Professional photography by Emma O’Brien
Fashionable
Making rescues
The Sushi and Panda Foundation is a registered NPO that focuses mainly on going into under-privileged areas to sterilize, vaccinate and treat animals, while educating their owners on how to care for their pets. They improve the living conditions of the animals as well as take in, rehabilitate and re-home any abandoned, neglected, abused and unwanted animals.
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an attempt to get more animals adopted nationwide by changing the public’s perception surrounding rescue dogs, and making them more “glamourous” and sought after.
hey recently launched their newest campaign, “Make Rescues Fashionable”, by photographing their rescue dogs in high-end designer scarves from the likes of Gucci, Hermes, Burberry, Valentino and Louis Vuitton etc.
Hundreds of animals sit in shelters around South Africa, with most never finding a home to call their own. Most people do not even look at adopting, but rather opt to buy an animal instead. The Sushi and Panda Foundation wants to try and open the public’s mind to going to shelters and considering adopting, as an alternative to purchasing. Rescues are all one of a kind, no two are the same and they want to emphasize how special and unique each rescue is with their new campaign.
These incredible images, photographed by awardwinning pet photographer Emma O’Brien, will be turned into their 2022 rescue calendar that you need to purchase in order to see the full campaign. Spotted in these images are Megan Taylor (founder and owner of The Sushi and Panda Foundation) with her fiancé, Ty van der Waal, and their 3 dogs, Sushi, Panda and Nala, making a statement and posing with designer scarves to launch their new initiative and to get people talking about it.
So, let’s share it, talk about it and spread the word. Together we can make rescues fashionable! For more information contact Megan Taylor on 082 905 0277 or follow them on social on Facebook https:// www.facebook.com/ iandpandafoundation or on Instagram sushi_and_panda_ the_frenchies
The Foundation was named after their dogs, Sushi and Panda. Nala was rescued later during one of their outreach programs. Their aim is to create an awareness of rescue animals in
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