Save A Sato is a non-profit, all volunteer organization dedicated to easing the suffering of Puerto Rico's homeless and abused animals. "Sato" is slang for street dog. We rescue Satos from the streets and beaches, give them medical care, food and shelter, and plenty of love. When they are healthy, we send them to one of our shelter partners for adoption into loving homes.
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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Donate here.
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Be a Sato Escort.
Help us bring happy, healthy, rescued dogs to loving homes on the mainland--be a Sato transport escort!
We always need transport escorts to accompany our dogs on flights to their new homes....federal law prohibits us from sending dogs without a corresponding traveler. If you are leaving Puerto Rico on an American Airlines flight to one of the airports below please consider escorting a sato! If you are interested in donating your American Airlines Frequent Flyer miles to Save a Sato please click here.
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