Every dog lovers dream can be found at this place here, there are around three thousand dogs or all shapes, sizes, and races, wagging their tails pretty much 24 hours a day between them!
This animal shelter is really special, it’s completely real, that’s right you’re not dreaming, it does exist, in Taiwan!

Mrs. Hsu’s Sanctuary is a family own place and opened five years ago, the dogs absolutely outnumber the people who are there and all because of the sheer number of stray dogs.

That number of stray dogs that are there now kept growing bigger and bigger, until one day a great Samaritan donated to them a large facility to house the shelter with all the dogs they had and will have as they grow!

Now it has reached the size you see it today as it houses over three thousand doggies!


There are many upon many volunteers who give their time freely to look after the dogs, Angel Wang started volunteering at the shelter about four years ago as she noticed that the number of dogs there was growing bigger and bigger.

There are so many homeless dogs that the shelter just seems to keep growing, will it ever stop?

“I really love dogs, but especially the stray dogs …Because there are so many, our shelter has become the largest one in Taiwan,” Wang said.

In February 2017 Taiwan became the first country in history to ban the euthanasia of stray dogs to control their population. What they do now, since then is giving a greater priority to spray and neuter the dogs.

This is simply awesome and hopefully a sign of things to come in the future of a civilized world.


Now shelters like Mrs. Hsu’s Sanctuary are really setting the standard of how to do things and to raise awareness about the seriousness and impacts of breeding indiscriminately.

The strays really came from different backgrounds, some were from, as you would imagine, strays, but others were rescued from motorbike accidents or gin traps, which are steel sprung constructed traps used by farmers to keep animals away from their crops.


“We have a vet in our shelter, but if the dog has an injury that is too critical, they’re brought to a local animal hospital …We have a number of dogs with missing legs or paralysis in the back legs,” Wand added.

The shelter has full-time employees, volunteers, vets, groomers, even a guy to make special doggies wheelchairs and supports. There is even a special room for the stray dogs to sleep and another room for cats!
The man strays are well used to living together and are allowed to go out into the doggie park during the daytime, they can play and go for walks with volunteers!



Wang has one on one time and even met her best friend, a shaggy grey dog who had just been brought in at the time.


Wand also mentioned: “She was immediately very kind to me and wanted to sit on the floor and play all day ..Every time I’d go in to volunteer, she would spot me and would walk beside me for the rest of the day. I eventually started calling her Huei Huei, which means ‘gray’.”

Time passed by and months passed, Huei Huei spent time in the shelter and it turned into years, then in March 2017, she brought her home!


“She touched my heart …We became such good friends” added

People work around the clock to care for these animals and what a great job they do!


Wang said finally:

“I love being with the dogs and seeing them happy …Their smiles are my favorite part.”

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This photo shoot of a mother dachshund and her puppies is going to melt your heart.

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This puppy family is piping up all over the Internet again. The tiny bonnets are a BabyByBecca custom crochet creation and the picture was taken by the very talented @belindasolphotography #puppylove #babybybecca #customcrochet #crochetphotoprops #newbornphotography

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The tiny bonnets are a custom crochet creation by BabyByBecca.

The heartwarming photos were snapped by Belinda Schenk-Sol, owner of Belinda Sol Photography in Texas.

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When you take a look at the world around you, you will see that there are many amazing things to ponder over and enjoy. Many of us tend to focus our attention on animals or landscapes, but don’t overlook the plants that are right under your nose. This includes orchids.

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🌺🐵Monkey Orchid🌺🐵 Scientific Name : Dracula saulii This #orchid resembles a monkey’s face and hence the name. The #flower is white on the inside with a brown band on the outside. It grows mainly in cold weather. The orchid genus Dracula, abbreviated as Drac in horticultural trade, consists of 118 species native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. #nature #monkeyorchid #draculasaulii

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Did you realize there are more than 30,000 different species of orchids on the planet? Some of them may be relatively plain to see but there are a few varieties that are absolutely amazing. This includes the Monkey Orchid, which is perhaps one of the most unique flowers we have ever seen. Not only does it have a unique name, but it also lives up to it.

The Monkey Orchid (Dracula Simia) is found in the forests of Peru and southeastern Ecuador. You might have to hike your way back in because they are found deep in the forest in the clouds at approximately 2000 feet above sea level. The faces of the blooms are the combination of low petals in the stems.

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Name: Orchid simia 'monkey orchid' 🐒 Beautiful 👌🏻📷: @keroshita_kerori

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The flower species was christened by Carlyle A. Lueren, a botanist, in 1978. He referred to their petals that look like simians and have a surprising, citrusy scent that will put you in mind of fresh oranges.

This orchid can flower at any time of the year and sometimes they bloom one after the other. There are 118 different species of the flower, all of which are found in Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru with about half of them found in Ecuador.

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You might want to try growing the flower at home but it isn’t all that easy to do so. You have to be very specific in the environmental condition. They like high humidity of up to 100%, a colder temperature, and low light.

The plants grow about 2 feet tall and you will want to plant them in sphagnum moss if you’re trying to plant them at home. Since they are difficult for a novice to grow, you might want to get your feet wet with other types of orchids before giving these a try.

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Illegal Amazon rainforest loggers ambushed a young indigenous leader on Friday, murdering him in cold blood and wounding another member of the Guajajara people in Brazil.

Paulo Paulino Guajajara, 26, was shot in the head during the ambush. The murder occurred in the Araribóia Indigenous Reserve, an area under serious threat from illegal miners and loggers attempting to exploit the indigenous land.

Paulo was a prominent member of the Guardians of the Forest indigenous land defense group and took on the task of becoming a land defender. Guardians is a group of 120 indigenous Guajajara who risk their lives to defend theirs and other indigenous groups’ homes against loggers.

Reports say that during the attack, fellow member of the Guardian, Laércio Guajajara, was shot twice, grazing his arm and back before escaping the aggressors. He was later taken to hospital, said the Guardians’ leader who has also received threats from loggers.

Why Does The Government Allow This To Happen?
Violence has escalated against the forest protectors under the current far-right government of President Jair Bolsonaro. According to the Brazilian pan-indigenous organization APIB, a group that represents almost one million indigenous people throughout Brazil, the President is to blame.

“The Bolsonaro government has Indigenous blood on its hands.

The increase in violence in Indigenous territories is a direct result of his hateful speeches and steps taken against our people,” APIB said in a statement.

Despite federal law enforcement investigating the murder—allegedly a logger was also killed—Paulo’s body remains missing.


APIB leader Sonia Guajajara blasted the government over dismantling the environmental and indigenous agencies and urged lawmakers to refuse a deal that will see the sign off on a major trade deal with the EU. The deal, Sonia told Reuters, could see farmers and loggers driven by open markets to drive production and invade further indigenous lands.

“It’s time to say enough of this institutionalized genocide,” she said.



Just like other governments around the world (Australia and the United States), Bolsonaro condemns activist groups, NGOs and blames environment laws for hindering economic growth. Following his election last year, President Bolsonaro vowed to reverse indigenous protections that keep 15 percent of Brazil’s land reserved for indigenous tribes.

While Bolsonaro has yet to make good on his threats, his continued racism against the indigenous peoples has encouraged illegal logging, mining, and violence.

Amazon Watch program direction Christian Poirier spoke to Democracy Now!:

“[The Guajajara are] doing this on behalf of all of humanity, because they are protecting the critically important Amazon forests that sustain our climate, protect our climate, power or, I should say, fuel the rainfall all over Brazil, but also here in this country. In the state of California, rainfall is slackening due to the fact the Amazon is being decimated today.

Their rights are enshrined in Brazil’s Constitution—their rights to territory and to their way of life … Yet they have been systematically deprived of these rights.

And what we witnessed today—or, two days ago, with the murder of Paulino, was an example of that, a manifestation of the violence that’s growing in these communities.”

Before his death, Paulino spoke to Reuters in September about the inherent dangers he faced by guarding the rainforest:

“There is so much destruction of nature happening, including trees with wood as hard as steel being cut down and taken away.

I’m scared sometimes, but we have to lift up our heads and act. We are here fighting.

We have to preserve this life for our children’s future.”