Since arriving in Singapore just over five years ago, MAGGIE ANDERSON has fostered over 70 dogs in her own home, personally re-homed 15 strays from Singapore to the U K ,and encouraged countless other people here to foster or adopt dogs themselves. What’s more, this has all been done in her own time and out of her own pocket. Here’s why she does it, and how we can help.
After a seven-year stint in Florida, Maggie and her husband Grant arrived in Singapore in 2011 and took up residence in a three-bedroom apartment on Grange Road. Although her family back home in Scotland has always had dogs, Maggie didn’t have her own until she arrived here. “My first point of contact was Action for Singapore Dogs (ASD), who were desperate for fosterers. They told me there was a puppy at the AVA (Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority) that needed rescuing, so I took him on.”
The puppy was only eight weeks old at the time, and Maggie immediately knew she wouldn’t be able to give him back. “I just took one look at him and thought, ‘that’s it, he’s mine’.” She named him Thor, and he was the first dog Maggie relocated back home – to Scotland, to live with her parents.
Annual dog relocation
This story is from the February 2017 edition of EL Singapore.
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