Save a Sato

Save A Sato is a non-profit organization dedicated to easing the suffering of Puerto Rico's homeless and abused animals. "Sato" is slang for street dog. We rescue Satos from the streets and beaches, give them medical care, food and shelter, and plenty of love. When they are healthy, we send them to one of our shelter partners for adoption into loving homes. For more information, please read our Mission Statement.

Photo © Douglas Hodgkins Photography


Sato Makeovers

Before & After!

What a difference adoption makes!

See the amazing photos!


Delores when she arrived at the shelter.

Delores and Gloria, after!

 

Happy Endings!

With the help of our amazing shelter partners, thousands of Satos have been placed in loving homes.

Halley and Ruby

Photo © Douglas Hodgkins Photography

Our Wish List

Order from Amazon and ship direct to Save a Sato!

Donate a Kennel

Help us complete our "Shelter Makeover" by donating toward our kennel upgrades by clicking here.

Photo © Douglas Hodgkins Photography

Save a Sato on Facebook

Save A Sato on Facebook
Save a Sato Happenings!

Click here for the latest article from Reiki Master/Teacher Caly Lehrer, as she shares her story of the rescue of sato Raven from a beach in Piñones on her recent visit to Puerto Rico.


 

Help us win!

The Animal Rescue Site

Vote for Save a Sato at www.theanimalrescuesite.com and we could win $10,000 to help pets in need.

 

The Animal Rescue Site is hosting a special challenge for eligible Petfinder.com member shelter and rescue groups. The grand prize is a $10,000 grant, and they will be awarding many other grants to rescue groups with the most votes — a total of $100,000 in grants for animal welfare organizations.

 

Think how many satos we could help with $10,000!

 

Help us win! All you have to do is click to help rescued animals, and then vote in The Animal Rescue Site $100,000 Shelter+ Challenge. Both of these actions are absolutely free! You can vote once a day, every day, from January 18th through April 18th, 2010. Every time you vote, or tell a friend to vote, you are making a huge difference for us.

 

Vote today!

1. For Shelter name, type in: Save a Sato - for Country choose "United States" - for State choose "PR" from the drop down menu and click Search.

2.Choose Save a Sato from the returned results and click the Vote button - you will be asked to confirm your vote.

 

That's it! Please vote once every day! After the first vote it will show you who you voted for the first day so you will not have to search for Save a Sato again!

Share this with your friends and ask them to vote too! The prize money could go a long way in helping our dogs in Puerto Rico have a chance at a new and better life!

 


Visit: www.theanimalrescuesite.com

 


 

Give a Day. Get a Disney Day

Save a Sato has volunteer opportunities in Puerto Rico listed - visit www.disneyparks.com to see the volunteer opportunites and to sign up to volunteer. You must be signed up through the Disney site in order to qualify to receive your free ticket to a Disney Theme Park.


 

Reiki with Peace-By-Peace

 

Reiki Master/Teacher Caly Lehrer, met Randy the sato when he arrived at a shelter in New Jersey. A dog lover all her life, Caly has been dedicated to sharing her expertise with dogs and their owners; since meeting Randy, she has now graciously offered to share her experiences and expertise with us. Check here for regular articles from Caly, as well as answers to your questions.

 

Click here to read more.


 

See the results of our Holiday Fundraiser by clicking here! Thank you to all our generous donors!

 

 

 

Thanks to our friends at Puerto Rico Indie for showing Save a Sato some Puppy Love with their new iPod Application!

 

The 17 songs contained in the app include a wide array of musical acts including: the jazz fusion of Mobius Collective, singer/songwriter Mima, hardcore punk veterans Tropiezo, the 8-bit sounds of Go Organ!, and NPR's Second Stage featured artists Suturee and Fantasmes. Puerto Rico's blooming independent music scene and its disparate genres (folk, experimental rock, ambient noise and power pop, just to name a few) are well represented in the compilation. The app also includes music from Hábitat, Cougar City, Odradek, Scores, Los Niños Estelares, Vliot,Cautela, Dead Hands on a Piano, Juventud Crasa, and Drain the Ocean.These musicians shared their music for this community effort that aims to help Save a Sato. All proceeds from sales of the application during the next 6 months will go directly to Save a Sato.

 

You can download the App through iTunes by clicking here.

 


 

 

Shelter Make Over!
 

Thanks to some very generous donors, our shelter make over has started - click here to help!

 

 

Click the kennel to see our progress!


 

 
Finding Forever: The Story of the Satos of Puerto Rico
and the People Who Save Them

© 2009 Douglas Hodgkins Photography

From the streets of Puerto Rico to Save a Sato's humble "Shelter of Miracles", on to the airport for a flight to our wonderful partner shelters and then finally to their forever home - join the satos on this magnificent journey in Finding Forever .

 

Our heartfelt thanks to all the Save a Sato volunteers, flight escorts, partner shelters, adopters and above all to Doug Hodgkins for their dedication to making this beautiful film a reality. This film was created and is copywrited by Douglas Hodgkins and may not be used without his written permission.


 
Dogs in our shelter in San Juan!

Dogs currently in our shelter in San Juan waiting for families to call their own!

 

 

 

 

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You can't change the world by adopting an animal, but you can change the whole world for that animal. --Author Unknown

 

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