A rescued shepherd dog resting its head on a ledge with a tabby cat dozing against it Safe in our shelter
We are the Rescue Rangers

Every street animal deserves a ranger in their corner

We rescue Kazakhstan's street animals — dogs, cats and more — heal them back to health, and find them the forever homes they were always meant to have.

$35 in the US is one takeaway dinner. In Kazakhstan, it feeds a rescued animal for an entire month.

Across Kazakhstan, countless animals are born onto the streets — surviving brutal winters, hunger and illness. Since 2026 a new national law makes rapid liquidation legal — and it puts a clock on every animal we do not reach in time.

5 days

is all the law asks anyone to wait. A street animal caught in Kazakhstan may be held for up to five days. If nobody claims it in that time, euthanasia is permitted. We exist to reach them first — off the streets and into the safety of our shelters.

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A dog looking up through the bars of a pen
~50°C

swing between summer & winter on the streets

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8 / 10

strays never see a vet in their lifetime

1 litter

untreated, becomes thousands in a few years

What we do

A raccoon at the shelter eating yogurt out of a cup, close up
A cup of Greek yogurt, and half of it ends up on the nose.
This one lets a volunteer hold its chin.

Not every rescue is a dog or a cat

Raccoons live at our Almaty shelter too. A volunteer hand feeds them shrimp and small fish, then refills the trough they dunk their food in. They eat every day, same as the dogs.

How a rescue works

Rescue — newborn puppies found abandoned among trash on the street

Step one

We find them

Our teams answer the call day and night — pulling scared, hungry, injured animals out of danger and into safe hands. The first step is always trust.

Step two

We heal them

Vet care, vaccines, warm meals and patient hands. Bodies mend and, slowly, so do hearts — until a frightened survivor learns to trust people again.

Home — a rescued puppy playing with a toy in its new home

Step three

We rehome them

We match every animal with a loving family and celebrate the day they walk into their forever home — a leash, a name, a soft place to land at last.

Because of people like you

12,480+
animals rescued
38,600+
meals served
5,240+
happy adoptions
126+
shelters supported

Life at the shelter

Live from the shelter
Rescued cats sharing bowls at feeding time indoors
A hand reaching out to greet a wary white street dog
A rescued puppy sitting on a cosy blanket at the shelter
Two shelter dogs chasing each other through fresh snow
A rescued dog drinking at the reservoir shore at dusk
Rescued dogs and their puppies safe indoors
A shelter dog bounding across the yard towards the camera
A rescued cat dozing in a volunteer’s arms

The same animal, twice

One photograph from the day we found them, one from this month.

A cream-coloured street dog standing alone on a snowy roadside
Dogs in the snow-covered shelter yard beside newly built insulated kennels
The day we found them Now

Bora

Found in winter

Alone on a frozen roadside with nowhere to shelter. Now: an insulated kennel, a bowl filled twice a day, and a yard full of company.

A tabby cat sheltering under a parked car beside a bowl of food on the asphalt
The same tabby cat indoors at the shelter, looking up from a clean plastic tub
The day we found them Now

Mira

Found on a feeding round

Fed under a parked car for weeks, one bowl at a time, before coming close enough to be lifted. Indoors, warm and vaccinated ever since.

A black and tan dog standing alone in a thawing yard between parked cars
A black and tan dog lying in summer grass with a kitten resting against its head
The day we found them Now

Tuman

Found during the thaw

Waited out the whole winter between the buildings, living on scraps. Summers are for lying in the grass now — and for being remarkably patient with kittens.

A black and white dog sitting alone on a wet road in fog
Shelter dogs cooling off at the edge of the shelter pond in summer
The day we found them Now

Laika

Found by the roadside

Sitting in the middle of an empty road in the rain, waiting for someone who was not coming back. Most afternoons now are spent in the shelter pond.

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A rescued shepherd enjoying bath time at the shelter

Together we give every animal a second chance

Thousands are still waiting for rescue, recovery and a family. Your support keeps the rescues going, the shelters open, the tails wagging.

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