Hi – my name is Dune and I was named this because I was found in the Dune neighborhood of Amman, Jordan. I’m am a 6 months old boy puppy who loves life despite everything. I believe in the good of people. I have a pretty amazing story – from near death to being fostered in Chicago IL and looking for my people. I have been given a precious second chance. Here is my story of survival – thanks for ready about me.
I was found as an orphan puppy near Dunes club, I was lost and didn’t know where my mom and siblings went. I started following everyone trying to get their attention or to play with them. But some mean people started kicking me away with their feet and I ran away screaming and crying and hid behind a tree.. when a very kind hearted lady saw me getting kicked and crying she immediately picked me up and took me to her home where she fostered me till I was able to travel.
After my rescue and medical treatment I was taken to a foster home where I lived prior to traveling to the US. I am still a young puppy and therefore will need a family that can give me appropriate exercise and has the patience to show me the rules of my new home. All I want and dream of is to have a safe loving home where I am loved. If there are kids or other dogs to play with that will just be icing on the cake. I am up to date on my vaccinations and spayed. I can’t wait to meet you.
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Jordan is the most welcoming country to refugees in the entire Middle East, but very inhospitable to its own dogs. Amman was a site of human settlement as far back as 7250 B.C., and dogs have likely lived here in uneasy coexistance for just as long. The great prophet Mohammad and founder of Islam was said to have advocated kindness towards all animals, but for centuries now, religion has been used to label dogs as unclean, as vermin instead of as a friend to man. Street dogs have never been safe here, and this past fall, the situation worsened dramatically after the death of a toddler from untreated rabies. In his radio-broadcasted response to the little girl’s death, Jordan’s highest religious authority, the Grand Mufti, stated that it is justified to kill an attacking dog. Misinterpretation of the Grand Mufti’s statement as a religious fatwa calling for the death of all dogs, no matter how friendly, led to a deluge of killings by snipers, mass poisonings, and bludgeoning of any and all dogs found on the street. Thousands of dogs have been slaughtered, and all dogs on the street suffer from violence and neglect, their lives at great risk.
Although some wealthy Arabs now buy expensive “purebred” dogs as status symbols and for protection, and more European and American expats keep dogs as pets (often to abandon them when they leave the country), far fewer people are willing to adopt puppies from the street. Mixed adult dogs like are seen as unworthy of any kindness, and Jordan’s volunteer animal advocates face an almost insurmountable battle in finding them homes. Partnering with ISDF will unite a lucky handful of dogs with American families while focusing light on the many threats Jordan’s dogs face.
If interested in adopting me please fill out an adoption application and call Dawn at 414-426-4148.