Serbian stray dog advocate fights to save his 450 pooches

[joeybee12]

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Niš (Serbia) (AFP) - Surrounded by hundreds of dogs, wagging their tails and running free on fenced-off land in a Serbian town, Sasa Pesic knows each of the pooches by name.

"I know exactly how each dog arrived at my shelter, I know their names, personalities," says Pesic as he patted one of his charges.

It all started when Pesic, out of work like around 17 percent of Serbians, came upon four abandoned puppies in woods near his home.

The discovery changed his life dramatically, setting him on a path to becoming an advocate for stray dogs and opening a shelter in Nis in southern Serbia.

Today it is home for more than 450 animals, but Pesic may soon have to move his canine horde as the city wants him to find a new location.

http://news.yahoo.com/serbian-stray-dog-advocate-fights-save-450-pooches-034138888.html

Nothing like bad publicity to get these "authorities" to change their tune...what asshats...having the dogs roaming the city is a public safety issue...they should be donating to this guy's shelter, not trying to run him off.

[sabrina 1]

1. Good for him. Beautiful puppies, I hope he gets a lot of support to keep them safe and maybe find

good homes for them.

[Sunlei]

2. how does he feed and care for 450 dogs daily?

Even one pound of cheapest dry food each.

[joeybee12]

3. Yup, it must take everything he has...nt