Tough dogs - Ralf Seeger intervenes - special mission for sick dogs
Ralf Seeger is back in action for the animals - this time at the animal welfare organization “Hope for Animals” in Saxony. Not far from the Polish border, Annett Stange runs an animal sanctuary that primarily provides a home for dogs that are unable to find a loving home through normal channels due to age, illness or disability. Annett and her small team make sure that such cases learn to trust humans again and become physically and mentally healthy. If they still cannot be rehomed, they are allowed to stay here until the end of their lives. A total of over 50 animals live on the farm - which is of course an incredible amount of work and takes up time that is lacking elsewhere: the plaster is crumbling everywhere and the fences are a collection of makeshift structures that the dogs have long since undermined.
In addition, there is no canopy in the central square of the farm where the dogs can find shelter in the heat or rain. Animal rights activist Ralf Seeger immediately realizes that he has to help and gets his powerful team together. Within a few days, they want to tackle all the construction sites and solve the farm's problems. But in the middle of the building work, Annett hears about a special dog that is helplessly stuck in a Polish animal shelter. Melissa was rescued by animal rights activists from unbearable conditions; her ears were so inflamed that they had to be amputated.
But the psychological wounds are worse: Melissa is afraid of people and keeps withdrawing - Annett is worried that she could die as a result. “Our main feature is that we give long-term residents and dogs with poor prospects a new chance here,” explains the animal rights activist before she travels to Poland with ‘Hard Dog’ Dennis to pick up Melissa. What the two of them experience at the shelter, which also houses dozens of animal war victims from Ukraine, takes the breath away even of experienced animal rights activists.
Broadcasting on 04th of January 2025 at 07.10pm on VOX
Music: POPVIRUS Library