About us

The shelter that we were running in period August 2015 – November 2019 was made by local government in year 2010, as its legal obligation, but when we came it was abandoned and in terrible condition – there were just hungry, thirsty and sick dogs wandering around the garbage dump, where this shelter of 190m2 was actually made. In these chaotic circumstances we took over to manage this municipal „shelter“, but only as a temporary solution.

Until November 2019 we had around 100 dogs placed on 790m2, operating in extremely unhealthy environment. Regardless of our efforts, the grounds was fully unsuitable in terms of maintaining the hygiene. Poisonous water from garbage dump were flushing directly into the shelter and the whole area was inhabited with rats, so there was a constant risk of spreading dangerous diseases. It was literally impossible to clean dogs of parasites, fleas and ticks because the area is contaminated and all our efforts mostly were gone in vain. The ground was infected with parvovirus and that had disastrous consequences on mortality of the puppies. There was no quarantine, no electricity, while water supply was improvised.

From the very first day our mission was to remove the dogs from dangerous, unhealthy, depressing, degrading and inhumane garbage dump to “The Land of Dogs”,  where abandoned dogs will live in a scenic, healing and cage-free environment among human and animal friends – until adoption.

With that aim, in year 2016 Board members bought the land size 18.500 square meters, installed the fence and it gave it to the association SRCEZAŠAPU to build new dog shelter and manage it in a long-term. After two years of exhausting administrative procedure and obstructions of local government, in July 2018, we finally got the Building Permission and started with works. In November 2019, SRCEZAŠAPU opened the doors of the Land of Dogs and moved the dogs from the landfill.

Founders voluntarily perform all managing tasks related to the planning, organizing and overseeing the human, financial and material resources of the shelter, keeping dog records, reporting, promoting and establishing contacts with possible partners, fundraising etc. However, the favourite part of our job remains direct work with dogs in the shelter.
The shelter that we run has two employees, one of them veterinarian technician. They take care of the dogs seven days a week, during the working hours from 08.00 to 16.00.