23/03/2026
Meet the furry members of our community 🥰🐾
Apart from all the nuns, we also have a number of four-legged family members living with us (and probably many with six, eight or zero legs that we don't know about). We would like to introduce you to them.
Tashi: Our sweet white and black dog came to us as a puppy when someone basically threw her and her sister over the nunnery wall in 2019. Since then, they've both been part of our family. She's a laid-back dog who loves belly rubs.
Sangye: This elegant brown tabby is a little reserved, apart from a select few nuns who she adores. For the rest of us, Her Majesty might grace us with a rare cuddle on her schedule, making us feel very lucky.
Apu: In the nunnery, we sometimes hear civets on the roof at night, but we rarely see them. Apart from Apu who we found when she was small enough to fit in a hand, and her mother unfortunately had died. One of our teachers took her in and bottle-fed her, and Apu now sees her as her mama and lives with her in the teachers' quarters - sleeping at day and roaming our roofs at night.
Dorje: This orange dog was a stray that just walked into the nunnery one day and decided he lives here now. We all immediately recognised that he is a very good boy, but since we had two dogs already, we initially decided to send him away, but it was too late - our office staff had already fallen in love and insisted on adopting him. So Dorje is now the official office dog of DGL.
Tsomo: You can' really see it because they look different in size, colour and everything else, but Tsomo is Tashi's sister. She is much smaller and much less low-key, often barking and jumping around but always wagging her tail. She has a big interest in snacks.
Simba: The orange cat with the secret life. He lives with the nunnery cook and her family, but we don't see him around much. What exactly he does, we don't know... but judging from his scars, he has been busy protecting the nunnery from intruders.
We love our animal friends
