Buddy survived. Hundreds of others won’t.

Buddy was hit by a car on purpose — but he was one of the lucky ones who survived.

Buddy was a small homeless puppy when a driver sped up on purpose and slammed into him. 

The impact threw him to the ground and left him unable to stand, lift his head, or move.

A security guard who witnessed the cruelty called for help, and one of our brave volunteers in Bahrain rushed to rescue him.

Buddy suffered a shattered hip and thigh bone (femur) leaving him in extreme pain.

Buddy's shattered bone is now held together with plates and screws, thanks to you.

The veterinarians had to remove broken bone pieces, place a long metal plate and screws inside his thigh bone, and use wires to hold what was left of the bone together.

Thanks to emergency care made possible thanks to you, Buddy survived — but hundreds of other dogs across Bahrain are not as lucky. 

They are starving, suffering, or being shot.

In the Kingdom of Bahrain, next to Saudi Arabia, the situation for homeless animals is described as a "living nightmare".

For many, those who do not die from starvation are shot to death by gunmen, or run over by hit-and-run drivers, who leave them to die slowly from horrific injuries.

Except for one very lucky puppy, named Buddy.

A man points a rifle out of a van window in Askar, Bahrain, where stray dogs are being shot.

For days, he could not walk or lift his head.

But Buddy never gave up — neither did our volunteer who saved him.

I am reaching out to you now for four important reasons:

1. Help Bring Buddy Home

Please help us bring Buddy here to the U.S., and find him a loving home.

He is still alive but remains in Bahrain, and local activists report that it is nearly impossible to find homes for street dogs there.

Flying Buddy from Bahrain to the U.S. is expensive and complicated.

The total cost can reach up to $6,000, because it includes many necessary steps to keep him safe and healthy.

Here is a simple breakdown of the major costs involved:

1) Emergency and follow-up veterinary care: approx. $800

2) Airline transport and handling fees: approx. $1,200

3) Transit handling fees: approx. $700

4) Airport and cargo handling fees: approx. $600

5) Travel crate, vaccinations, and health certificates: approx. $900

6) U.S. arrival and clearance fees: approx. $800

If you would like to help cover the costs of bringing Buddy home, please click on the button below.

Help Bring Buddy Home!

2. Help With Buddy’s Medical Costs

Buddy's medical bills are high; if you would like to help cover his continued medical care, your support will make a world of difference.

Help Cover Buddy’s Medical Costs

3. Urge Bahrain to Stop the Killings

Please help once again in pressuring the King of Bahrain, to end the shootings and the nightly killings of homeless dogs.

This was a dog named Ronnie, a street dog shot and killed in Bahrain.

If you have not already signed our petition to the U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain, urging diplomatic pressure on the King of Bahrain to stop the killings, please sign today.

Sign the Petition Now!

4. Connect Us with People Who Can Help

If you know any military personnel, reporters or government officials in Bahrain -- or the US -- who would be willing to help, please share their contact information so we can reach out to them right away.

There is a U.S. Navy base in Bahrain. If you know anyone serving there, they might be able to help bring Buddy home.

Please send any information to us at Buddy@600MillionDogs.org

Do not let another puppy face this kind of nightmare. 

Some street dogs in Bahrain are discovered half‑buried alive, or discarded in shallow graves.

Your voice and compassion can save lives — one life now, and hundreds more tomorrow.

Thank you very much in advance for your support.

Your help is very much needed and deeply appreciated.

You can read more about Buddy below in P.S. #1 and more about the Danger for animal people in Bahrain in the P.S. #2 below.

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PS 1 of 2) Danger for animal people in Bahrain

In short, “Human rights conditions started to decline by 2007 when torture began to be employed again. In 2011, Human Rights Watch described the country’s human rights situation as “dismal,” and women did not have the right to vote until 2002 — only 24 years ago. (Footnotes 208, 209, and 235 at Wikipedia: Bahrain – Policy Framework)

P.S 2 of 2) More about Buddy — the extent of his suffering and the severity of injuries. 

In a panic, at first Buddy tried to run away from our volunteer, but couldn’t. 

He could only “drag his back legs — one extremely swollen, just hanging there, straight down, all loose and twisted, and not connected to anything.”

Buddy endured a devastating accident by being struck by a car: the impact shattered the bones in his hip and leg so severely that emergency surgery was his only chance to survive.

He sustained multiple serious fractures affecting major weight-bearing bones and joints, causing extreme pain and requiring complex surgical repair.

According to the veterinarian’s report, the injuries were not just simple breaks — they were multiple, complex fractures involving both the hip socket (acetabulum) and the thigh bone (femur). 

Buddy’s femur was “comminuted and displaced,” meaning it was shattered into multiple sharp fragments and pushed out of alignment. Each broken edge of bone would have caused excruciating pain, cutting through surrounding muscle and tissue.

X-rays revealed that even the metaphysis, a critical area near the growth region of the bone, was broken — an especially painful and serious location. The hip fracture made every movement of his leg unbearable, leaving him unable to stand, walk, or even shift position without agony.

Surgeons had to remove bone shards and reconstruct his leg piece by piece using metal plates, screws, and wire to hold the splintered bones together.

A 12-hole locking plate with screws was implanted to re-attach and secure the broken femoral pieces. This level of surgical repair is typically reserved for the most severe trauma cases.

Despite Buddy’s small size and unimaginable pain, he survived the assault and the emergency operation — a testament to his will to live.

The veterinarian said, “Before surgery, every breath and heartbeat would have sent waves of pain through his broken bones. This was not a minor injury — it was a catastrophic orthopedic trauma caused by a violent impact.”

Thanks to your past support, Buddy is now on the long road to recovery. The vet also said “Buddy was friendly and playful, despite the severity of his multiple injuries.”

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