On March 11, 2012, the KARA volunteer medical team, along with other volunteers, visited Aesin Shelter, located approx. 90 minutes drive outside of Seoul.

This ramshackle place has a large population of about 700 – 800 animals. The shelter reminded volunteers of a little village because it was spread across the hillside, with many fences off and tarp covered spaces, depending on the size of animals, breed and age.

It was a cold morning up in the hills, as the medteam were setting up.

Then got to work. As well as neutering the dogs had a range of medical problems that needed attending to.

Then the dogs were left to recover.

And sleep it off.

While the medical team performed neutering, other volunteers cleaned up and feed the dogs.

In this picture, you can see the slope of the hill and how rocky some parts of it were.

Many dogs here don't have much previous experience with humans, so it was very difficult to handle a lot of them. It took a while to catch each male dog and avoid being bitten.

Other dogs were really happy to have human company.

And there were cats too!

After a morning's work, it was time for lunch. Noodles!

One luck girl! This volunteer decided to take this lucky girl home. Her shelter days are over!

Thank you to all who joined our volunteer medical team.