Meet The Mother of 1500 Dogs Fighting Animal Abuse In Indonesia | EVERYDAY BOSSES #54

In Indonesia, many dogs are abused or abandoned on the streets with almost no laws to protect them. Heartbroken over how many dogs were on the streets, Susana Somali began to take dogs into her home until she decided to start a dog shelter of her own in 2010. Currently she has 1,500 dogs in her shelter and is dedicating her life to make sure that there are no dogs left on the streets.
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#Indonesia #Dogs #Shelter

[@ayapamungkas2267]

OMG she's a medical doctor too. Working in one of the biggest hospital in Jakarta. Yet she spares her time to take care of these stray dogs. Bless her.

[@himmel2436]

she spend all of her income to take care of these animals.

[@canadians2214]

Where can I send a donation, please let me know and thank you.

[@VerenaSatriani]

So proud of this woman. Indonesia needs more people like her.

[@nekochan2615]

Not only Indonesia. The world needs people like her

[@gajendraa4228]

Instead of saying "we need more people like this" say "I'll be like this"

[@10klikeanonimbalikwxc14]

there's many actually

[@MrZieco]

Is there anyway to donate? We need to help her lift up the burden.

[@Septianernanto7]

Second would like donate to her for taking care of the doggo

[@thekingofcool2105]

Go to her IG

[@yuukileadenheart5960]

Go to the official Instagram account @pejatenshelter. There you can see some information how to donate (at their profile)

[@svckshinesunflower1959]

you can follow her IG. I would like to volunteer if it’s available 🥺

[@snakepl1skin]

I checked out her IG but as an American I don't understand anything lol :(. Anyone able to help me donate to her cause, I'd love to.

[@Strawberryflosh]

Hope you always healty and have a lot of bless Bu Susana.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Bless her! She is amazing and so devoted to saving dogs. The world needs more people like her. Reminds me of another one that does the same thing in Bali

[@HyunaLeeeeeee]

She's doing my biggest goal in my life rescue stray animals, not only dogs and cats but all stray animals omg😭 hope i can be like her someday

[@emitajosephine3258]

My campus once had a volunteering activity here. The dogs were sweet and nice, they loved to be pet and brushed. They stayed next to us all time while we were helping to clean the shelter, their curiosity about people and things we brought (dog food, camera for documentation, cleaning supplies) was very cute. Good bois and girls, I hope you guys are healthy 💜 Bu Susan and team, you are the people that we need. So happy to see the comments in this video are flooded with lots of kindness. Bless you all.

[@svckshinesunflower1959]

Those dogs look so healthy and i feel so happy when i see them wiggling their butt in happiness. They deserve forever home 🥺

[@minatoko4174]

India too have issue of astray dogs. I really do not understand why people keep dogs only to abandon them later.

[@crozraven]

Economy & lack of commitment likely the biggest reasons. Although I am pretty sure the dog abandonment cases numbers in Indonesia is nowhere near or as big as in the west like USA or even another sea countries like Thailand, Philippines, etc.

[@anukrsna1368]

I'm an Indian too and it's so depressing to watch many of them sick and close to death. Some people here are against feeding stray dogs. I've seen our kind abusing them.

[@vivoslibertos]

I thought what Mother Teresa did is because in india human child is astray, neglect, and abandon by the parents.

[@cryptomology9137]

The dog doesn't spark joy anymore

[@anukrsna1368]

@@cryptomology9137 oh they do, but it's the "elite breeds" that spark the joy. Mongrels are left to starve.

[@cavlogentertainment3109]

In bogor indonesia there a lady who saved thousand cats you can interview her too

[@justdont2378]

This is the kind of person we need to be! We don't need "more people like her" we need to be LIKE her!

[@anegol6892]

Oh my God seeing the pot full of dog legs shattered my heart. That image will haunt me for a very long time. Susana is a hero and a beautiful soul. Thank you for rescuing these precious dogs. I admire and respect you. 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@Guccifer350]

ASIAN BOSS, YOU COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB BY POSTING A WAY ON HOW TO HELP AND DONATE TO THIS SHELTER!! GOD BLESS BU SUSAN 🙏🏼

[@thekingofcool2105]

Go to her IG

[@antoniuswibowo4030]

But not everybody has IG account especially senior citizen, while they have some money and heart.

[@renatavzq]

Sometimes I wish I were rich and could make significant donations to help people as devoted a Susana keep their rescue centers working without having to worry about money.

[@iamkaeseolin9407]

Susana, thank you for doing what you do for our furry friends. Godbless you from the Philippines 🇵🇭.

[@wmiodream7432]

How can we help for donation, please unclude a website for donation.

[@thekingofcool2105]

Go to her IG

[@yuukileadenheart5960]

Their instagram account is @pejatenshelter. Check for their profile and you can find their bank account :)

[@HyunaLeeeeeee]

@@yuukileadenheart5960 thankyou:)

[@Pj-mj7wi]

👍👍😇

[@cybercomets7260]

@@yuukileadenheart5960 thanks

[@danielandreas9617]

Dude i dnt even know this woman... what a hero. Need to visit this shelter

[@joeyzo9106]

Dont misuse religion as an excuse for your shoddy acts . Be a kind human! Bless her and everyone who cares about animal.

[@Vergeetmenietje]

Well their religion has nothing to do with this at all. Most indo people even avoid dogs cause it is haram.

[@crozraven]

eh ... most muslims in Indonesia don't keep/pet dogs, let alone abandoning it. This dog abandoning cases likely from the christian people in Indonesia, especially amid CV19 pandemics & most likely have nothing to do with religion itself as economy is very clearly the biggest reason for it.

[@dokadoka4922]

@@crozraven You literally said that it most likely has nothing to do with religion (which I completely agree with), but then also accuse a whole other religion for it- :'v Religion has nothing to do with it imo, just shitty people not wanting to take responsibility.

[@crozraven]

@@dokadoka4922 I literally said Indonesian people who own dogs are mostly christians. That's a known fact. Again, I continue to say that it has nothing to do with the religion itself as mostly like the economy reasons amid the pandemics. PLEASE READ MY COMMENT AGAIN.

[@spacedusty]

@@crozraven Those who eat dogs and cats are not muslims too

[@earthshuman3864]

She is like a superhero to those dogs ,she is doing great work.

[@dc-np7ts]

An angel among humans 🙏🏽 The name of the shelter is Pejaten Animal Shelter for anyone who wants to google and donate.

[@newchapterasmr]

Bless her... This is so heart warming. I would love to volunteer if I lived there

[@cats8621]

Thank you...

[@bostonhussain243]

Total Respect to this woman....thank God for someone like you, not only in that country, but in this world too!

[@indahnova9336]

Semoga sehat dan diberkahi selalu Bu Susana

[@starsinthesky1433]

Omg I live in Indonesia, countryside, in some are especially village area, people always kill the dog, wolf, and for the cat they put a cat in a bag and throw the bad to the sea. I have two house and my second house is for the cat house, me and my mother raise these cats, and now I have 9 cat and my neighbor sometimes hit my cat or kick the cat and my father's friend daughter throw my cat to well😭😭😭 I'm so sad, my neighbor and my family always says "oh nasty cat, just leave these cat in the market or forest and let them free" I'm speechless, how people can be so abusive towards animal. Sorry broken english

[@MA-zg2pz]

Thank you for being kind. You’re a light in a dark place :)

[@annie5247]

Sorry to hear this and your English is good. Wishing things get better where you are 🙏

[@sempraktis1597]

Daerah mana mba?

[@starsinthesky1433]

@@sempraktis1597 bukan mbak ya, saya dari madura, di tempat saya dulu anjing liar tuh kalo tengah malem sampe subuh tuh sering lewat rumah sekarang udah jarang karena udah diburu sama orang, ganggu katanya, kalau serigalanya juga diburu soalnya (mitosnya ya) serigala itu suka manggil hantu lokal sini jadi ya gitu. Btw mbak/masnya dari indo mana?

[@catmom5230]

@@starsinthesky1433 I feel you Mbak, aku juga ngerawat banyak kitten yang berkeliaran sendirian di sekitar rumah. atau kalau lagi jalan malah nemu kitten sendirian itu pasti aku bawa pulang (biasanya ngeong ngeong heboh banget, dan emang gada emaknya). Papaku sering banget against my decision untuk rawat mereka, dan kadang kucingku ditendang/dipukul kalau mereka agak berulah T^T. Ya gimana yaaa... mereka cuma kucing, gada akal pikiran kayak manusia. Kalau aku bisa sekolahin mereka biar ngerti menjalani hidup seperti manusia mah udah aku sekolahin :D.

[@Bananamations]

It’s so cruel that dogs were bred to be dependent on our food and kindness, and yet so many are abandoned. I pray that in the rest of my life I can do even a fraction of the good I’ve seen here.

[@vh2906]

Blessed soul Do Wht u can to best

[@vavaiva4080]

She's living my dream. When I was in elementary school I had three dreams. Being a teacher, open a daycare and open an animal shelter.

[@vh2906]

God bless you Listen to Bk Shivani Ur dreams will come true

[@ztakahashiyang]

bless this woman and all the animals in her shelter

[@carolynvillanueva5573]

Thank you for helping them beautiful soul

[@kriszzhialeighman1074]

This is an inspirational story. I hope more and more people can realize how precious animals are aside from dogs and cats.

[@arsean6474]

Did no one will talk about how cute the dogs are??

[@nzrockboi]

When they said monkeys get their brains eaten alive I cried and been thinking about it for 25 minutes now :’(

[@nzrockboi]

@@snobjasper1986 It is one of the most cruel things I’ve ever heard of every time I think about it I get upset, I just don’t understand why do they have to be so cruel?

[@darksad2891]

same bro :'(

[@roslynnblue6752]

@@nzrockboi Hello! I'm an Indonesian myself, well let's just say, it's not 'cruel' it's about the 'culture'. I'm not saying that ALL of the Indonesia's tribes' cultures are bad (you can't really measure it, there are total more than 600 ethnic groups in Indonesia! If i'm not mistaken of course lolol the point is there are hundreds here) since we have a lot of tribes here and every one of them has different culture than eachother. You see through all over the world there are many bizzare and 'strange' culture in various ethnics, so the same goes with the monkey case. Probably---my guess---it's because of the tribe's religious views on it or even because of that's the 'habit'?/one of the 'traditional' meal from generation to generation (the absurd practice may even start from a looong time ago for it to become the tribe's culture!). It's very harming and endangering the monkeys who live within the area where those people who practice that culture reside, of course (and also like ew eating raw monkey brain what the f-). But, for some people who basically grew up in that kind of environment, it's a... Normal thing. Like u eating ur chicken- It's f-ed up for me and I wish they'd stop :( but don't worry! There's a hope! I think now because of the advanced globalisation, people from any tribe---even from the deepest depth of the jungle---with absurd practices within their culture will start to learn which part of their culture is acceptable according to nowadays moral ethic. And eventually, they will leave all of those outdated 'cruel' practices of their culture to fit the modern era scenarios without having to erase the tribe's culture and history completely. That's it! Sorry for my groggy english 😬

[@qiu9489]

Well the process for the monkey is sickening enough. My friend told me that her uncle once bring her to see that kind of food. she told me that the monkey will be strap in to something caged like thing and leaving the crown area shaved and exposed. When it is ready to be eaten..they chopped of that area for the brain to exposed, then (while the monkey is still alive) they suck off the brain using a straw. and the monkey will....well, you can imagine the cruelty. My friend is shocked to the bits. it's still haunts her until now But, i believe most of people here don't like that kind of food, maybe only handful of peoples had the guts to eat it. The opposite for the dogs though..the interest for the dish ( lapo ) is quite high. As @Roslynn Blue said..the country is full of different ethnicity and tribes ( we have more than 300 ethnicity ), so of course some area will have something like "extreme" dish ( i've seen people eating bats, snakes, etc ). and Animal activist is kinda growing in here, so maybe in the future there will be no more that kinda story *fingers crossed..

[@aenean.]

Same here. I'm in Indonesian, but I feel disgusted thinking that there are people who find enjoyment in that.

[@horizelux2212]

She's so humble!

[@4minzy]

I admire her . I'm really hurt just seeing dogs (not only dogs but all abandoned pets) with no home, no foods no owner that will give them love and affection but thanks to her some of them will no longer experience those things.

[@mysingingbelly]

Thank you so much for doing this interview. I really hope she gets more attention and gather more likeminded people to help her. I donate to Shelter Pejaten occasionally when I have some money to spare. But really, I do hope she gets more and more people to help.

[@mamilalimbu9022]

if only the world have more people like her then the sufferrings of such innocen souls will decrease gradually...

[@adindanasywa3446]

Terima kasih, Bu Susana. Sehat selalu ya, Bu. ❤

[@rnkrnk335]

Stay safe n stay strong. People like you make the world a better place ❤️❤️❤️ hope you get all the help n donations you can get. The world should support you and the likes of you ❤️❤️❤️ so many innocent souls depend on you ❤️ thank you so much

[@ghesubowo377]

Thank you Ibu Susana, you're such a pioneer...bless your heart, family, and work. Hope through this video you'll get more donations. Keep on posting more videos, that way you'll receive more support from overseas, from people who care about these animals like you. Love and Gob bless!!!!

[@bangtanclips9941]

HUMANITY EXISTS 💛 LOVE FROM INDIA 💙 DR. SUSANA SOMALI

[@awangdewandaru94]

To Mrs. Susana i'm si proud to you.. 🥰🥰

[@veofritz]

God bless you, kind-hearted women.🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@johanna3521]

So happy for pejanten shelter, finally they're getting bigger media exposure, thankyou AsianBoss❤

[@sidempal6830]

How can people eat monkey that still alive???very cruel, psycho, dumb and barbaric

[@elile7571]

So much respect for this person 🙏🙏🙏 caring for neglected animals. God bless you and lead you in your difficult times.

[@worowinarni3369]

Salut bu susana. Semoga tetap sehat. Berkat melimpah. Usul bu, dibuka sebagai tempat pendidikan anak mengenal hewan supaya mereka juga punya cinta kasih terhadap hewan

[@navvyiin]

This is so good....my respect to this lady is growing more n more now!!!! God bless her!!

[@HarekaTysiri]

There are so many angels like her here. God bless em all 💕💕

[@taehyungoppa7208]

I wish her the best. Such an amazing person who deserves the world😌

[@564k]

wish there was more people like this who are willing to help out animals.

[@nikkiperez6512]

God bless Ms. Susana, I pray everyone will be inspired to save and love animals as much as people like you do and there will be no more abused and tortured animals in the world. I woul like to reach out and hep in any small way I can start with.

[@nikivero]

👍🏼👋🏻😁

[@anshulsingla874]

She is so kind Hope she is happy and make a good living.

[@Robzabest25]

definitely more to her story about her love for animals

[@bagusbudiprastyo4206]

I'am Proud of You! I am proud to be a citizen of Indonesia! Awesome🇮🇩

[@eddiearthit7562]

Thank you Susana

[@yudafarino426]

Bless her beautiful heart..

[@samhithas6195]

Such a great woman I hope she stays well and healthy

[@TheAgnesfh]

Thank you Asian Boss for bringing this up! Huge respect to dr. Susana and all of the staff!

[@JK-bz8xd]

I just love this person 🥺

[@caroldoll]

Im so glad this is filmed

[@kenishafey3309]

Thank you Asian Boss . Please help them to raise some funds as they really need huge donations to run the shelter . It’s so difficult to get donation in this challenging time. They’re amazing 🙏🙏

[@mollywackrow8247]

Oh shes an angel. I'm so thankful there are people like this in the world.

[@yaritzacuevas2965]

Susana's story is so inspiring 😭💓

[@DogChefCuisine]

She is such an amazing and inspirational person! Susana you are the best!!

[@KathyakaNina]

This pulled my heart strings as a dog lover & Hufflepuff. I wish the best for her & the animals she is taking care of. They look so happy!

[@michaeloruaidh3605]

This woman is a angel.

[@kukisalibad2299]

You are such an angel in disguise. God will bless you more!

[@greenleaf3742]

Bless her heart

[@mammonbeelzebub]

As a dog lover myself, this truly warms my heart💖 She has a very big heart. Let's all love and respect the animals☺💖

[@lorrainewade1653]

beautiful lady love you for so caring amen

[@anisanovariani5007]

Fix nangis 😭😭 semoga dimudahkan segala urusannya ya bu 💓💓 semoga ibu, teman teman, serta hewan hewan disana senantiasa diberikan kesehatan :")

[@nirmalsidhu8467]

Tq so much

[@maym3456]

She's amazing

[@darksad2891]

oh my god. im in tears. bless her and team! where i can donating for the shelter? i really love animal and i cant see this. they deserve happy life

[@jipangbecak307]

Thank you, Asian boss, for the doctor's story, the story I've seen on TV, for the dedication and integrity of saving animals (dogs in Jakarta).

[@coiledsteel8344]

OMG! WHAT A WONDERFUL LADY! 😉👍

[@tituroy4400]

Lots of love & respect for her. 😍🥰🤗

[@lorenaoliva9876]

Susana is one good persona... 🇦🇷🤗👍

[@alice73322]

Love her!!!! 🥰

[@wusuwa85]

she really is an amazing person.. let's support them.. and be kind

[@jetterbang6394]

good job bu susana.

[@elsye6667]

Respect, terimakasih pelajarannya bu susan

[@prasenjitsarkar7805]

God bless her..

[@nikotakai8796]

Would be very nice if you could add a way to support them in the video description. Anyways good job that you bring attention to it with this video.

[@Amitdas-gk2it]

TY💞

[@tenzingdhaselbhutia7753]

❤️❤️Thank u

[@Xes_Zki]

Dog meat trade is rampant in Southeast Asia. I admire people who go out of their way to save these poor helpless animals. Keep doing what you do. Thank you for looking after them 🤗

[@rudevalve]

Certified Gold!!!!!🥇😁

[@mbk_ayu]

For anyone curious/interested in helping/donating, the shelter has an IG account (@pejetanshelter) and their bio has information for paypal/local donation methods. Content warning, though; the animals they show on their feed are often from when they've just arrived/been rescued, so they're typically not in the greatest condition.

[@thekingleo3416]

May God bless her! I also want to help animals like her.

[@mlynlim5337]

Amazing lady and staff

[@peepo2560]

She's an angel

[@annesims9178]

Thank you for helping these dogs, please save them for the evil. Blessings from heaven 🙏❤️

[@hampter3524]

God Bless You

[@luviox]

This is so cute

[@RAfitnessMalaysia]

respect sama Doc Susana

[@michaeloruaidh3605]

God bless you

[@khellagumbay4208]

Their language and accent sounds like the dialect that we used in the Philippines uWu🤗

[@rah164]

Yea becaus we're austronesian gang hehe

[@dutaniagara1]

Real hero, Bu Susan 🙇🏻‍♂️

[@yeska62]

Angels come in many forms! 👍❣

[@subhasakthi8052]

Every thing in this nature is equal she proved that