Mia Mattsson Mercer

Beyond Words

Swedish Author, Animal Communicator, Lecturer, Founder of Animals without Limits (AWL)

My journey with animals has taken me around the world, across borders, cultures and some of the most challenging environments in which animals and humans coexist.

Since 1997, I have worked as an animal communicator, exploring the extraordinary, wordless connection between animals and humans. My work has given me the opportunity to encounter animals in remarkable circumstances and to witness their resilience, vulnerability, intelligence and capacity for connection.

In 1999, following a conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, addressing the plight of stray animals and the importance of spaying and neutering, I founded Animals Without Limits (AWL).

Since then, my work and the foundation’s efforts have extended across the Balkans, Europe, the Middle East and the United States, supporting animals affected by hardship, neglect, conflict and suffering.

I am also the author of three published books, drawing on my experiences and encounters with animals in some of the world’s most challenging environments. My writing explores the lives of animals in war zones, rescue work, the realities of organised crime involving animals, and the extraordinary communication that can take place between animals and humans beyond spoken language.

Among all the animals I have encountered throughout my journey, senior dogs hold a particularly special place in my heart. My experiences with older dogs living on the streets and in shelters throughout Campania, Italy, have deepened my commitment to those so often overlooked. Their dignity, vulnerability and quiet wisdom continue to inspire me.

Whether through animal communication, writing, lectures or animal welfare work, my purpose remains rooted in one belief. Animals deserve to be understood, respected and treated with compassion.

Since connection has no borders, and understanding goes beyond words.

This web is under construction

Animals Without Limits (AWL) is an international, non-profit foundation
dedicated to assisting animals in crisis situations.
It is 100% volunteer operated by a pool of dedicated, caring people around the world.
Animals Without Limits is incorporated in North Carolina, USA, and is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organisation

Office in Stockholm, Sweden and Stuttgart, Germany
Originally formed in 1999 to help animals in war-ravaged areas, Animals Without Limits has broadened its perspective beyond war and animals, to include those that are dealing with the effects of disease, abandonment and chronic crisis.  2010-2014, AWL  operated a Hospice for strays and older shelter dogs. AWL is a no-kill organization. Our hospice a family-centered, medically supervised, and team-oriented service dedicated to preserving the animal by maintaining comfort and quality of life for the chronically or terminally ill patient. We do not undertake expensive treatment options or prolong suffering without a reasonable likelihood of returning the animal to good health and an appropriate quality of life. We strive to give dogs a less anxious and more comfortable passing when their time comes and their quality of life has deteriorated beyond redemption.

AWL are working together with some of the most compassionate and empathetic veterinarians, common good of our animal clients.
Why do we do this? Because they all deserve to have help and love

We are not an adoption organisation, however, we can consider helping with adoption to friends, and their friends. Main goal is to help on the place.

• Subsidize spay & neuter, and vaccination programs
• Rescue and assistance of sick and dying strays
• Dog & Cat food donations to Rosella shelter

Support of rescue horse Julia

It is sadly true that we can’t save or help them all. But it is just as true that we can and must save and help those we are able to, here and now. That is what we are doing in Naples, Italy. It may not be a war zone, but there are animals that are in need of help, rescue or euthanasia. There are animals that are suffering because of trauma, chaos and an often less-than-friendly environment brought about by the society they find themselves in, much like in a war zone.
AWL will continue to work to address the problems of animals in need in a number of environments. They may not all be war zones, but to the animals caught in them, they are no less dire or dangerous.

For donations Paypal; awlrescueteam@gmail.com

Sweden PG: 53 61 62-1    BG: 476-9246

Swicha valfritt belopp till AWL Sweden: 123 378 3834

That’s Amore!

Lectures

Animals Without Limits

Beyond Words-The Podcast

A Lifetime of connections, understanding and compassion for animals

An invitation to explore the extraordinary world of animals and the connections we share with them.

Through insightful conversations, personal encounters and some thought-provoking stories from 30 years of animal communication and international work, this podcast will take you behind the scenes of a life dedicated to understanding, protecting and giving a voice to animals.

Together with the CEO in Sweden, and a wonderful selection of inspiring guests, including dedicated animal welfare professionals, rescuers and other remarkable people working for animals around the world, we will explore experiences, challenges, discoveries and perspectives that deserve to be heard.

From animal encounters and rescue stories to the realities of working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, each episode will offer new insights, inspiration and food for thought.

Real stories. Remarkable people. Animal stories. Conversations that go beyond words. That’s Amore!

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