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Before and after

The difference a little StrayKindness can make.

Here are 25 of the 2,875 animals we have rescued in Taiwan, each shown as we found them and as they are now. Some arrived starving, some caught in snares, some with injuries their bodies could not have survived much longer. All of them were treated, fed and cared for, and most of them took months.

Drag the slider to reveal the 'before' photograph. Some of the before photographs show graphic injury and are distressing to look at.

Stevie today, held in a carer's arms. The wounds have healed over, her fur has grown back, and her remaining eye is clouded but open.
Stevie, a tortoiseshell cat, on a vet's table the day she was found. Both eyes are destroyed by open wounds and the bone between them is exposed.
Before After
Stevie
Dalia now: the same dog with a full glossy black coat, lying relaxed on a tiled yard with her mouth open.
Dalia the day she was found: an emaciated black dog lying in long grass, ribs and hip bones showing through thickened, almost hairless grey skin.
Before After
Dalia
Macy now: the same dog lying on a clean tiled floor with a thick golden coat, ears up and tongue out, wearing a nappy.
Macy when she was found: a thin cream-coloured dog standing on paving, her coat patchy and matted, head low and tail down.
Before After
Macy
Xiao Gu now: the same dog clipped short and slim, standing alert on a tiled floor on a lead.
Xiao Gu when he was found: a dog whose coat has matted into heavy felted cords hanging almost to the ground, obscuring his legs and face.
Before After
Xiao Gu
Bruno now: the same dog outdoors on red earth with a glossy black coat, tail up and mouth open.
Bruno when he was found: close-up of a black dog's face, the skin around both eyes and across the muzzle raw, crusted and bleeding.
Before After
Bruno
Lazarus now: the same dog lying on grass in a blue harness, coat grown back thick and brindled, tongue out.
Lazarus when he was found: a dog lying in a crate, his coat sparse and filthy, head and body covered in crusted sores and raw skin.
Before After
Lazarus
Maxwell now: the same dog with a clean cream coat and a blue collar, ears relaxed and tongue out.
Maxwell when he was found: a near-hairless dog standing in a crate, skin thickened, wrinkled and crusted, claws badly overgrown.
Before After
Maxwell
Puppet now: the same dog standing outdoors with a thick glossy black coat and a full plumed tail.
Puppet when she was found: a young black dog sitting on paving, her coat thin and patchy with bare skin across the chest and legs.
Before After
Puppet
Nisa now: the same dog standing on a kennel barrel in the yard, bright-eyed with her mouth open and her coat glossy.
Nisa when she was found: a thin black dog standing on gravel with her head lowered and her coat dull.
Before After
Nisa
Bamboo now: the same tan-and-white dog lying on a paved yard, the leg healed and scarred.
Bamboo on the day she was brought in: a front leg held up on a vet's table, the lower limb stripped of skin to raw tissue and exposed bone.
Before After
Bamboo
Mona now: the same dog sitting upright in the kennel yard, her face healed and her coat glossy.
Mona when she was found: a black dog lying at the roadside with a large mass of raw red tissue protruding from the side of her face.
Before After
Mona
Baboon now: the same dog standing on a path with his coat grown back, mouth open and ears up.
Baboon when he was found: a brindle dog lying in undergrowth on a lead, the skin of his face and muzzle raw pink and hairless, with an open wound on a hind leg.
Before After
Baboon
Elvis now: the same ginger dog running towards the camera with a full coat and a red collar.
Elvis on the day he was found: a dog lying beside a crate with a metal leg-hold trap still clamped on his front paw, the paw crushed and bleeding onto the floor.
Before After
Elvis
Foxie now: the same dog indoors, the neck healed and furred over, ears up and alert.
Foxie when she was found: close-up of a ginger dog with a deep raw wound encircling her neck where a wire has cut into the skin.
Before After
Foxie
Norton now: the same dog outdoors among the pack, standing up against a carer to greet him.
Norton when he was found: a thin ginger dog curled on plastic sheeting in a bare wire pen, watching the camera.
Before After
Norton
Diya now: the same dog lying on a green kennel barrel, the wound healed and her coat clean.
Diya when she was found: a pale young dog sitting in a wire pen with a large raw open wound on her chest.
Before After
Diya
Roscoe now: the same dog sitting on grass in a blue harness, mouth open and paw healed.
Roscoe on the day he was brought in: a dog lying in a carrier on a lead, one front paw torn open and bleeding.
Before After
Roscoe
Audrey now: the same dog standing in a red harness with a smooth chestnut coat and her tongue out.
Audrey when she was found: a brown dog sitting on concrete, her head and face covered in crusted sores and hair loss.
Before After
Audrey
Tian Tian now: the same dog standing on a lane beside her carers, well-muscled and relaxed with her tongue out.
Tian Tian when she was found: a black-and-white dog standing on a concrete ledge, thin and chained at the neck.
Before After
Tian Tian
Xiao Bai now: the same dog walking along a path, filled out and steady on his feet.
Xiao Bai when he was found: a white dog standing in the road, very thin, with ribs and hip bones clearly visible.
Before After
Xiao Bai
Zeppelin now: the same dog lying on the table with a full glossy black coat, filled out and calm.
Zeppelin when he was found: an emaciated dog standing on a vet's table, almost hairless, with ribs and spine showing through grey skin.
Before After
Zeppelin
Lucky now: the same dog outdoors with a full glossy chocolate coat and his tongue out.
Lucky when he was found: a thin brown dog standing on paving at night, head hanging low, with widespread hair loss and visible ribs.
Before After
Lucky
Prince now: the same brindle dog standing on grass in a red collar, coat grown back and tail curled over his back.
Prince when he was found: a dog curled on the floor of a cage, emaciated, his skin blackened and crusted with almost all his hair gone.
Before After
Prince
Bilbo now: the same dog looking up at the camera with a thick golden coat, ears up and mouth open.
Bilbo when he was found: a ginger dog standing in a crate with his head down, the skin of his head and neck raw, inflamed and bare.
Before After
Bilbo
A Tsai now: the same dog standing on a coastal path on a lead, coat glossy and tongue out.
A Tsai when he was brought in: a black-and-tan dog lying in a crate with a raw open wound above one front paw.
Before After
A Tsai

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