Who ARE WE?

My name is Kremena, but everyone calls me Kay. I have always been an animal lover. As a kid, I begged my mom to get me a dog, but instead I got a gold fish (thanks Mom…). In that instant, I promised myself that, one day, I would have a dog. 23 years later… this is where the story begins. My husband and I moved into a new villa (Villa #38) in Dubai and we got our first dog, Baxter 🙂 

We absolutely loved our villa, as it had a lot of character and a nice little garden. What we didn’t know, as we moved in, was that the villa came with some surprises!!! The previous tenant was feeding the strays and as she moved out, the cats stayed behind. To cut a long story short, we adopted one of the strays and started caring for the others.

Later on, I rescued a little kitten, Nadia (well she is not little anymore!) and now, we have (no longer counting though!) 10 cats and 2 dogs…

This is how it all started. I created the organisation known toay as 38smiles and it was the beginning of my adventures in the rescue world: trapping, neutering, releasing, fostering, healing and rehoming many cats, dogs and other animals.