma. After she took her Freedom Flight, she
went to a foster family who were also recent adopters of
another sato. After Hurricane Maria, they really wanted to do
something to help, so they signed up to foster. When she first
arrived, Indy was extremely stressed after everything she had
experienced in the previous few weeks. Then suddenly, her
foster dad, Taylor, unexpectedly lost his job right after she
arrived and he became very stressed too. That shared stress
transformed into a shared special bond. Taylor says:
“We were both hurting, and in our pain, we were able to heal
each other.” He was able to devote much of his time to helping
her adjust to her new life and, in the process, she helped
him adjust too. When another family expressed interest in
adopting Indy, Taylor instantly realized that he could never let
her go. He says, “I was never someone who really understood
the whole ‘dog is man’s best friend’ thing, or how close you
could be with an animal. Until I got Indy. She’s taught me what
unconditional love truly is. And how to be present… and not to
take a single moment with the ones we love for granted.”
PITA
“Look at these happy little faces and you’ll know all you need
to know. The Sato Project rescues thousands of abandoned
dogs in Puerto Rico and brings them to the mainland US,
finds them homes via an extensive vetting process to make
sure each dog has the perfect family, and gives these dogs
a life they couldn’t have dreamed of. These three are sisters,
32
all rescued in 2020, who met up for a reunion for their first
birthday thanks to the adopter network The Sato Project has
created. This non-profit creates families and saves lives, and
what could be better than that?"
- Nicole G., Adopter of Pita
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