Dean Mackenzie

[Dean Mackenzie @DeanMackenzie2]

Incredible how powerful music is...whether it be a toetapping tune or a deep thinker of a song...good chance it means something to someone 🎧

[Dog Desk Animal Action @DogDeskAction]

🚨Ruzgar needs your help 🚨

We are pitching hard to corporates but they want to see more followers before they commit 😟

Will you help us please, if you don't follow please do it today, share & tag we need at least 20,000 people behind us

[Nigel Travis @Nigel_Travis]

I urge everyone to share this post. Disgusting treatment by @waitrose My daughter Sadie Travis used to work with this young man, who is a lovely lad. He deserves better. Shame on Waitrose🤬

[Saffron Ⓥ @SafferTheGaffer]

I’m sorry about the distressing post last night. It was a stressful & desperate situation. We’d all been there with our nets & trying to negotiate the safe capture of the birds. We just needed more time. They killed them anyway. For shame @TheRangeUK FOR SHAME

#AnimalCruelty 💔

[Agent P @AgentP22]

Compare and contrast.

JK Rowling saves 100 women from Taliban death squads.

Nicola Sturgeon let's convicted rapists into women's toilets, changing rooms and prisons and then disappears to London when the Supreme Court steps in.

Whose side are you on?

[Dennoh @CFC_dennoh]

Thiago Silva gave it all for Chelsea.

Only Thiago Silva fans are allowed to like this tweet. https://t.co/H2TkxpWKCo

[Dean Mackenzie @DeanMackenzie2]

@TheCinesthetic Oz

[AFeldmanMMA @afeldMMA]

This piece from DAZN on Francis Ngannou is a must-watch 🔥

“Driven by the Dream.”

Win, lose, or draw - the story of Francis Ngannou’s journey from Batié, Cameroon, to the world's biggest stage is one of the greatest stories in sports history.

There are a thousand instances where Francis could have given up on this dream. Most people would have thrown in the towel, but Francis was never going to take no for an answer.

Today, he faces a massive challenge as he steps into the boxing ring for just the second time to take on boxing great Anthony Joshua, but massive challenges are all Francis really knows.

While they each took entirely different paths, both journeys converge just hours from now.

August 2012: At 22 years old, Anthony Joshua wins the Olympic Boxing Gold medal.

April 2012: With no set plan, 25-year-old Francis Ngannou packs a backpack and attempts to leave Cameroon to pursue his boxing dreams.

March 8, 2024: Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou

@francis_ngannou
@arielhelwani / @danhardymma
#KnockoutChaos
(🎥: DAZN YT prelims)

[EZ Rider🌻🇺🇸🦅 @EZRideryoyall]

In case you didn’t get to see it, here is the full video of Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs singing “Fast Car” at the Grammys
https://t.co/4RyBSFgjsW

[Dean Mackenzie @DeanMackenzie2]

@vuecinemas Terminator 2😎

[Dean Mackenzie @DeanMackenzie2]

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[Dean Mackenzie @DeanMackenzie2]

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[A Trip to Ibrox @BoysInBlue72]

Some Sunday morning viewing for you.

The Hammer.

[Dean Mackenzie @DeanMackenzie2]

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[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

How Over 1000 Dogs Per Month Are Now Having Their Lives Changed For The Better Thanks To Twitter🐶🙏✅

The chances are you are reading this because of the uplifting dog videos I share on a daily basis. Street dogs who have had a hard start in life but who can make comebacks.

The likes of McMuffin, King Whacker, Tina, Rodney or Jumbo to name but a few. Their stories give us all hope in life and make us feel good but in reality they are the tip of the iceberg. They are the dogs that help me figure out how to save many more at scale.

I’ll explain how by sharing what was achieved in the month of June…

24,000 Homemade Meals Served In The Last 30 Days 🥘

The feeding system works super smooth now and the following happens every single day…

🔵800 street dogs fed
🔵Fresh food cooked with rice, chicken, eggs, vegetables and coconut oil
🔵Delivered free of charge to 12 volunteers and shelters around the island

It’s beautiful to think that 24,000 times each month a street dog has the feeling of nice tasty food in their belly that they didn’t have to scavenge for. Long term it improves their health and it means kind dog volunteers have more money for medicines and vet visits.

173 Dogs Sterilised In June ✂️

I’ve written often about the main tool in stopping the suffering being sterilising. Controlling the population and getting the numbers of new arrivals down. The problem is that is is expensive, logistically tricky and the dogs often don’t want to be caught.

In June alone I was able to provide funding for 173 dogs. If you consider that those dogs might be responsible for 10-20 puppies each that means there are 1000s of future puppies being stopped.

In an effort to try and showcase what that looks like you can see the actual sterilisations on the map here...

🗺️📌 https://t.co/5IgsqXTRa5

You can see how small the islands are compared to the rest of Thailand but things are off and running. The monthly totals will continue to sharply increase from here (It costs about $30-50 per dog).

My dream is to see little blue dots on that map in every country in the world. Millions of them. Nothing makes a bigger difference. I also want to find ways to showcase the data and progress so as people can feel like real change is happening. I'll continue to try and improve the data sharing and tech.

Seeing a video of Tina makes us feel warm and fuzzy but every blue dot on these maps is dozens of lives saved.

51st Forever Home 🏡

With so many dogs on the streets it would be impossible to find homes for even 10% of them. Having said that I’ve just hit 51 forever homes. These include…

🔵Injured dogs like Penny who was abused and tortured
🔵Puppies with little chance of survival on the streets re-homed around Thailand
🔵Dogs like Whacker, Moritz, Rodney and Brad Pitt going to Europe an USA to join Hope, Lottie and Little Squeak who are already there.

Every single dog re-homed changes not only the life of the dog but the humans who invite them into the family as well.

60+ Serious Medical Treatments In June 💊

Street dogs have an incredibly tough life. Because they don’t have owners they suffer from a range of issues. There are snakes, ticks and fleas, cars hitting them, fights, poisonings, human abuse and a whole range of other dangers.

Medicine and vet care is one of the biggest costs but it is vital and often life saving. Some examples in the last month include…

🔵Angelina Jolie who has heart worms and a hole in her head but who is recovering
🔵Tina who is having her life extended with vet care and a special diet
🔵Chicken who arrived at death’s door but who is full of life 3 weeks later

Even more important are the countless dogs who got medicines and care on the streets. Simple tick and flea medicine, dogs being taken for vaccines and simple but life saving treatments.

Serious Momentum Now 🚀

The street dog problem around the world is so exceptionally large that it can seem completely daunting. The suffering I see in my own little corner of the island is brutal without thinking about the rest of the country or on other continents where I know the same thing is happening.

The key with any problem though I believe is breaking it into small manageable pieces. If I can find ways to improve on the techniques above and then scale them up really fast with momentum and backing then anything is possible.

The bigger change though is from the 100s of dogs I’ve never met. The 1000s that won’t be born into suffering now because of sterilising. The mums who won’t have to have endless puppies. The street dogs with food in their bellies and no horrible ticks in their ears. The diseases the dogs won’t get because of vaccines and simple medicines.

The month of June was good but this is 0.1% of what I need to do. I spend every waking hour thinking of ways to speed this all up to help more dogs.

Because the videos reach a large audience here on Twitter I am able to do all this more "boring" stuff that helps the dogs at scale. With these longer form posts I can also explain the thought process behind it all. The more people who know about street dogs the more I can do to help them.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend wherever you are in the world.

Big Love

Niall

P. S You can help by donating here... https://t.co/LB39FRdCxt

[Dean Mackenzie @DeanMackenzie2]

@BloodyElbow @lucky_royal