Looking for their forever home
Anna travelled to the UK earlier this year with Axel with whom she had formed a really special bond. They went into a wonderful foster home in Hertfordshire where although their great friendship remained we found as their individual confidence grew they could live independent of […]
Gisella is around 3, she is tricolour. We saw her in a pound with her puppy and we rescued them. The puppy has been adopted in Italy. We are now looking for a home for her. She is very timid and fearful. She gets on well […]
Update 08 October. The wonderful and super gentle Ginevra is coming along leaps and bounds! Her confidence is building daily as she continues her journey toward finding a forever home. Update 28 September 2025. Ginevra has completed her treatment and has been passed fit to travel […]
Updated photographs & video 28 September. Arthur was found running and terrified on the busy dual carriageway which leads to Calabria’s main airports. Fortunately it was possible to catch the poor little boy before he was run over. He is now safe in the charity’s care. […]
Chloe is 2 and she is of course the most playful and sweet dog. She was found as a stray, very ill in Calabria in August 2024. She has been in foster in Kent since March. She is positive to leishmaniasis but she has been treated […]
Bea was found in agony on the side of the road after she was run over by a rubbish lorry. She was left there for about 2-3 days we were told… The pain must have been excruciating being her leg fractured and infected. We took her […]
Tobia is only 2. He was captured as a stray a few months ago and taken to a public pound. In poor health and suffering from mange he had lost most of his fur. He was really desperate in his enclosure at the pound. Poor boy! […]
Viola was found reduced to skin and bones, consumed by leishmaniasis, her microchip had been removed… Welcome to Calabria. We are of course doing everything we can to restore her to health and basically bring her back to life! By day 25 of Glucantime injections to […]
In early July, in Southern Italy SOS Italian Setters we asked to deal with two heart-breaking discoveries, highlighting the plight of abandoned Setters in the region which becomes particularly bad during Summer. This is Matilde story thus far. We discussed whether to show some of these […]