The Pack

Chapter 11: McGyver — I Escaped the Culling
Chapter 11: McGyver — I Escaped the Culling
McGyver escaped certain death as the police launched a culling campaign against the Africanis of Maun. Rescued by Stefanie from the Oister Foundation in a tense standoff, he now fights... Read more...
Chapter 10: Lion — A Free Spirit
Chapter 10: Lion — A Free Spirit
Lion was a free spirit — a nomadic Africanis from the tiny settlement of Mowana, Botswana, who found brief kindness through the Oister Foundation before his story came to a... Read more...
Chapter 9: Lady / Meisie — A Hard Life
Chapter 9: Lady / Meisie — A Hard Life
Lady — also known as Meisie, meaning Girl — spent her entire life on the streets of Maun. Old, scarred, and nearly broken, she was rescued by the Oister Foundation... Read more...
Chapter 8: Jengo — The Great Escape
Chapter 8: Jengo — The Great Escape
Jengo was born on the outskirts of Maun, Botswana. Still a pup, he trusted his instincts, left his mother's den, and walked into the unknown — where the universe aligned... Read more...
Chapter 7: Peanut — The Dog Who Refused to Give Up
Chapter 7: Peanut — The Dog Who Refused to Give Up
Peanut's Chapter 2 — rescued in Maun, Botswana, this resilient Africanis dog navigates chronic pain, a failed search for doggy wheels, and the unbreakable bond with his guardians at the... Read more...
Chapter 6: Foxy — A Fearless Mother
Chapter 6: Foxy — A Fearless Mother
Rescued in February 2026 from the streets of Maun, Botswana, Foxy is a fearless, solitary Africanis who gave birth to six pups near the Mall of Maun before being saved... Read more...
Chapter 5: Peanut — From Pain to Protection
Chapter 5: Peanut — From Pain to Protection
Peanut is a Weimaraner-Africanis cross born without joints in his hind legs, rescued by the Oister Foundation in Maun, Botswana, in July 2024. This is his story. Read more...
Spirit and Peanut in the Kalahari
Chapter 4: Spirit — The Dog Who Inspires Love
From being hunted for his royal bloodline to finding his true purpose among the suffering Africanis of Botswana — Spirit discovers what it means to inspire love unconditionally. Read more...
Chapter 3: Spirit — First Steps (Healing from trauma, and learning to be a dog)
Chapter 3: Spirit — First Steps (Healing from trauma, and learning to be a dog)
Spirit's first steps as a free dog — from wobbly beginnings on a polished wooden floor to life on the open road in a 1971 Land Rover, and the heartbreak... Read more...
Chapter 2: Queen Sheba — The Healer of Kasane
Chapter 2: Queen Sheba — The Healer of Kasane
For fourteen years Queen Sheba healed souls outside a hospital in Kasane, Botswana. Rescued from starvation and cancer by a pair of twins, she defied every prognosis — and became... Read more...
Chapter 1: Spirit — A Soul Returned
Chapter 1: Spirit — A Soul Returned
Rescued from an abattoir in rural Mpumalanga in 2022, Spirit's journey from trauma to trust is the story that started it all. This is how a dog with no expression... Read more...