30 short-finned pilot whales stranded in Boavista

boa vista whales

Yesterday, more than 30 short-finned pilot whales stranded in the west of the Cape Verdean Island of Boavista. A fisherman who was working in the waters off the beach of Varandinha called our local office after he discovered the incident on the beach. In a joint effort of NGOs and local government a rescue mission … Read more

Transylvania Animal Care

transylvania animal care

Sweet dr. Anna Kiss has been with us one week now and she is already a member of our family. Thanks Anna for your commitment to the animals’ cause and to Transylvania Animal Care TAC to make this possible. Hope this is only the first story of a longer cooperation on behalf of the many beautiful … Read more

Simabo’s hostel on the Lonely Planet guide

lonely planet simabo

Surprise and a lot of satisfaction! Our hostel listed as the first place where to sleep in Sao Vicente in the Lonely Planet guide. 🙂 The review refers to the old hotel that had only 4 rooms! Now we moved to a bigger house with 9 rooms. Thanks to all the people that made this … Read more

The castration campaign in Cha de Alecrim

simabo campaign dogs castration

The castration campaign in Cha de Alecrim ended on last Friday with 69 neutered animals in 5 days. Thank you dr. Guilherme Regy Oliveira and Ravi Silva for the big work. The neutered animals will receive two shots of antibiotics after 5 and 10 days from operation to guarantee their good health. On the occasion the wound is … Read more

Italian Institute of Donation

We are very proud to announce that our association was admitted to the Italian Institute of Donation. Starting from today we are entitled to include the IID logo on every publication of Simabo Onlus. We hope this will please our donors and supporters and make us more interesting as a beneficiary organization for more and … Read more

Simabo at Med@Tel

Simabo's founder Silvia at med@tel

April 6 2016, Simabo was at the Med @ Tel, the international telemedicine conference (human) that is held every year in Luxembourg. Simabo has presented his work in a speech that was the first veterinary telemedicine ever inserted in the program of the congress! The task force was composed of Silvia and Dr Rossana Raineri, … Read more

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The Hostel finances our ONG Simabo, which takes care of the street dogs of the island.