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Want to chat with other Sato owners about your amazing dog? Or converse with people committed to finding solutions to the terrible problem of animal abuse and overpopulation in Puerto Rico? 
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Chantal Robles and Karen Fehrenback were each doing their own rescue work to help dogs abandoned in the streets of Puerto Rico when they met at a veterinarian's office in 1994. That meeting led to a lasting friendship - forged over the shared belief that animals deserve compassion - and the start of a joint rescue operation.
As that small operation attracted more and more animal lovers who wanted to help, it grew into Save a Sato, which was incorporated as a nonprofit foundation in 1996. Long-time animal advocate, Gloria Marti, soon joined the team and they built their very own small animal shelter in San Juan. With the help of friends and other animal lovers, they were soon able to develop partnerships with a network of no-kill shelters in the United States that would take in their dogs and find them loving and secure homes.
In fact, the arrangement worked very well for these shelters, which typically did not have enough dogs surrendered locally to meet the high demand for adoption. Since then, Save a Sato has rescued and rehomed nearly 20,000 dogs and several hundred cats. In addition, the organization provides low-cost spay and neutering services to as many as 200 local animals every year.
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