All About the Cats & Dogs at PEACEAnimals Free Spay and Neuter Clinic Gretchen DeWitt - PEACEAnimals | |
go to original August 10, 2014 |
Due to road work, the detour directions to the clinic in el Progreso sounded complicated I asked Frank Ohly, steadfast volunteer if I could meet him somewhere and follow him to the clinic. Frank suggested the Oxxo (equivalent to U.S. 7-11) around the corner from the defunct bull ring, which is close to the cruise ship terminals of Puerto Vallarta.
I followed Frank due east through detours, muddy roads and along an enormous expanse of green pressed up against the foothills of the Sierras, which looked pale purple in the morning. The clinic took place around the corner from the local tortillería in the former DIF building.
After passing many street dogs, we arrived at the clinic shortly before 9:00 am, where volunteers were helping Dr. Poly unload the mobile clinic (Poli´s horse trailer). By 10:00, there were only eleven registered pets, probably due to the ayutamiento not having distributed flyers. So I did what I love to do most at the clinics – went out to look for pets.
Darling girls helped bring in 14 cats and dogs in el Progreso |
After walking several blocks, passing a dozen or so dogs in the street with no collars nor owners nearby, I came to a yard with cats and dogs in it. The owner wanted all of them sterilized, so I went back to the clinic, put two cat kennels in my car and picked up small dogs and five cats and kittens plus two of the man´s granddaughters.
When I drove the young girls back, they asked me to pick up their friend´s pets. In a large dirt back yard filled with shade trees were five puppies, their mama and her teen-age son. The puppies were loaded with ticks, mostly wedged between their toes, and were bloated with worms. I asked if any of the puppies were for adoption, but the family wanted to keep all of them. The young girls were darling. They wanted so much to help and stayed to watch surgeries and pre-op. They also promised to bring more people to the clinics on Thursday, and with great smiles, blew kisses to me as I drove away.
Sterilizations at el Progreso clinic consisted of 40 female dogs, 18 male dogs, 22 female cats and 13 male cats, for a total of 93. Plus, pregnancies were terminated for 1 cat with 3 fetuses, 1 dog with 10 fetuses and 1 dog with 8 fetuses.
This clinic was made possible by a generous grant from Humane Society International.
Donations at el Progreso clinic was 530 pesos with donations to the clinics of 250 pesos by Cecilia Martinez and $50 USD by Jane Peters-Arnold.
$350 USD was donated anonymously for the dogs at LADRA, the Borchgrevinks´ wonderful shelter/boarding facility.
Kay Doyle donated 1,000 pesos for Cabezon´s care and an anonymous doner gave 1,860 pesos for the vet bill for Cabezón paid for at Dr. Peña (bill was 2,360 pesos, but Pamela Evans´ 1,000 peso donation paid 500 pesos of this bill plus a bottle of cosequin for Cabezon´s osteoporosis).
Cost for one surgery week clinic is approximately $1,700 USD. Please consider making a donation via check, credit card, PayPal, bequest or stock transfer. Note: Stocks are transferred at full value without the donating stock owner being taxed. Name of recipient of donations for all donations is simply "PEACE."
For more information, please visit PEACEAnimals online.
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