Debra White

thank you for the effort and sense of purpose

animals give humans unconditional love.

Seeing Iranians be unconditionally loving is a source of true accomplishment.

Wonderful people

I think animals are not valued in Iran, I just see strays all the time and I am told they poison them as well to keep the population down. Poisoning is such a horrible death. We need to encourage and support people like this. It must be an uphill struggle for them to change attitudes to animals.   

hat off to those ladies

It is of every day news that we hear yet another humaniterian story about our beautiful women.

They protect BASEEJI's from angry but peaceful demonstrators, they tend the victims of same baseeji's and then you hear stroy like this. 

There is love in the world after all, and our beautiful women are humbling the world with their bravery, beauty and love.

My hat of to you Banovane Iran Zamin

-YT 

P/S I visited Vafa #1 last year when I was in Iran.

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The Pahlavis, all mullahs, and all public figures associated with the Green Movement  must disclose the source and the amount of their wealth/income.

Iran Should Start with Human-Shelter Before Animal-Shelter

In a country where the government is in a war with it's own people treating them as animals, beating and killing them in the streets or raping and torturing them in prisons how can one expect animals to be treated humane?

We pride ourselves to be the cradle of civilization having had 7000 years of history but looks like the civilized Iranians have either moved away or became oppressed and overcome by the uncivilized majority.

It feels like we left our baby in the cradle and moved to a new house!

All I can say is: We have a long, long way to go.

For now let's just pray for doggies and kitties and save as many as we can.

Thrilled! and Praying for Vafa #3,4,5, .....

Congratulations to the angels who opened Vafa #2!

The beautiful people who are operating and volunteering at these shelters are the most selfless group of people I've ever met!

I didn't have time to go visit Vafa #2 on my recent trip to Iran- but it's on top of my list for our next trip.

For those of you who just learned about Vafa Shelters, I heard about them last year, and visited the shelter then:
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Dear Debra, thank you for this!

"Kind ladies founded this" Those amazing Iranian women

Thank you very much for sharing this. It means so much to read this. I'm so happy to hear about it. People who share their lives with animals live more fulfilling lives. They are helpful with depression and rehabilitation. There is also a major connection between your chemical reaction to animals and the soothing therapy we need when stressed. 

Fantastic blog

I wish there were more kind people around like these people. Animals are a joy and give so much unconditional love. And it has been show that they contribute to the health of owners, and children that grow up owning pets and looking after them learn to take on responsibility. I would much rather be around animals than humans to be honest. We should all adopt an animal from a Pet shelter.

How Owning a Dog or Cat Can Reduce Stress

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Some benefits:

Increase longevity after heart attacks, dogs have been shown to reduce blood pressure. Parkinson's helper dogs have been trained to identify when a person with Parkinson's is 'freezing.' If the dog touches the person's foot, it breaks the freeze and the person can continue walking. It may sound stranger than fiction, but a dog in Florida, named George, has been reported to be able to detect a particular smell given off by certain skin tumors called malignant  melanomas. There are also animals who alert their owners to episodes of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), which allows the owner to correct the level before serious symptoms develop.