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    Your kindness ensures they’re loved, fed, and cared for until their forever family arrives.

JUST £10 A MONTH WILL GIVE THESE GUYS THE CARE THEY NEED

While we’re not a shelter (we return dogs to the streets where possible), we do have a number of resident dogs awaiting forever homes. They’re often harder to rehome because they’re older, less conventionally ‘pretty,’ or have specific needs.

We give them lots of love, but their food, board, and healthcare add up. Sponsoring one of these silly faces helps ease the financial strain.

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MEET OUR UNADOPTABLES

CHANCE

We found Chance in 2018, cowering behind a bin outside the hospital, covered in horrific burns. You wouldn’t recognise him today—he had one hell of a WECare glow-up…

SPONSOR CHANCE

HULK

Hulk got run over outside his beloved bakery but he lived to see another day, thanks to a lot of help from WECare and his sheer determination to continue eating rotis.

SPONSOR HULK

PAPRIKA

An unlucky run-in with a tuk tuk led to this girl needing a leg amputation, but who needs four legs anyway? Seems excessive…

SPONSOR PAPRIKA

POPPERS

Attacked by a dog at only six weeks old, Poppers didn’t have the best start to life — she might have lost a limb but she hasn’t lost her joie de vivre!

SPONSOR POPPERS

GUINNESS

This three-legged sass pot absolutely exudes energy — if she was a human, we reckon she’d be the CEO of five companies by now.

SPONSOR GUINESS

ZOE

Dumped outside the clinic as a pup, Zoe got adopted and then…run over. No wonder this girl has trust issues!

SPONSOR ZOE

ERIKA

Erika has ticked ‘surviving being run over’ and ‘leg amputation’ off her bucket list, and all at such a young age! Absolute girl boss.

SPONSOR ERIKA

DOT

Dot was a mangey, sunburnt pup when we found him with his brother Seal back in 2015. He's one mischievous little monkey!

SPONSOR DOT

SEAL

Seal transformed from a hairless little bean into this gorgeous specimen...and doesn't he know just how gorgeous he is (Blue Steel)!

SPONSOR SEAL

DOUGAL

Found during one of our CNVR programmes sporting half a leg, Dougal's now living life and thriving as a proper three-legger after an amputation! A true soppy boi.

SPONSOR DOUGAL

JAKE

Jake arrived at WECare as just a tiny 10 week old puppy, and he'd lost half of his leg in a road traffic accident. He's now the handsomest wee man in town, hangin' out in the gardens with his BFFL Zoe.

SPONSOR JAKE

SO, WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO ALL DAY?

Great question. When we’re not keeping our sponsor dogs happy and healthy, our main hustle is running our busy emergency veterinary hospital, while simultaneously coordinating our neutering and vaccination outreach programme. 9-5? We don’t know her!

By sponsoring one of our resident dogs, not only are you funding their cushty life at WECare, but you’re also supporting our life-saving work for the street dogs of Sri Lanka. Did someone say ‘value for money’?

12,400 ANIMALS TREATED

From road traffic accidents to maggot wounds, boar attacks to humungous TVTs (sexually transmitted tumours), we’ve seen it all. Every animal that comes through our door is given the absolute best chance of recovery in our fully-equipped emergency hospital.

433 ANIMALS HOMED

We put dogs back on the street wherever possible but that’s not appropriate for all cases. If it’s too unsafe for a recovered patient to go back on the street, they'll live at WECare until we find their perfect forever home!

26,644 VACCINATIONS ADMINISTERED

Rabies is fatal, but 100% preventable with vaccination, and we vaccinate every animal that comes to the hospital or our outreach project. We also vaccinate against distemper, hepatitis, leptospirosis, and parvo, stopping the spread of these diseases in their tracks.

See the transformations

  • Troy

    Troy had a HUGE maggot wound behind his left ear, with pockets extending all the way down to his shoulder. It was dangerously close to his inner ear and brain, and we feared the worst. We whisked him back to the hospital and removed THOUSANDS of maggots (truly, it was grim). Relief swept over us when we found the damage hadn’t hit the critical zones. After weeks of dressings, snuggles (he LOVES a cuddle), and a little stitch-up, Troy was ready to head home!

  • Dobby

    We set out to pick up Dobby and were shocked—how had this poor boy survived like this? On the roadside, we couldn’t tell if there was a viable eye under the mass or if surgery was even possible, but we knew he needed help. Back at WECare, the vet team assessed his condition, and after much trepidation, we decided to attempt surgery. After one of our trickiest procedures, we removed the mass, reconstructed his eyelids, and restored sight to his right eye. Dobby was pretty chuffed and back with his guardian before we knew it!

  • Lex

    Lex is a Doberman—not that you’d have recognized him when he was roaming the streets looking like a bald seal! Unlike Sri Lanka’s crossbreed street dogs, Lex was a stray—a dumped pet no longer wanted by his owners. He arrived with severe mange, but after six weeks of treatment, we had him healthy and ready for a new life. Lex was rehomed with a wonderful family, where he could run amuck just like he did in the WECare garden, blissfully unaware he wasn’t a Sri Lankan dog—or a puppy!

  • Browny

    Browny was just 16 weeks old when we met her, and we couldn’t believe she had the energy to wag her tail and gobble a bowl of food. She spent almost three months with us recovering from a maggot wound that kept growing as she did, leaving us constantly playing catch-up. When we couldn’t reach her owners, Browny became a WECare dog and was thoroughly spoiled, enjoying daily massages with Bio-Oil. Her story had the perfect ending when she was adopted into a loving home—by a massage therapist, no less—so she never had to give up her favorite part of the day!

  • Roadie

    Roadie came to us with small skin tumours, a penile TVT, and a massive facial growth causing so much pressure it made his eyes bleed. On assessment, we found it was a sexually transmitted tumour (TVT), likely contracted by breathing in tumour cells or through direct contact. While these usually appear on the genitals, Roadie must have had his head somewhere it didn’t belong, resulting in a nasal and sinus TVT. After six weeks of chemotherapy, Roadie was back on his paws and ready to return to the stunning hills he calls home!

Frequently Asked Questions

  • WHAT DOES MY SPONSORSHIP MONEY PAY FOR?

    Your monthly donation covers your sponsor dog’s food, shelter, vet care (including preventatives), and staffing, ensuring they’re happy, healthy and loved until they find their forever home. Winner!

     

  • WHAT DO I GET IN RETURN?

    Look forward to quarterly updates from your sponsored pup, including cute pictures and news about what they’ve been up to. You’ll also get little surprises like exclusive digital wallpapers, Christmas cards, and WECare anniversary cards — WAY better than junk mail. Oh, and the best part? That warm, fuzzy feeling from knowing you’re doing your bit to change the lives of street dogs. Can’t beat that one.

     

  • WILL I BE MY ONLY DOG’S SPONSOR?

    Nope, it takes a village to care for these pooches, and we think our dogs deserve more than one pen pal each after what they’ve been through. We don’t have individual bank accounts for each dog (IMAGINE what they’d spend it on…) so any leftover money goes towards WECare’s vital work for the street dogs of Sri Lanka.

     

  • WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE DOG I SPONSOR GETS ADOPTED?

    As sad as it is to say goodbye, rehoming these adorable dogs is, of course, the goal. When that time comes we’ll be in touch to help you pick another absolute champ from the garden. (It’s hard to choose but don’t worry, we’ve got you.)

     

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