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  • Eva Ruppel and a few rescued street dogs enter her bedroom on her small compound near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Ruppel does not cage the approximate 170 rescued dogs living with her, allowing them freedom to roam and interact in small packs in multiple pens throughout her property and her home. Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and rehome Sri Lanka's street dogs.<br />
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Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.<br />
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Ruppel is fluent in German, English and Sinhala.
    Saving Sri Lanka Dogs.jpg
  • Eva Ruppel walks with a small pack of rescued dogs inside her home near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Ruppel does not cage the approximate 170 rescued dogs living with her, allowing them freedom to roam and interact in small packs in multiple pens throughout her property and home. Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and rehome Sri Lanka's street dogs.<br />
<br />
Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.<br />
<br />
Ruppel is fluent in German, English and Sinhala.
    Saving Sri Lanka Dogs.jpg
  • Eva Ruppel sits with a small pack of rescued dogs in her kitchen near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Ruppel does not cage the approximate 170 rescued dogs living with her, allowing them freedom to roam and interact in small packs in multiple pens throughout her property and home. Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and rehome Sri Lanka's street dogs.<br />
<br />
Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.<br />
<br />
Ruppel is fluent in German, English and Sinhala.
    Saving Sri Lanka Dogs.jpg
  • Several of nearly 170 rescued street dogs take over Eva Ruppel's kitchen on her rural property near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Ruppel does not cage the approximate 170 dogs she has rescued, allowing them freedom to roam and interact in small packs in multiple pens throughout her property, as well as inside her home. Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and re-home Sri Lanka's street dogs.<br />
<br />
Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.<br />
<br />
With the support of her father, she started Tikiri Trust. Her father passed away in 2011, and he left her an inheritance, which she continues to use to support her cause. <br />
<br />
Ruppel is fluent in German, English and Sinhala.
    Saving Sri Lanka Dogs.jpg
  • Eva Ruppel opens a gate dividing her living/dining room from a hallway on her rural property near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Ruppel does not cage the approximate 170 dogs she has rescued, allowing them freedom to interact in small packs in multiple pens throughout her property, as well as inside her home. Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and re-home Sri Lanka's street dogs.<br />
<br />
Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.<br />
<br />
Ruppel is fluent in German, English and Sinhala.
    Saving Sri Lanka Dogs.jpg
  • Portrait of Eva Ruppel, founder of Tikiri Trust, on her rural property near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Ruppel lives with approximately 170 rescued dogs and a dozen or so cats.<br />
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Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and re-home Sri Lanka's street dogs.<br />
<br />
She is fluent in German, English and Sinhala.
    Saving Sri Lanka Dogs.jpg
  • Several of nearly 170 rescued street dogs look into Eva Ruppel's kitchen on her rural property near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Ruppel does not cage the approximate 170 dogs she has rescued, allowing them freedom to roam and interact in small packs in multiple pens throughout her property, as well as inside her home. Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and rehome Sri Lanka's street dogs.<br />
<br />
With the support of her father, she started Tikiri Trust. Her father passed away in 2011, and he left her an inheritance, which she continues to use to support her cause. <br />
<br />
Ruppel is fluent in German, English and Sinhala.
    Saving Sri Lanka Dogs.jpg
  • Eva Ruppel sits with two rescued puppies at her rural property near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Ruppel does not cage the approximate 170 rescued dogs living with her, allowing them freedom to roam and interact in small packs throughout her home and property. She created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and re-home Sri Lanka's street dogs.<br />
<br />
Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.<br />
<br />
Ruppel is fluent in German, English and Sinhala.
    Saving Sri Lanka Dogs.jpg
  • Eva Ruppel opens her front door on her rural property near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Ruppel does not cage the approximate 170 dogs she has rescued, allowing them freedom to interact in small packs in multiple pens throughout her property and inside her home. Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and re-home Sri Lanka's street dogs.
    Saving Sri Lanka Dogs.jpg
  • Eva Ruppel sits with Banyan, one of 170 rescued dogs living with her near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Ruppel does not cage the rescued dogs living with her, allowing them freedom to roam and interact in small packs throughout her home and property.<br />
<br />
Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and re-home Sri Lanka's street dogs.<br />
<br />
She is fluent in German, English and Sinhala.
    Saving Sri Lanka Dogs.jpg
  • Eva Ruppel sits on her bed in her rural property near Kandy, Sri Lanka, while watching two rescue dogs. Ruppel does not cage the approximate 170 rescued dogs that share her home, allowing them freedom to roam and interact in small packs in multiple pens throughout her home and property. <br />
<br />
Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and re-home Sri Lanka's abandoned street dogs.<br />
<br />
Ruppel is fluent in German, English and Sinhala.
    Saving Sri Lanka Dogs.jpg
  • Eva Ruppel sits at her front door on her rural property near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Ruppel does not cage the approximate 170 rescued dogs, allowing them freedom to interact in small packs in multiple pens throughout her property, as well as inside her home. Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and rehome Sri Lanka's street dogs.
    Saving Sri Lanka’s Dogs.jp
  • One of 170 street dogs rescued by Eva Ruppel naps on her dining room table inside her rural compound near Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
<br />
Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.<br />
<br />
With the support of her father, she started Tikiri Trust. Her father passed away in 2011, and he left her an inheritance, which she continues to use to support her cause.
    Saving Sri Lanka Dogs.jpg
  • Several of nearly 170 rescued street dogs living in Eva Ruppel's Tikiri Trust shelter, look into an adjoining pen on the rural property near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Ruppel does not cage the rescued dogs, allowing them to roam freely and interact in small packs in multiple pens throughout her property, as well as inside her home. Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and re-home Sri Lanka's street dogs.
    Saving Sri Lanka Dogs.jpg
  • Whitewater rafting guide, Dilhani Senarathna, and her Kandy Adventures crew carry a raft to the Mahaweli River near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Dilhani is the only female whitewater rafting guide in the region.<br />
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From my project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Wasanthe Menike standing, second from right, jokes with her Hela Bojun Hala coworkers in the Kundasale suburb of Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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Wasantha worked in Saudi Arabia for 10 years as a housemaid, providing the sole income for her family. She continues to be the family's sole provider, currently working at the café from 6:30 in the morning until approximately 1:00pm each week day. She has two children, ages 18 and 20. <br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Tuk tuk driver, Nadeeka, breast feeds her two-month old child as she takes a break between driving customers in Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Whitewater rafting guide, Dilhani Senarathna, 28, points to something of interest while leading a Kandy Adventures trip along the Mahaweli River in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is quite unusual for women to be rafting guides in this island nation. <br />
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From my project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Kandy Adventures whitewater rafting guide, Dilhani Senarathna, 28, leaps into the Mahaweli River near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Dilhani is the only female whitewater rafting guide in the region.<br />
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From my project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Buddhist nun, Molagoda Gathami Maniyo offers blessings to Umedha Senaratne as the sun sets at the Molagoda Gothami Aramaya monastery near Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Dr. Manohari moves between her four-legged patients at the Government Veterinary Hospital clinic in the Peradeniya region of Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Wasantha Menike prepares tea for her family in their rural home following her shift at the Hela Bojun Hala in the Kundasale suburb of Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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Wasantha worked in Saudi Arabia for 10 years as housemaid, providing the sole income for her family. She continues to be the family's sole provider, currently working at the café from 6:30 in the morning until approximately 1:00pm each week day. She has two children, ages 18 and 20. <br />
<br />
From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • K.G. Nimali waits with her daughter-in-law for a bus after dropping off their work at the Self-Employed Women’s Development Association (SEWA) in Kandy, Sri Lanka. <br />
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Nimali and her daughter-in-law, former garment factory employees, sew cloth bags at home, on their own schedule, with materials supplied by SEWA, and are paid  per bag.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Nadeeka peeks around her tuk tuk at one of her clients while working near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Nadeeka is a tuk tuk driver in an industry dominated by men. <br />
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Nadeeka worked through her ninth month of pregnancy and returned to work when her child was two months old. She owns her tuk tuk, which she purchased, used, with a loan. Most of her work involves driving children to and from school, and driving women to and from markets. She has a loyal clientele that keeps her busy during daylight hours, without having to hustle for business or compete with other drivers.<br />
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Nadeeka lives in a small, one-bedroom home with her husband, child, younger sister and mother. Nadeeka's sister works in a garment factory and works a late shift so that she can care for the baby while her sister drives a tuk tuk. <br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Buddhist nuns, Molagoda Gathami Maniyo (r) and her mother, Thalathuwe Upeka Maniyo, prepare the evening's offerings at the Molagoda Gothami Aramaya monastery near Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Dr. Manohari examines one of her four-legged patients at the Government Veterinary Hospital clinic in the Peradeniya region of Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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Manohari, a Hindu, married in 1991. She started her veterinary practice in 1992 while she was pregnant. She started working at this hospital in 1993.<br />
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From my project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Sudarshanti Manike sews bags for Self Employment Education & Welfare Association (SEWA), as her 7-year-old son peers out the window of their home near Kandy, Sri Lanka. <br />
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Manike, a former garment factory worker, is happy because she can earn money for her children's education while being free to set her own hours and work at her own pace. Working for herself allows her the freedom to be with her children while she is sewing, tend her garden periodically and move about freely as she desires. She has been sewing bags for SEWA for three months, and as per the program dictates, she is paid per completed bag. <br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Wasantha Menike smiles while working at the Hela Bojun Hala cafe in the Kundasale suburb of Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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Wasantha worked in Saudi Arabia for 10 years as a housemaid, providing the sole income for her family. She continues to be the family's sole provider, currently working at the café from 6:30 in the morning until approximately 1:00pm each week day. She has two children, ages 18 and 20. <br />
<br />
From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Nadeeka poses with her young son in her home before leaving for work near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Nadeeka is a tuk tuk driver in an industry dominated by men. <br />
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Nadeeka lives in a small, one-bedroom home with her husband, child, younger sister and mother. Nadeeka's sister works in a garment factory and works a late shift so that she can care for the baby while her sister drives a tuk tuk. <br />
<br />
Nadeeka worked through her ninth month of pregnancy and returned to work when her child was two months old. She owns her tuk tuk, which she purchased, used, with a loan. Most of her work involves driving children to and from school, and driving women to and from markets. She has a loyal clientele that keeps her busy during daylight hours, without having to hustle for business or compete with other drivers.<br />
<br />
From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Dr. (MRS.) K.P.G.K. BKanthi Badralatha, the Central Provincial Director at Department of Animal Production and Health, takes a phone call in her Kandy, Sri Lanka, office. Under her leadership, her region has the highest rate of milk, meat and egg production in the country.<br />
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Badralatha was born and raised in a village that had no power or modern facilities. She is the fourth child in a family with five girls and four boys, and her mother and father were farmers. Early on, she realized education would lead her to opportunity. She studied hard, got good grades and attended a university, receiving a Master’s Degree in Animal Science. <br />
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From my project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Buddhist nun, Thalathuwe Upeka Maniyo, offers prayers and thanks at the Molagoda Gothami Aramaya monastery near Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Kandy Adventures whitewater rafting headquarters near the Mahaweli River in Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Young women move along a road that runs through a tea plantation in a rural area adjacent to Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Madushika Chandramali sews bags for Self Employment Education & Welfare Association (SEWA) as her three-year-old son watches tv in her home near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Chandramali uses the room as a living room, bedroom, child's room, as well as her sewing room.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Sudarshanti Manike's 17-year-old daughter and her mother, Prenawathi, look on as she sews bags for the Self Employment Education & Welfare Association (SEWA), in her home near Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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Manike, an independent seamstress, is a former garment factory worker who is happy because she can earn money for her children's education while being free to set her own hours and her own pace. She has been sewing bags for SEWA for three months, and as per the program dictates, she is paid per completed bag.<br />
<br />
From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Thalathuwe Upeka maniyo teaches children to meditate at the Molagoda Gothami Aramay monastery near Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Buddhist nun, Molagoda Gathami Maniyo, walks to a place of worship on the grounds of the Molagoda Gothami Aramaya monastery near Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Used bottles of vinegar, used to clean up after 170 rescued street dogs, are attached to a fence on Eva Ruppel's Tikiri Trust shelter near Kandy, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, February 21, 2018.<br />
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It is impossible to visit Sri Lanka without seeing street dogs in nearly every public space, near hotels, guest houses and restaurants, schools, offices, markets, hospitals, police stations, bus terminals, railway stations, temples, etc. These dogs do not have their own homes, but they are usually highly tolerated and are typically fed collectively by people in a particular area.<br />
<br />
According to the NGO, Kandy Association for Community Protection through Animal Welfare (KACPAW), 100 unsterilized dogs will give rise to 3,000 dogs in one year. The Sri Lankan government, as well as several NGOs, work to spay/neuter animals, but there is need to educate the public and maintain funds to stay on top of their efforts.<br />
<br />
Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.<br />
<br />
While married, Ruppel’s husband asked that the couple keep only three dogs in their home at any one time, and she respected his wishes. This 60-something year old lost her husband to a ruptured brain blood vessel in 1995 when he was 51 years old, after nine years of marriage. After his death, she began rescuing more and more animals and she now lives with 170 dogs, plus a dozen or so cats.<br />
<br />
With the support of her father, she started Tikiri Trust. Her father passed away in 2011, and he left her an inheritance, which she continues to use to support her cause. <br />
<br />
Ruppel, who is fluent in German, English and Sinhala, said that she has found homes for “hundreds, if not thousands” of dogs. She also provides free spay/neuter clinics and free treatment of sick animals. A local area vet comes to her rural shelter several times a month to provide sterilizations and routine health checks and animals sometime
    BarbutesTracy_SriLankaDogs_20180221-...jpg
  • Madushika Chandramali, an entrepreneur with Self Employment Education & Welfare Association (SEWA), poses with her three-year-old son outside of her two room house near Kandy, Sri Lanka. <br />
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A former garment factory worker, Chandramali hopes to save money from her work with SEWA to add on to her home. She has been working with SEWA for three months.<br />
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SEWA is a non-governmental organization working for community development by creating opportunities for self employment.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • February 2018<br />
Women's empowerment, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    BarbutesTracy_SriLanka_2018-57239.jpg
  • EVA RUPPEL sits at her front door on her rural property near Kandy, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. Ruppel does not cage the +/-170 dogs she has rescued, allowing them freedom to interact in small packs in multiple pens throughout her property, as well as inside her home. Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and rehome Sri Lanka's street dogs.<br />
<br />
<br />
It is impossible to visit Sri Lanka without seeing street dogs in nearly every public space, near hotels, guest houses and restaurants, schools, offices, markets, hospitals, police stations, bus terminals, railway stations, temples, etc. These dogs do not have their own homes, but they are usually highly tolerated and are typically fed collectively by people in a particular area.<br />
<br />
According to the NGO, Kandy Association for Community Protection through Animal Welfare (KACPAW), 100 unsterilized dogs will give rise to 3,000 dogs in one year. The Sri Lankan government, as well as several NGOs, work to spay/neuter animals, but there is need to educate the public and maintain funds to stay on top of their efforts.<br />
<br />
Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.<br />
<br />
While married, Ruppel’s husband asked that the couple keep only three dogs in their home at any one time, and she respected his wishes. This 60-something year old lost her husband to a ruptured brain blood vessel in 1995 when he was 51 years old, after nine years of marriage. After his death, she began rescuing more and more animals and she now lives with 170 dogs, plus a dozen or so cats.<br />
<br />
With the support of her father, she started Tikiri Trust. Her father passed away in 2011, and he left her an inheritance, which she continues to use to support her cause. <br />
<br />
Ruppel, who is fluent in German, English and Sinhala, said that she has found homes for “hundreds, if not thousands” of dogs. She
    Rescuing Sri Lanka Dogs_201802215999...jpg
  • EVA RUPPEL sits with two rescued puppies at her rural property near Kandy, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. Ruppel does not cage the approximate 170 rescued dogs living with her, allowing them freedom to roam and interact in small packs in multiple pens throughout her property, as well as inside her home. Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and rehome Sri Lanka's street dogs.<br />
<br />
<br />
It is impossible to visit Sri Lanka without seeing street dogs in nearly every public space, near hotels, guest houses and restaurants, schools, offices, markets, hospitals, police stations, bus terminals, railway stations, temples, etc. These dogs do not have their own homes, but they are usually highly tolerated and are typically fed collectively by people in a particular area.<br />
<br />
According to the NGO, Kandy Association for Community Protection through Animal Welfare (KACPAW), 100 unsterilized dogs will give rise to 3,000 dogs in one year. The Sri Lankan government, as well as several NGOs, work to spay/neuter animals, but there is need to educate the public and maintain funds to stay on top of their efforts.<br />
<br />
Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.<br />
<br />
While married, Ruppel’s husband asked that the couple keep only three dogs in their home at any one time, and she respected his wishes. This 60-something year old lost her husband to a ruptured brain blood vessel in 1995 when he was 51 years old, after nine years of marriage. After his death, she began rescuing more and more animals and she now lives with 170 dogs, plus a dozen or so cats.<br />
<br />
With the support of her father, she started Tikiri Trust. Her father passed away in 2011, and he left her an inheritance, which she continues to use to support her cause. <br />
<br />
Ruppel, who is fluent in German, English and Sinhala, said that she has found homes for “hundreds,
    Rescuing Sri Lanka Dogs_201802215018...jpg
  • EVA RUPPEL stands in front of one of many gated pens separating 170 rescued street dogs on her rural property near Kandy, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. Ruppel does not cage the animals, allowing them freedom to interact in small packs. Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and rehome Sri Lanka's street dogs.<br />
<br />
It is impossible to visit Sri Lanka without seeing street dogs in nearly every public space, near hotels, guest houses and restaurants, schools, offices, markets, hospitals, police stations, bus terminals, railway stations, temples, etc. These dogs do not have their own homes, but they are usually highly tolerated and are typically fed collectively by people in a particular area.<br />
<br />
According to the NGO, Kandy Association for Community Protection through Animal Welfare (KACPAW), 100 unsterilized dogs will give rise to 3,000 dogs in one year. The Sri Lankan government, as well as several NGOs, work to spay/neuter animals, but there is need to educate the public and maintain funds to stay on top of their efforts.<br />
<br />
Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.<br />
<br />
While married, Ruppel’s husband asked that the couple keep only three dogs in their home at any one time, and she respected his wishes. This 60-something year old lost her husband to a ruptured brain blood vessel in 1995 when he was 51 years old, after nine years of marriage. After his death, she began rescuing more and more animals and she now lives with 170 dogs, plus a dozen or so cats.<br />
<br />
With the support of her father, she started Tikiri Trust. Her father passed away in 2011, and he left her an inheritance, which she continues to use to support her cause. <br />
<br />
Ruppel, who is fluent in German, English and Sinhala, said that she has found homes for “hundreds, if not thousands” of dogs. She also provides free spay/neuter clin
    Resuing Sri Lanka Dogs_2018022159982.jpg
  • EVA RUPPEL visits with three rescued dogs on her property located near Kandy, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. Ruppel does not cage the approximate 170 rescued dogs living with her, allowing them freedom to roam and interact in small packs in multiple pens throughout her property, as well as inside her home. Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and rehome Sri Lanka's street dogs.<br />
<br />
<br />
It is impossible to visit Sri Lanka without seeing street dogs in nearly every public space, near hotels, guest houses and restaurants, schools, offices, markets, hospitals, police stations, bus terminals, railway stations, temples, etc. These dogs do not have their own homes, but they are usually highly tolerated and are typically fed collectively by people in a particular area.<br />
<br />
According to the NGO, Kandy Association for Community Protection through Animal Welfare (KACPAW), 100 unsterilized dogs will give rise to 3,000 dogs in one year. The Sri Lankan government, as well as several NGOs, work to spay/neuter animals, but there is need to educate the public and maintain funds to stay on top of their efforts.<br />
<br />
Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.<br />
<br />
While married, Ruppel’s husband asked that the couple keep only three dogs in their home at any one time, and she respected his wishes. This 60-something year old lost her husband to a ruptured brain blood vessel in 1995 when he was 51 years old, after nine years of marriage. After his death, she began rescuing more and more animals and she now lives with 170 dogs, plus a dozen or so cats.<br />
<br />
With the support of her father, she started Tikiri Trust. Her father passed away in 2011, and he left her an inheritance, which she continues to use to support her cause. <br />
<br />
Ruppel, who is fluent in German, English and Sinhala, said that she has found homes for “hundre
    Rescuing Sri Lanka Dogs_201802215017...jpg
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