Dejan Savic Dog Rescuing God or Scammer & Illegal Trafficker

Dejan Savic, well, what can I say! This man apparently fooled many people. From vets, to transporters, to rescuers to admin on Dachshunds Needing Homes. How many were genuinely fooled though? How many instead just turned a blind eye to the goings on? That is for you to decide, all I can do is present the facts.

My instincts told me to steer clear of this man, one of the reasons I refused to give him my phone number or address and that has proven to have been a very wise decision. As most will know, I did not buy my dog from Dejan and was unaware of Kristine Smiths connection with Dejan.

Myth: Dejan was a kind, loving person who rescued street dogs and sent them to a better life.

Truth: Dejan found a way to make easy money as over time he cut corners to maximise profit. Many dogs came from breeders. In one chat below you will see him talking about selling dogs for a friend. Note the Pure bred St Bernards and boxer pups who were too young (under 7 months) to even leave Serbia. Or the 9 Dachhunds? Do you honestly believe these were found on the streets?

Myth: Dejan worked tirelessly for free

Truth: Dejan charged £250-£280 per dog. Internal transport was approximately £100/vehicle. 4-5 dogs in each vehicle. Falsified passport, traces and transport to the UK averaged £150. Castration and neutering, approximately £20 if done at a vets, free if dogs castrated by the rescuer. £170-£195 per dog. A profit of £55-£110 made on each dog. As per the messages, Dejan estimates sending 25 dogs twice a month, a potential profit of £2750-£5500, undeclared income. This does not include the various donations and fund raisers - not a bad undeclared income in a country where the minimum wage is £250 per month. Yet Dejan cut corners by sending un-neutered dogs, un-vaccinated dogs and un-wormed dogs. So did he really love the animals or was this, like many of those I have come across, simply a case of profiting out of the dogs!

Myth: Barnaby must have been a one off, it must have been the vets or the transporters who were to blame as Dejan had to rely on so many people.

Truth: No, Dejan chose to do this and he expected people to lie for him, you can see him telling the transporter in the chat that they are not allowed to mention his dogs came from Serbia to the vet. Dejan took his dogs out of Serbia on Bosnian and Hungarian passports so they could then be put on Romanian passports and entered in Romanian traces. You can see Dejan is trying to buy Romanian chips as he chipped the dogs himself before sending them with their fake passports, one of which is included below.

So make up your own minds, was Dejan a doggie god or a very good conman and illegal trafficker risking bringing dogs with rabies, echinococcus and other diseases into the UK?

Please share this as much as possible. All evidence has and is being passed to DEFRA and APHA however, any change in our import laws will not be immediate and we have the ability to raise awareness of this issue and hopefully prevent illegal Bosnian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Ukrainian dogs coming into our country. If those involved are willing to bypass their countries regulations and send these dogs on fake passports, what other corners are they cutting?

If you can help ensure Barnaby comes home at the end of his quarantine period, please visit his fundraiser here