People do care

I have heard it said many times that animals are not cared for in Mexico. I can truly say that the owners we met do care greatly for their animals. The problem is there are NO OPTIONS for care. There are no veterinarians in this area. The closest veterinarian is 1½ hours away. To control population animals are poisoned or puppies and kittens are killed at birth. This is not done out of cruelty. These people have no options. People want to do what is humane. We can and must provide them with options. We will make a huge difference in this area by providing basic medical care and spay neuter services.

Due to the generosity of our donors and volunteers we were able to alter 151 animals in 3 days. We treated many animals for parasites (internal and external) and gave rabies vaccines. At least one broken leg was set and a number of animals were treated for other issues. Supplies and medications were sent to Playa del Carmen for the altering of beach cats and kittens at Peanuts Animal Shelter. Supplies were also left on Holbox for future spay neuter clinics.

I believe this to be a very successful first endeavor. There will be another clinic next spring if not before. I am currently trying to figure out how to do more. I will be trying to secure 501c3 status this next year. I believe the ideal situation in these remote areas would be a mobile unit for surgery. Animals were not transported to us in cars but were carried, led or came on modified tricycles. There are so many little villages that need spay neuter to come to them. The areas that we set up surgery in were very basic. If we had a surgery unit that had surgery table(s), gas anesthesia, an autoclave and heating/air conditioning we could do so much in the remote areas. This is my goal.