Accidental Animal Rescue Center

15/10/2026

Great example

A dog deemed "too needy" by her adopters was abandoned in the woods shortly after coming home. For days, she stayed hidden and terrified, lost in a place that should never have been her fate.

Then her foster mom called her name.

And she came running. Not toward a stranger, not toward safety in the abstract, but toward the one person who had loved her first and never stopped. The dog didn't hesitate. She knew exactly who to trust.

This is what abandonment looks like, and this is what rescue looks like. A second chance that should never have been necessary in the first place. A foster mom who stepped in when an adopter stepped away. A dog who remembered love even after being left behind.

When you commit to a dog, you commit to all of them — the easy days and the hard ones, the puppies and the senior dogs, the animals who ask for more attention and the ones who seem independent. "Too needy" is just another way of saying a dog loved deeply and openly. That's not a flaw. That's a gift.

11/09/2026

Beaten, starved and thrown from a car on the freeway - that was how she started out. Now in our Rescue & Sanctuary, she is fairly well adjusted. She does live in a kennel, goes for runs twice a day, and even has one dog friend. Asmara will never fully recover from the mistreatment she received as a pup, but she is a loved member of our Sanctuary and she loves us back.

10/09/2026

My little constant companion...."Little Coate" follows me everywhere these days. A tiny, kind and loving little soul. He was sickly for a month, then Anastasia Nelson started making him a goat milk and egg custard. He has bounced back to excellent health. He has gone from less than a pound to over two pounds in the last three weeks.

09/08/2026

My Kitten Addiction...https://phildynan.substack.com/p/sunday-special-kitten-addiction?

13/07/2026

An illustration of the world-wide problem:

Thailand’s urban and rural environments are home to a vast population of stray animals whose safety depends on delicate networks of formal and informal care. Photographer Jackson Morrow spent three years with the Soi Dog Foundation documenting the systems that shape their survival

12/07/2026

Good Morning!

10/06/2026

Protecting the animals at the Rescue & Sanctuary is a never ending job. Seen here after cutting a path for Nugoro (the donkey) in his main pasture. Primarily I have been cutting horehound, which we can also dry and sell as a medicinal herb (mint family) that helps with coughs and throat issues. After I finish the cutting work (using an electric weed-cutter and a mat-axe) I relax with some of the animals in the Rescue & Sanctuary. Art from original photography by Anastasia Nelson Artist.

Part of working in the Sanctuary is looking forward to these moments when I can relax, smell the Brugmansia, and visit with some of the 50 cats and six dogs currently here. Many will never go to other homes, but this place is quiet, lush with beautiful vegetation and fruit trees and a safe harbour for the animals who land here. And we love them all.

05/06/2026

Another day in the Rescue & Shelter and Thanks to friends! https://phildynan.substack.com/p/thanks-to-friends-of-the-rescue-and

27/05/2026

Today is like most days running a Rescue & Sanctuary. Both Anastasia and I get up early. (After I push four cats aside in order to get out of the bed.) Ana may get up even earlier than me – bottle feeding two abandoned kittens every 3 hours – all night.

Today I’m up early, feeding about 30+ cats out back, cleaning up after 5 indoor cats that require special attention. While I’m outside, the donkey hears me and starts braying for breakfast. He sets off a chain reaction and a couple of the dogs start barking for breakfast. A couple more cats wander in and I take care of them and two feral litters – one in a shed and one at the base of a potted plant (spacious and safe place).

Next up, feeding in the dog run and taking care of three chicken cages (also spacious). Today I cut down a variety of large weeds for the chickens. Then I notice that the door to the largest cage needs to be replaced. Tony (from Brighton) helped me build that cage about ten years ago. It will take some new lumber and about two hours to reconstruct the large swing door to the cage. But it is worth it, for safety and ease of feeding. I will do that after breakfast.

A VERY old rooster has died in the fourth cage (which is a quarantine cage). I bury him in the vicinity of a lime tree. I note that the lime tree has struggled for years, but is having a good Spring this year and has 6 or more large limes already. The poor tree is only about three feet high after all these years.

(Above) “Asmara” “throw that Kong!”

Then I walk and feed the two big dogs. One has to live in a pen because it is extremely paranoid and aggressive. Luckily she has a Kong toy, which is in her mouth 24 hours a day. THAT keeps most animals safe from her while I have her out. She does get along with the other large dog, one that just “showed up” at the Rescue about 8 months ago. They can play in a pasture as long as I am paying attention and throwing the Kong toys for each of them. I throw the toys in opposite directions, so there is no collision or fighting over a Kong.

That is pretty much my morning. Except I have a few trees to water before I go in for breakfast. A lemon tree and three lime trees require me to climb a 15 foot hill for their care. Today I used a shovel to level out the dirt “steps” I use to climb the hill. A little something extra.

I take the water from a rain barrel under a shed roof. Yesterday I started using a second rain barrel, only to discover a dead rat had somehow gotten in, but not out of the barrel. Lovely. Rat disposal in order.

I pick a couple ripe Loquats and eat around the giant seeds. Now I can finally go in for breakfast. As I pass the cat feeding shelf I am grabbed with a claw by “Captain Kirk” who would like “seconds”. OK, I give him a little more dry food.

Finally, I’m inside and ready to eat. And at least three of the indoor cats want to help me.

(Above) This is what happens when you don’t check the fence line on a regular basis. ESCAPEES!!!

Typical day, really. Tomorrow I might “walk the fence line” to make sure that the donkey isn’t destroying any section and that neighbor dogs haven’t broken through my extra barriers. Save all that for tomorrow.

08/05/2026

Please consider a donation (of any size) to help with the escalating cost of food and Vet care for our Rescue animals - 11 new animals in the last two weeks- we now have almost 70. We do need your help and support. Donate here: https://www.nelsondynanart.com/rescue.htm