All dogs are special to AFOT but Boxers hold a special place a particularly special place in the heart of many of our AFOT volunteers and supporters. When Wallace came into AFOT care we were appalled to see this stunning boy reduced to this skeleton. Finding the right home was paramount and Sally & Martyn […]
Gracie will always have a place in our hearts Gracie the gorgeous Tabby cat had such a short time in her new forever home in the UK before tragedy struck. Her passing hit us all hard and what made it worse was the fact that she left behind the brother from whom she seemed inseparable. […]
Nellie died surrounded by love after brief time in the UK Nellie the Boxer was already ten years old when we eventually managed to get this beautiful girl to her new home in the UK. She had endured a difficult life up to then in Turkey until she was taken into the home of one […]
Beren was so brave until the end Brave Beren had so much love to offer. Unfortunately he never really got that chance. Beren was a young rescue dog who had not always known kindness. This little dog was found and rescued near a beach club in Calis, Fethiye, by a family from England enjoying their […]
Battler Savas so close to getting her dream home This beautiful girl had a difficult start to her life before she was rescued and came into AFOT care. She moved into one of our foster care homes and she seemed to be doing well at first. However, her health never fully recovered and she spent […]
Poor little rescue girl Nova was found abandoned having been thrown out of a car in Üzümlü, Turkey in May 2022. Just a young dog of approximately six months old, Nova was fending for herself the best way she could by trying to latch on to every human she met. With zero manners though, jumping […]
Adopting with AFOT Tootsie, our very first dog to be rehomed in 2018, meeting her new family. A full 100% of our energies go into one sole aim – finding loving and caring homes for the abandoned, neglected, and abused dogs who have little or no future in Turkey. Turkish (and indeed Foreign) Rescue dogs […]
What To Expect In The First Few Weeks (at least)… Adopting a rescue dog is such a very special thing to do and taking in a dog that has been rescued from a life on the streets or one who had no future is even more special. The transformation you can bring to the life of a Turkish dog […]
Animal Friends of Turkey has been truly blessed to find a patron as fully supportive as she is to us as fabulous patron Sam Hutchinson. Sam has been an incredible supporter to us as a charity ever since she first came into contact with us in applying to adopt an AFOT dog. She took our […]
Animal Friends of Turkey often work together with other dog rescue charities in the UK to help our dogs find homes. We not only work with reputable rescues that will help with mixed breeds but also with breed specific charities who focus on helping a specific breed of dog and AFOT will usually try to […]
Animal Friends of Turkey (AFOT) began in May 2018 and since then we have seen Turkish animal rights steadily changing for the worse. The pandemic hit all charities hard, but combined with an incomprehensible transport ban prohibiting charities from transporting dogs from Turkey to the UK, our job became almost impossible. Just when we thought […]
The new law sends a clear message to street dogs and to those who look after them saying: “you’re on your own, the government doesn’t care about you”. The new law is essentially a free pass for anyone wanting to create problems for street dogs. And there are many in Turkey who have been waiting […]
