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Sep 19, 2025 9 tweets 5 min read Read on X
A little boy in Scotland got home today from school to find his new best friend there.

His name is Panda and he’s flown across the world to greet him.

What an epic 8 month comeback for Panda… (1/8) 🧵 Image
I found Panda outside a 7-11 in Thailand chronically obese and close to death.

He only had a day or 2 to live at most (2/8) Image
He spent 10 days in ICU clinging to life. To be honest I wasn’t sure if the huge vet bill would be worth it.

The vets worked wonders but he had a long road ahead of him (3/8) Image
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It took us months to build him back up. Panda didn’t go back on the streets.

Instead we found him a home in Scotland and he headed off on that journey last week fully better (4/8) Image
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Panda was a little confused as he took

🚕 ⛴️ Samui to Bangkok
✈️ Bangkok to Paris
🚗 ⛴️ Paris to Scotland

We always worry but we check the dogs and interview people in depth. We needn’t have worried with Panda (5/8) Image
Panda arrived and although a little jet lagged he has already set about exploring all that Scotland had to offer.

He was wondering if someone could turn on the fire please? (6/8) Image
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Panda says he can’t understand a word anybody is saying but his tail hasn’t stopped wagging.

No more sleeping on the street outside 7-11. He has his own family now (7/8)
Best friends for life. No doubt about it.

You love to see it Panda. Nobody deserves it more 🥰🙏 (8/8) Image
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Lots more of Panda settling in over on my insta…



A follow there helps us save so many more dogs 🥰🙏 instagram.com/niall.harbisonImage
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Feb 3
I’ve been involved in a lot of hard dog rescues in my time. But none quite like tonight.

We’ve been trying to catch this boy for a week after being sent this photo. He’s a wild street dog.

It looks like we’ve saved his life… (1/7) 🧵 Image
We’ve failed on 6 previous attempts. Sedation, traps, nets and many of us in the fields. He has been too scared.

We’ve probably used 50 man hours trying to catch him.

We even darted him once but he got away into the jungle (2/7) Image
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We got him tonight after an epic chase.

It was life or death. The wound on his face was full of maggots and flies. I’ve shared the pic from a distance to not shock but his face was being eaten alive (3/7) Image
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Jan 9
On the 23rd of October Stormzy came into us with a massive brain injury.

He couldn’t walk or even support his head.

Today 11 weeks later, Stormzy was adopted and went home with his forever family… (1/8) 🧵 Image
He’d been hit by a car. His owner had frantically been looking for a vet.

He was told in this pic that he needed to pay to put him to sleep. He didn’t have the money so he had to take him home for 4 full days and just watch him hopelessly (2/8) Image
Our vet said just give him time. It was incredibly painful to watch him suffer so much. But the medicines and rest really did work.

He couldn’t walk or eat himself for weeks. But the swelling stated to go down (3/8)
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Jan 6
An incredible outcome…

She came to us 6 weeks ago with tumors on her eyes and inside her mouth.

To see her today is a thing of beauty…(1/5) 🧵 Image
Her owners were distraught. They are not well off people.

They came to us at Tina’s hospital hoping for some sort of miracle.

Even I thought she might have to be put down when I saw her the first day (2/5) Image
I can explain how amazing our medical team are.

They diagnosed it as TVT cancer. This was her 6 weeks ago being treated outside as it is transmissible.

She kept nearly choking on her blood and she couldn’t see a thing (3/5)
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Jan 5
This was the first photo I was ever sent of Stormzy.

His owner had found our contact details. He was told he had to pay to put him to sleep but he didn’t have the money.

That was 2.5 months ago. Stormzy was getting some big news today…. (1/7) 🧵 Image
He came to us on a little wooden “stretcher” his owner had made.

Stormzy had been hit by a car and had a serious brain injury. Things did not look good (2/7) Image
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For a week his head was “stuck” like this. His neck wasn’t strong enough to control what it was doing.

We fed him via a drip and out vet said give him time to see if the swelling would go down (3/7) Image
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Sep 28, 2025
Shaq is the hardest rescue I’ve ever had.

His life was nearly over when I found him 2 years ago.

I was feeling a little down today so I went to see him. It’s hard to believe how good he now looks (1/7) 🧵 Image
This was the very first picture of him that I was sent. He had a huge growth on his neck.

I dropped everything and went there immediately (2/7) Image
We had to do 2 huge operations. The vets told us he probably wouldn’t survive.

It took him about 6 weeks to recover with us. It was agony for him and huge stress for us (3/7) Image
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Sep 23, 2025
Of all the dogs I’ve ever rescued McMuffin is hands down the worst case I’ve ever seen.

That’s why seeing her celebrate her birthday today in Germany is such a joyous scene.

A remarkable story… (1/10) 🧵 Image
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When I was handed her in the street in Thailand I’ve never smelt anything like it.

1000s of ticks on her body and the stench of rotting flesh and tumors (2/10)
I’m not scared to say I went home that night and decided it was the end. Based on the vets advice it would be kinder to leg her go.

Luckily I woke up and thought differently (3/10) Image
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