Update: Lucky Mignma unfortunately died in August 2018 after he didn’t recover from cancer. This is our latest rescue, brought to our attention by Mingma Sherpa. If we can get him back to health, Mingma will adopt him. He has small tumours all over the body and is presently on a course of antibiotics. After a few days, he will …
CDWK wishes to thank our longterm volunteers: Sonia and Guillem from Spain (2017 – 2018) Kimberley from Australia (2016 – present) Trent from Australia (2017 – 2018) Achille from France (2017) Christiane from Germany (2016 – 2017) For more information and photos, see – Volunteering
Dolma, a friendly street dog, was brought to CDWK on 22 January 2018, from Gokarna in NE Kathmandu by Palden, from Gava Nepal NGO, with a large, aggressive transmissible venereal tumour (TVT). Dolma stayed at the CDWK centre while she underwent chemotherapy. Although from outside our area, as Palden was unable to find a safe place to keep Dolma while …
In the last month or so, a few of the dogs in our shelter have passed away. May they all rest in peace. Poppo succumbed to old age and a degenerative spinal condition. Dear, sweet Bruno, who was outside during the daytime, was found mysteriously dead by the side of the road at our driveway, with no injury whatsoever. We …
We received a generous donation from Patricia, Lynne and David, from Luton in the UK, in loving memory of their dear friend, Daphne Olsen, who recently passed away. Daphne was a great dog-lover, trainer and rescuer. This donation will be put towards our fundraiser for building new enclosures and facilities for the 71 dogs currently in our care. We have …
Our gofundme campaign has now reached over half our target of AU$3,000, presently at $1,650. Thank you to everyone who has contributed and shared. Please help us keep going by asking friends and family to add a little! See our latest update on the gofundme campaign by clicking here: www.gofundme.com/helpnepalstreetdogs Click on updates.
Due to recent housing development and sale of land, CDWK has had to relocate nearly all our dogs in the past year or so. Although a new piece of land was rented and dog enclosures built, it is just not large enough to comfortably house all of the 61 adult dogs and 12 puppies currently in our care. We have …
A huge thanks to our generous supporters, from all over the world, who have newly sponsored the care of 20 adult dogs in our shelter since the beginning of February 2018. Thanks to: Rebecca Morris for sponsoring CDWK’s logo dog, the faithful, old Tiger; Kareena Johnson for sponsoring the playful terrier, Jigme; Rhianna Wilson for sponsoring gentle Big Boy; Trent …
A British Lass found Tommy, a sad young male with mange, hanging around her guesthouse. He was not faring well on the streets. He seemed to have been an owned dog, possibly a guard dog, who had been dumped. Tommy was brought to the shelter where he was treated for mange and “tick-borne erlichia cannis” infection. When he recovered and …
Suzy was found by Kate on the street wandering along looking thoroughly lost. A sad little pup, 2-3 months of age, looking very scruffy with malnutrition and mange. Kate thought that Suzy would not survive for long, so Suzy was bundled into the taxi. After a week of good food the mange receded and she is now active and clearly …
