Hi my name is Panda and I was named by my rescuers Panda because of my panda eyes.
I arrived with my brother Bruno in July 2019 from Jordan. I resemble a Panda and am a big loving lazy girl. I have so much love to give. Here is my story of survival and my incredible journey. Thank you for reading about me. I hope to meet you soon.
️ I was only around 1.5 months old when evil humans killed my mom and left me along with my 2 brothers defenseless trying to survive and hide from kids and humans hitting us till a kind hearted human picked us up and took us to Al Rahmeh for animals organization. I lived at a shelter in Jordan since then with my brothers and other dogs for the past year and half prior to coming to the states.
I am a healthy Cannan mix breed around 60 pounds, spayed, fully vaccinated & micro-chipped. I am so chilled and relaxed. I love humans and get along fine with dogs. I traveled with one of my rescuers to the states in hopes to find my loving forever family as there is a ZERO chance to get adopted where I came from. I have been waiting for almost 1.5 years to be considered a part of a family that will love me unconditionally and never give me up. My twin brother Bruno who traveled with me got adopted already and I hope I will go home soon too.
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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.