Let’s Adopt! Global (LAG) is an animal rescue organization founded in Turkey in 2008 by Viktor Larkhill and Fulya Ulusoy. Since 2011 it has had headquarters in Massachusetts, USA. It is a non-profit animal rescue. Yet for some reason which I am yet to fathom it courts massive controversy. One possible reason, it is said, is that Viktor Larkhill is an outspoken person who has rubbed people up the wrong way. There is a bunch of women who have publicly claimed on Facebook and perhaps other online media that the owners of Let’s Adopt! Global are acting fraudulently. These are the “LAG haters”.
Update July 2022: His organisation is now called Let’s Adopt International. Their website tells us that the rescue organisation began on January 8, 2008 in Istanbul Turkey. Viktor Larkhill tells us that his desire to rescue animals came when he stood outside a veterinary clinic in the rain while his dog, Simba, died on the operating table when he shouldn’t have. He implies that it was because of a lack of proper care due to a lack of facilities which caused Simba’s death. The next day he embarked “upon a mission that would change the lives of thousands of animals and their families”. He says that over the years his rescue became known for “veterinary excellence at the service of homeless animals”. His rescue started to receive “pleas for help from the world over for animals in extreme conditions, abused animals with impossible injuries”. They say that they are in extreme rescue because “we will go to the end of the earth to save a life. Extreme because we only work with the very best veterinarians, contributing to progress and excellence in veterinary medicine”. And finally, “because we live in a cruel world and aim to be a beacon of hope for animals that are otherwise abandoned to die alone.”
The charity is registered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands by the way. And if you leave a legacy in your will you need to have their tax ID which is on the website.
This page was written on April 10, 2015. That’s more than seven years ago. People have commented and their comments may help us understand the situation. There is a video (date March 30, 2022) in the comments section of his rescue. He is courting more controversy because his rescue center (or one of them) is in a residential area and his neighbour is giving him hell – please scroll down to see the comment and video. I don’t know in which country this rescue is based. His neighbour appears to be speaking in Spanish. I think therefore this is in Spain. It does seem a bit murky but I can’t criticise because I don’t know. His name is a bit strange because isn’t he Turkish? Perhaps he has changed his name?
To be fair there is a lot of fraud in animal rescue because there is potentially, a lot of money to be made in animal rescue on social media, particularly Facebook. There are many animal lovers with some disposable income. You can tap into it if you are smart. I called it the dark side of animal rescue. But I don’t know enough about LAG to make an assessment as to their honesty. From what I see they do fantastic work, genuinely rescuing animals. Here is a video on their YouTube page. Their Facebook page is used to encourage donations.
Note: This is a video from another website. Sometimes they are deleted at source which stops them working on this site. If that has happened, I apologise but I have no control over it.
I’ll write a page later today about a lion rescue that they are involved in. They do present a bold image, perhaps brash and brazen which may upset some people. But if it is effective, who cares?
Things became heated and serious. What appears to be constant sniping and criticism by detractors forced LAG management to commence defamation proceedings in the summer of 2013. I don’t know the outcome, which is strange. There are 38 defendants in the USA, Canada, UK, Germany and Turkey.
One of the defendants is a newspaper: Toronto Pet Daily. Another is Barbara Nemeth who I believe is an American. She counter sued or was prepared to sue in a civil action of harassment against the management of LAG.
LAG state in the defamation papers that they are…
the victim of a defamation campaign led by the defendants against its good name and reputation. According to the claim, some of the most egregious allegations by the defendants accuse Let’s Adopt! Global of stealing donation money for the personal gain of its officers; that Let’s Adopt! Global tortures, murders, and rapes animals; and that Let’s Adopt! Global defrauds its donors.
Also, a website has been created by supporters of Let’s Adopt! Global. Click here to see it.
The authors of the website state that…
a group of women have been trying their best to harass, sabotage and hinder Let’s Adopt! Global in and outside of Facebook with only one goal in mind: to undermine and destroy the work of Viktor Larkhill and LAG.
As there are 38 defendants there are quite a lot of people who are against Let’s Adopt! Global. Why? What evidence is there? Can someone assist in a comment?
Below are some more articles on animal rescue.
What’s the matter with these Let’s Adopt-haters? I did my own research on Let’s Adopt and I can assure you, Valencia SUR Vetenary Hospital is the real thing (and I would trust my dog or cat with them anytime), as is the wonderful work Victor Larkhill and his team does. I feel sorry for all those like Tia, who pathologically mistrust people’s good intentions and believe the most ridiculous conspiration theories, like ‘Victor Larkhill sold hundreds of thousands of dogs to China’ (Really?!! I suppose she believes in aliens too?) and ‘Sarah dresses in white, 80% of the time'(I mean, that’s really shocking isn’t it?!!!). Such mean, sad lives they lead, I wish they would put their energy to something GOOD, instead of spreading poison about those who are trying their best to save these severely injured and sick animals, which otherwise would have been put down,and never given a second chance for love and a good home.They should be ashamed!
I want to add.. (along with my message above) the dog Alice, for whom this entire investigation was started for.. has still never been seen again. She was originally found wandering in the woods with one severely damaged toe and her opposite foot missing 3 toes and infected (key word “wandering”/walking) The Valencia Sur Animal Clinic (who interns students of A local veterinary surgery school) along with Viktor Larkhill, decided to AMPUTATE BOTH OF ALICE’S FEET!!! YES. BOTH!!! & have her fitted for some spring prosthetics for both front legs! It was another “EXTREME SURGERY” as Viktor likes to call them now! Everything is EXTREME! Because we have enough information to at least make accusations that he’s collecting dogs so they can PRACTICE NEW SURGERY TECHNIQUES ON THEM!! Also, my source in Spain said there is a rumor that Viktors family runs this Vet Clinic. That, has not been confirmed yet, but sure seems to fit in with this extreme animal abuse playing out in front of thousands of subscribers eyes. Go ahead, ask where Alice went. Ask & keep asking till you get an answer. You won’t. You will be attacked by fake subscribers (brand new names WHO never posted b4) accusing you of being Viktors ex-girlfriend! I swear! This is true! Then, you’ll be blocked from his page! Alice has no voice. Neither do the hundreds of other digs who are NEVER SHOWN AGAIN! They collect your money, if a dog gets BIG DONATIONS, he will say whatever is needed for surgery is ON THE WAY & post videos every 2 weeks of the WORDT OF THE WORST DOGS! Leaving them in their horrific conditions in these POST-OP CAGE for up to a year! Collecting off them on Viktors 7 different platforms!! HOW HAS NOBODY ELSE NOTICED THIS ABUSE!!??? He will be stopped! WHERE IS ALICE? RIO? CORA? & on & on & on!!
show the animal from start to finish??!! That lie, is why I started investigating him! Only 4 dogs from YouTube page 2019.. out of 47 were shown “after” surgery! After donating $600 between my mother-in-law & myself, I asked over 25 times for an update on Alice (for whom a large portion went to) I was BLOCKED! (did you know you can continue to post & never be told your blocked from Viktors YouTube!?? AND HE TOOK A DONATION AFTER BLOCKING ME!!! SO!I started logging every animal, made a new screen name, & continued to watch & document. Now, his lavish vacations with up to 5 people (5 plane tickets) most times, at the very best hotels, in the very best SUV rentals, all dressed in their very best clothes (Sandra in WHITE! 60% of time!).. became very noticeable! At one point I notice Apollo & Richard had been locked in tiny cold stainless steel POST-OP cages with bars on the fronts FOR 9 MONTHS!!! (Richard born deformed, Apollo shattered jaw for over a year! in a cage! collecting money for Viktor! cash cows in cages!)
I couldn’t stay silent! I asked why these 2 dogs were still in POST-OP CAGES FOR ALMOST A YEAR! I was BLOCKED that day one hour later!! My investigation gather 3 other “Viktor haters” who discovered the vet clinic interns up to 120 students of A local veterinary school which TEACHES students the art of surgery!!
1+1=2….. these students are permitted to PRACTICE on the dogs Viktor brings in!!! That’s why some are there over a year in POST-OP CAGES!!! Also, I have proof Viktor was charged with selling hundreds of thousands of dogs to China!! and so much more! Viktor has stepped aside while the investigation has reached into his hometown! & I pray charges for tax evasion proceed! Along with animal abuse charges! Although the latter is unlikely since Spain does little to nothing to protect any animal. That is why I believe Viktor Larkhill/ Ivan Jimenez moved back there. I have even more damning information coming, as I will be posting SEVERAL CHANNELS ON THE SYSTEM OF FRAUD IN DOG RESCUE DONATIONS, VIKTOR LARKHILL BEING THE MAIN FOCUS. I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL HE IS NEVER ALLOWED TO RECIEVE ANOTHER DONATION & STEPS ASIDE.
I ditto Cary Ann’s sentiments. How can these people be so sure that our donated funds are not going towards the welfare of the sick and injured animals? What evidence do they have against Viktor? This needs to be addressed once and for all. We in the Western society are supposed to be animal lovers but this clearly is not the case. There are atrocious acts committed against animals in UK, US and worldwide every day. This man and his associates are making a contribution – what are these people doing? Nada in my opinion.
Thanks for commenting Cary Ann.
so then who CARED & fixed those horribly injured dogs??
if Ivan is that bad, He deserves some home life MY GOD look at the united state humane society Wayne Purcelle & HIS Attorneys BIG Pensions.. yet little of their funds go to the animal rescues!!!!
Im not donating for their pensions. Im also donating to SOIDOG.org