Isla Animals worked with and ultimately took over the project started by Amigos de los Animales in 2002. We are dedicated to decreasing the unwanted pet population on Isla Mujeres, Mexico through on-going spay/neuter programs, education, vaccinations and adoption.
Our Goals:
To provide free spay/neuter clinics to help control the animal population on Isla Mujeres.
To provide free or reduced cost veterinary services and vaccinations
To offer animal foster care and promote adoptions in Mexico, USA and Canada
To educate pet owners about humane animal treatment, care and responsibility
To do all of the above in the most humane, compassionate way possibleHere is our reality :
Picture this: a one room shack, an outdoor kitchen and bathroom, a mattress on the floor, 6 dogs and 5 cats playing with the children outside. The father has a minimum wage job that he works six days a week, the mother cleans houses five times a week. The family income each month is $360 U.S. dollars.
Without a foreseeable end to the overpopulation of unwanted and/or uncared for dogs and cats on Isla Mujeres, the current solution that the local government has resorted to is periodic roundups of any animal found in the street and instant elimination of these animals.
This is the rule, not the exception. These are the people and the animals who need our help.
We are back up to twenty one puppies, even after sending out over sixty in the last three months. But of course, it’s wonderful news because if we keep the puppies from hitting the street and keep spaying and neutering the adults we’ll catch up with the overpopulation of cats and dogs in Mexico sooner than later.
This past weekend Dr. Pepe Vegas came to the house and spayed fourteen female pups and neutered four male pups, all in my laundry room. It was a mini clinic. He also did a tooth extraction and gave the first treatment for heartworm to Cecilia. I adopted Cecilia out to a local family around four years ago and then found her in the street last week, poor thing was bone skinny. She tested positive to both ehrlichia (a tic born disease) and heartworm. I’m sure she will fatten up when we get these things under control and she’s glad to be home.
