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[Ree Mathi @ReeMathi]

Naan #Rajinikanth Ila da !!! #HBDSuperstarRajinikanth

[Sun Pictures @sunpictures]

Wishing the icon of Indian cinema, the epitome of entertainment, and the super one, Superstar @rajinikanth, a very Happy Birthday!

#HappyBirthdaySuperstarRajinikanth #HBDSuperstarRajinikanth

[Ree Mathi @ReeMathi]

💔💔

[Kiefer Sutherland @RealKiefer]

With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away. I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film. Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly. He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that. A life well lived.

[Ree Mathi @ReeMathi]

Such a loss #LeeSunKyun … #MyMister is and will always be one of my favorite shows !!💔💔💔

[Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg]

With just 11 red wolves known to remain in the wild, this could be the last one you see 🐺

#SaveRedWolves

[Soledad Francis PhD @SoledadFrancis]

“She’s not 'my' girl. She belongs to herself. And I am blessed, for with all her freedom, she comes back to me moment to moment, day by day and night by night. How much more blessed can I be?”

― Paulo Coelho

[Ree Mathi @ReeMathi]

This!!!

[Inner Practitioner @MindTendencies2]

People assume your soft heart and gentleness must have come from an easy life. They don't know you walked through the darkness alone & transformed your wounds into wisdom, your pain into power, the mistreatment of others into boundaries, & your generational curses into blessings.

[Inner Practitioner @MindTendencies2]

Crazy how peaceful life becomes when you decide you no longer have the energy to argue and you are okay with being misunderstood because people only understand from their level of perception and no argument is worth destroying your peace and triggering your mental health.

[Inner Practitioner @MindTendencies2]

Crazy how peaceful life becomes when you realize you are not responsible for people's disappointment from their uncommunicated expectations because it's all in their head and you didn't agree to any of it, and you don't disappoint them, their expectations of you disappoint them.

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

"It's not an investment if its destroying the planet."
~Vandana Shiva.

RT if you agree.

#ActOnClimate #climateemergency #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal

[Ree Mathi @ReeMathi]

#StopAdaniSavePulicat #SaveChennai

[Ree Mathi @ReeMathi]

This goes for our baby too !!! #Ira #loveyourpets

[The Dodo @dodo]

This pro baseball player's open letter to his dog 😭❤️

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

We won’t forget that Doug Ford’s Conservatives cut 67% from the Ontario Emergency Forest Firefighting budget and are fighting to reverse them.

Wildfires have been a reality for northern Ontarians for years, and it’s getting worse.

Ontario is short 50 fire crews. #onpoli

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Game Changing Numbers - The Power Of Community

You can save a few dogs on your own and make a difference on a local level. Trying to solve the problem on a global level though takes an army of people who care and also want to change the suffering dogs endure.

May was a month where I felt that more than ever. Let me explain…

150 Dogs Sterilised In May Alone

Stopping the flow of new dogs is the only true solution. I’ve been trying to allocate as much money as I can towards this.

In the entire year of 2022 I was able to sterilise 302 dogs.

In May 2023 alone I was able to fund the sterilising of 150 dogs

In June the aim is to Sterilise 250 dogs

There are now 3 locations and clinics that I pay for sterilising (RDF, PACS and KMAC)

It’s very hard to visualise what that means on a practical level. If you are just reading this online it would be easy to gloss over the effort, expense and crucially the impact this has on dogs. There are lots of formulas used but I like to keep it simple and say sterilising a dog might stop 15 - 20 future puppies.

Using that calculation it means 2250 - 3000 puppies will not be born into suffering thanks to the sterilising that took place in May.

Imagine that. 3000 dogs. Wow!

The Doggy Beach Hotel

A really good example of the community effort on the ground is an abandoned beach hotel I got word about that is a stray dog hot spot this week…

20 Stray dogs that locals wanted to get rid of (interpret that as you will)

11 Dogs already caught

15 People involved volunteering their time

Medicines, sterilising and dogs moved to safer places

The stress, anxiety, effort, planning and danger (2 people got bitten) involved in this can only be taken on by a large group of people. This is a good explainer of the scale of the problem.

2 One Eyed Beauties 🐶

As things ramp up and the amount of dogs being helped it is inevitable that more operations are needed and serious injuries are encountered. Vet bills are probably my biggest expense but little McMuffin and Lily Savage coming home from their successful check ups after having an eye removed each makes it worth it.

Two dogs that can go on to live happy and healthy lives now instead of suffering on their own.

15 Dogs Re-Homed In Thailand And Abroad In May

The time and effort to do this is massive. It won’t solve the street dog problem on it’s own but this is 15 lives that will be forever changed.

7 Puppies sent to homes in Thailand

Moritz, Hope, Lottie all Buttons all heading to England (Lottie already there)

King Whacker is going to Scotland

Peaches and Little Squeak in Germany

Brad Pitt and Peanut Butter heading to America

Each individual dog needs people to help find a home, transport, paperwork, permits and fosters to look after them. Again dozens of people per dog.

1 Magical Proposal On Hope Avenue

None of us knew if Rodney was even going to live when he first arrived and had an agonising first couple of weeks. After getting a forever home in Wales his new owners couldn’t wait and wanted to fly over to meet him.

Seeing Rodney in his dickey bow as Cameron proposed really was the stuff of fairytales. Saving dogs gives you plenty of knocks so to experience moments like this makes it all worth it.

1 Miracle Little Fluffy Cloud

Little Penny was badly abused and tortured. We edited her story here so you could get a feel for it without seeing the actual abuse. As I stated in the caption at least 50 people were involved in her care. Not least Soi Dog for treating her and now her foster parents who are giving her a new start in life.

50 people to save one dog seems like a lot but she really did need every kind human she met along the way to combat her horrific start in life.

5000 Meals Served

It happens every single week and the dogs never go hungry. Again this is possible because of a network of people who do this on a daily basis serving every dog with love and care and in all weather…

1 wonderful woman cooking the food

10 different volunteers handing it out to their dogs

800 dogs per day fed

I provide the food 100% for free

100+ Street Dogs Treated For Illnesses

Street dogs are very bad at looking after themselves. Rocky was a really good example. He was covered in over 1000 blood sucking ticks. His life was transformed in less than a week thanks to some simple medicine and care. I find this the most rewarding part…

100 dogs a month getting preventative medicines to stop cases like this happening

30-40 treatments given out on the streets to stop illnesses getting worse and needing vet visits

The Kindness Of People Online

This drawing that someone sent me who wanted to remain anonymous sums up the support. It captures Jumbo to perfection. Imagine taking the time to do that, the thought that goes into it and being so painstaking in the detail. All for no personal return. Only to make me happy and give people online a smile.

People find 100 different ways to support me and push me on to help more dogs and that means the world to not just me but people who follow and feed off the positivity.

I always say in captions and posts that I get way too much credit. I read the comments sometimes and have to stop as I don’t think I deserve all that praise compared to the thousands of people around the world doing similar.

What I don’t mind is being like a conduit to other people helping the dogs. I can raise awareness about the problem and then I can shine the light on others who need support. I can direct resources towards sterilising, medical care and other ways of helping dogs at scale. I feel insanely privileged and blessed to be the one lucky enough to do that. Millions would love to be in my shoes and I know it.

Thank You From Me And The Dogs

To anybody who supports me online or shares posts or tells their friends to follow along, you are part of the community helping dogs. The scale of what I could do in May alone would literally not be possible without you. It might only be a click of a button on your phone on the other side of the world but it all helps.

I write these updates to sort of remind myself of the progress being made. When I read this one back and saw all the kindness and the scale of people involved and the sheer amount of dogs being helped I had to pinch myself. A great feeling but also much more still to be done. We are only getting started.

Have a wonderful weekend

Big love

Niall

P.S You can always support by either donating here

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[Chennai Super Kings @ChennaiIPL]

GOOSEBUMPS 🦁💛

#IPL2023Final #CSKvGT #WhistlePodu #Yellove

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#Yellove #number5 #WhistlePodu

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𝗖.𝗛.𝗔.𝗠.𝗣.𝗜.𝗢.𝗡.𝗦! 🏆

Chennai Super Kings Captain MS Dhoni receives the #TATAIPL Trophy from BCCI President Roger Binny and BCCI Honorary Secretary @JayShah 👏👏

#CSKvGT | #Final | @msdhoni

[Toronto Raptors @Raptors]

Forever grateful. Thank you, Nick Nurse

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[Ree Mathi @ReeMathi]

Thanks for everything ❤️

[Chris Walder @WalderSports]

Thank you, Nick Nurse. We had a great run together.

[Ree Mathi @ReeMathi]

Definitely.Maybe

[Theo Moudakis @TheoMoudakis]

Please enjoy my #DougFord cartoon in today's @TorontoStar