It's not uncommon to find Chrissy Beckles on "Dead Dog Beach" in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. The beach has gotten its name for the horrific practice that takes place just about every day.
People go to Yabucoa and leave their deceased dogs — disposing of them like unwanted trash.
"Some of the conditions that we've found dogs in … there's no way that they could physically walk here," says Beckles. "They have been driven here and dumped."
That's why she began the Sato Project, a nonprofit group that rescues the dogs and flies them to their new forever homes in New York City.
The group visits the beach twice a day, gently luring in the strays, who are often malnourished and ridden with parasites, to rehabilitation.
It's hard to picture where these creatures would be without their guardian angels. When Romeo and Juliet, a neglected pair of strays, were rescued, it seemed as though it were a miracle.
Beckles isn't willing to leave any dog behind. The organization has already saved over 1,400 dogs. They've spent as much as $20,000 on rehabilitating one animal.
"He was just a bag of bones under a palm tree in the pouring rain," says Beckles of their toughest case a dog named Victor Amor. "This dog was essentially dying in front of me. I asked him to fight. And I begged him to fight. I said, 'If you fight, I will fight with you, and we will do whatever it takes to get you healthy and happy.'"
Watch Beckles and her team rescue a group of strays and send them off to their new forever homes in New York. Trust me, there's a lot of tears!
Please SHARE to show others how the Sato Project is positively transforming the lives of hundreds of dogs everyday. Remember that organizations like this need your support, even if it's just by spreading awareness!
