Saskia founded Forever Friends Animal Rescue in 2011 after a little Mildura Pound rescue dog called Neddy tip-toed into her heart and changed her life forever. She decided to leave her role as a senior editor at Penguin Books to help save the lives of more ‘Neddies’ after being horrified to learn of the fate of so many homeless animals in our pound and shelter system.
Saskia is also passionate about companion animal legislative reform and was a founding member of Oscar’s Law, Pound Reform Alliance Australia and Companion Animal Reform Australia.
Since FFAR’s inception, Saskia has been the driving force and visionary leader successfully establishing one of Victoria’s largest and most compassionate welfare organisations, often taking animals that other shelters have rejected. To this end, she was recently recognised by the Animal Justice Foundation with the Gillies Foundation Award for Exemplary Commitment to Companion Animal Rescue.
Her books include Dogs That Make a Difference, Unconditional Love: PetRescue’s Great Animal Stories and PetRescue’s Amazing Dog Stories.
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