The Pack

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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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)
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
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
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...