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She Only Had an Old Shoe to Keep Warm – Then a Man Heard Her Cries

Redaktion Tiermagazin · 10/06/2026

A tiny puppy lived all alone in the trash, in the middle of Serbia. Her only shelter from the cold: an old, discarded shoe. Until a man walked past a narrow path and heard something.

A puppy, a shoe, and the cold trash

The life of a stray dog is hard. No home, no protection, no one to care for them – alone on the streets. It becomes even more heartbreaking when the stray is just a tiny puppy.

An old shoe as her only shelter – this is how the little puppy lived in the trash (Photo: Goran Marinkovic)
An old shoe as her only shelter – this is how the little puppy lived in the trash (Photo: Goran Marinkovic)

Exactly such a little dog lived in the middle of Serbia, among rocks and garbage. Her only comfort in the cold: an old, discarded shoe she curled up inside. No mother, no siblings, no one.

This is where _Goran Marinkovic_ comes in – a man from Serbia who dedicates himself wholeheartedly to stray animals. He currently feeds over 100 dogs, all out of his own pocket.

"I rescue animals threatened by death because they live on the streets. I care for them because I love them," he said. "I feed abandoned animals who get no food from people and have no owners. Their numbers keep growing."

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