ADANA - Estepona - Association for the rights of abandoned animals

Welcome to ADANA's website.

ADANA (Association for the Rights of Abandoned Animals) is an animal charity on the Costa del Sol run by volunteers. Our aims are to promote love and affection for animals, to provide facilities for the shelter and care of abandoned, sick and injured animals whilst seeking new homes for them and to assist the local authorities with such animals. ADANA never puts down a healthy animal.

We operate an animal shelter, on property owned by the local government and run by ADANA employees and volunteers.

We also operate a second hand shop in Estepona, and a stall at the Sunday market in Sabinillas, run by volunteers.

ADANA celebrates summer - 24 May

UPCOMING EVENT

Join us for cava, strawberries and a fashion show with our stunning models showing some of the stylish items on sale from the ADANA Cat Group's stalls.

Location: Plaza Manilva, Estepona, outside Longman's Bookshop - 24 May - 6pm-8pm.

Tickets 6 euros from Longmans Bookshop, the ADANA Shop or the Kennels.

23rd Annual ADANA Dog Show - 12 May

ADANA held its annual spring Dog Show at the Palacio de Congresos, the usual venue for this popular event, on 12 May 2013.

Hundreds of people, some from as far away as Mijas, Fuengirola and even Sevilla attended and helped raise over 5,000 euros.

Jo Melville, the organizer of the event, said she was very pleased with the turnout and the money raised. 'We all know how the crisis is affecting everyone in Spain, especially people in our town.', she said 'So it is quite an achievement to have raised so much money for our dogs'. Jo went on to thank all the many volunteers who had contributed to the show’s success.

Pupils raise money for ADANA dogs

Posted/Publicado: 01 April 2013

Last month's Newsletter featured a piece on a visit paid by ADANA Vice-President Mary Page to Calpe School, San Pedro, where she spoke to the pupils about the work of ADANA and the need to give proper care to our pets. She was accompanied by ADANA Fundraisers Carole and Sheila, with canine companions Prudence and Poppy who returned to the school to collect a cheque for just under 280 euros, all raised by the pupils during a fundraising day.

ADANA in China!

Posted/Publicado: 22 April 2013

Another runner for ADANA

ADANA has in recent years enjoyed favourable publicity in the Estepona area but we are now increasingly known beyond the immediate locality, thanks to our overseas adoption programmes and to fundraising outside Spain with our Amsterdam Marathon runner Angelika Weyrich and Rome runner Sonia Birch.

Now we are extending our horizons even further. Charlotte, daughter of Helen Ellis, our Kennel Administrator, is running a Marathon on the Great Wall of China in order to raise money for ADANA!!

The Marathon will take place on Saturday May 18th and anyone wishing to sponsor Charlotte can go to her fundraising page on the Charity Giving website: www.charitygiving.co.uk/charlotteellis.

ADANA'S AGM - 17 April

Almost half of ADANA's members attended the AGM, held as usual at the Estepona Football Stadium. All the reports were received as presented and questions were raised and satisfactorily answered.

The meeting reaffirmed its decision to abandon the Sanctuary Project and to dispose of the land as soon as possible at the best price.

Volunteers needed for Foster Programme

Posted/Publicado: 30 January 2013

We need volunteers for our Foster programme, to help dogs that are either too ill to be put into the kennels, dogs that need medicine more than once a day or dogs that have a home to go to but are awaiting transport dates.

This would be for an agreed period of time and would not be permanent, merely until the dog is well or ready to travel to his/her new home. hence the word Foster.

By building a team of foster carers we will be able to keep adopted dogs safe and healthy before travelling and give sick dogs a chance of a quick and stress free recovery.

We are unfotunately too crowded now to do all this ourselves on site at the kennels.

If you can help, contact Helen on 952-113-467.