The Sato Project is dedicated to rescuing abused and abandoned dogs in Puerto Rico.

Since its inception in 2011, The Sato Project has largely focused its efforts on a place unfortunately known as “Dead Dog Beach” in the municipality of Yabucoa, one of the island's poorest. We have rescued over 4,000 dogs to date, rehabilitated them with the highest standards of veterinary care and placed them in loving homes in the mainland U.S. We are addressing the underlying causes of overpopulation, abandonment, and abuse through community outreach and low-cost spay/neuter and vaccine programs. To date, we have spayed/neutered over 6,500 dogs and cats. Since the devastation of Hurricane Maria in 2017 and the recent earthquakes of 2020, The Sato Project has also expanded into disaster relief efforts, including distributing humanitarian and animal emergency supplies, pulling dogs from overburdened municipal shelters with 90%+ euthanasia rates, and reuniting families with their beloved pets via our No Dog Left Behind program.