Stories from the field
Rescues, adoptions and updates from our team in Turkey and Switzerland.
THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY TO HELP ANIMALS IN NEED!
Here is a letter we received from one of our longtime supporters Kemal:) "About 10 years ago, I made a promise to myself to find a way to contribute to the well…
AN UPHILL BATTLE WE NEVER SEEM TO WIN...
We are struggling harder than ever this year... Fewer adoptions, not enough donations, and every single day more dogs and cats are abandoned in horrific shelter…
WHAT WE ACHIEVED TOGETHER IN 2025
Now that we are leaving another difficult and challenging year behind us, we would like to give you an overview of 2025 and show you what we did achieve all tog…
THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE - THE STORY OF MATI
In March 2022, we rescued some dogs from a horrific shelter and one of them was Mati. For the next 2 years, she was always overlooked by people who wanted to ad…
PENPAWS CLAN - PIT 2026 WALL CALENDAR COVER
MILLS & RÜZGAR & DUSTY in Kent / UK We first met Joanna and Richard from UK in 2022 when they adopted Rüzgar from us. We sent him to Berlin from Izmir and they …
CLARK - PIT 2026 DESK CALENDAR COVER BOY
This young border collie was probably bought from a breeder when he was a puppy then abandoned two times by his owners, we rescued him from a car repair shop in…
A YEAR END LETTER
Dear PIT Family, Another difficult, challenging yet rewarding year came to an end for us! We started 2023 with so many new rescues and enormous amount of clinic…
AN EARTHQUAKE SURVIVOR STARTS HER NEW LIFE IN BERLIN
In February 2023 a powerful earthquake hit the Southeast of Turkey, so many lives were lost and many people became homeless... In a tragedy like this magnitude …
A LETTER FROM COPENHAGEN...
"Dear PIT team, I just wanted to thank you so much for everything you do, giving animals like Sefira new chances. Sefira has evolved so much. At first she was s…
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
The worst thing that can happen to a rescue organisation like us is to not being able to rescue... And unfortunately we are at that stage now! We have been tryi…
A YEAR END LETTER
Dear PIT Friend, Year 2022 has been yet another challenging but rewarding period, whilst we were all trying to recover from covid. The achievements made by Pets…
THE STORY OF ROSA
HERE IS THE STORY OF OUR COVER PHOTO OF PIT DESK CALENDAR 2023 Rosa was rescued in March 2020. She was found abandoned in Sinop, Turkey surrounded by big dogs i…
THE STORY OF ATHENA & PEARL
HERE IS THE STORY OF OUR COVER PHOTO OF PIT WALL CALENDAR 2023 Athena was found in a desperate state on a roadside in Aydın, Turkey. She had just given birth to…
A HEARTFELT LETTER FROM KATHLEEN - ADOPTIVE PARENT OF JANGO & PACO
"I didn’t want to buy a dog. There are too many beautiful dogs in the world without a home and in need of love and safety." When I purchased a Nordictrack indoo…
"Nothing can be as Rewarding as Adopting a Dog"
Meet Michelle, Leyla and Olivier. Their lives, choices they make and their outlook on life made a drastic turn after adopting not one, but three dogs through Pe…
SEASONS GREETINGS ALL!
It has been another difficult year for all of us and for our furry friends as well... We are hoping that we will have a better year with more rescues and more a…
"Our Experience with Pets in Turkey"
This post is done by Audrey and Adreas who live in Berlin and they recently adopted Moxie from us. We thank them for sharing their experience during the adoptio…
The story of Scali
She was a 3 months old puppy when she was abandoned by the road wrapped in a blanket. The rescue workers spotted her by miracle, by then she was to weak even to…
Our dogs' sanctuary needs your help
One of our problems with the rescue and the adoption is that we need to keep our dogs and cats for at least 4 months in order to prepare them for international …
Being a stray puppy in Turkey
The problem is huge in this country, there are thousands if not millions of stray dogs and cats trying to survive on the streets, in the forests or in the horri…
Paint to Rescue!
@izimcetindag.art Izim Cetindag is a painter, she lives in Geneva with her family and she is one of our members. She recently came up with this beautiful idea o…