The Shouf Dog Shelter was created in 2016 by Dayana Beainy,A fierce Animal Advocate in Lebanon.
Dayana started spontaneously rescuing battered, severely abused, harshly neglected, poisoned, injured dogs, cats and birds until her home fits no more. The threats of the neighbours led her to create a small shelter, which became a sanctuary nearly a decade later. In Dayana's shelter resides the paralysed,the sick,the elderly until they find their special own homes ,No time frames, No eleminations, No Euthanization under any pressure.
Every animal is considered at home with their mama since she lives with them at the shelter(in her room live 20 dogs and a blind cat named Chaziyah; one of the victims of the 2024 war on Lebanon, her name means :rocket shrapnel due to her head injury)
In Lebanon, Shelters are not supported by the government at all and the public is still struggling with the idea of choosing to save animals rather than people, a sacred mission not everyone could fathom in her society, some turn against her, trying to put her down, while others devalue her mission to hurtful steeping levels, Only few understood the importance of her devotion.
The Shouf Dog Shelter is the home of over 200 dogs and cats, It protects, feeds, treats all these broken souls with a huge love but a scarce income.
13 handicaped and paralysed dogs of which 7 started walking & running again defying the negative medical assessment & advice for euthanization!
The Shouf Dog Shelter is now struggling for survival!
The ongoing geopolitical conflits in the region, the undecided community, and the wave of scammers/ rescuers who are making every day harder than the last .the illigal breeders, the lack of Animal Welfare Laws application, but the worst of all: the brutal war putting the whole country under unbearable financial crisis.
The Shouf Dog Shelter is suffering considerably.
We need all moral and financial support: Heart & hands for the Animals.