Egypt's dog shelter volunteers helping give voice to 'the voiceless'

CAIRO - "We take care of sick and wounded stray dogs, for they cannot ask for help like humans. We welcome them to their new home and we never return them to the streets after recovery," said Engy Tarek, co-founder and deputy chief of Cairo Animal Rescue Team, a dog shelter in Giza province near the Egyptian capital Cairo.

With "the Voice of the Voiceless" as its slogan, CART sends its volunteers to reported cases of stray dogs in distress, with many having been paralyzed, shot in the legs, hit by cars, beaten, burnt or strangled by people.

"We started with 30 dogs five years ago, and now the shelter is home to about 800," Tarek said at the shelter while taking care of a dog wounded by a collar embedded in its neck.