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Luck Meets Love in Midnight Madness to Rescue Golden Retrievers from Istanbul, Turkey

BARRIE, ON, March 9/10, 2017 Golden Rescue™, Canada’s largest single breed rescue organization, is unstoppable when the lives of Golden Retrievers are at stake.  To date, this organization has rescued more than 2,500 Goldens, 182 of which have been from Istanbul, Turkey.  While plans were in place to continue this ambitious rescue effort , transporting Goldens directly from Istanbul to...

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Istanbul golden retrievers finding new homes in Durham and beyond

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Thank you to The Toronto Sun for joining Golden Rescue at our Home For The Holidays event

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Air Canada and Ontario Animal Rescue Group Celebrate Arrival of 100th Golden Retriever ‘Ruffugee’ from Istanbul, Turkey

BARRIE, ON, September 22, 2016 She survived a fear-filled life on the street, abandonment, an amputation and political unrest in Istanbul, but today she will touch down at Toronto’s Pearson airport and her life will change for the better, forever.  Her name is Gidget (pictured) and she is the 100th Turkish ‘ruffugee’ to be saved  by Golden Rescue ~ Canada’s largest single-breed...

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Golden retrievers get second chance in loving Manitoulin homes

Ten couples showed up at the Air Canada Cargo West building on June 1, to welcome golden retrievers into their families. The dogs had travelled from Turkey where goldens can have a tough existence. This was the 9th Mission of Love of Operation Istanbul. Golden Rescue will continue to ensure that these beautiful animals can have a new life in...

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