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  1. Remember we are a 501C3. So you can still give a donation before midnight and get a tax deduction. Here is a rundown on some of the things that a donation would pay for. $4.00 will deworm 4 puppies, what a difference that can make $8.00 a vaccine, saves puppies every day $20.00 pays for one spay or neuter, the math is incredible on how many puppies or kittens one sterilization can prevent from being born $25.00 buys a bottle of doxycycline with 500 - 100 mg. tabs. This cures ehrlichia which affects almost every dog in Mexico, and it's also good for respiratory infections. When one pup gets one of those and there are 45 other pups in the rescue, it spreads like crazy. $25.00 pays for someone to work for seven hours cleaning up after and feeding our pups $25.00 pays for one soft carrier that one of our pups can ride in to fly to a forever, loving home $50.00 pays for one medium crate $100.00 pays for one large crate Other items that we use every day like: Vitamin B12 Wound gel Metronidazole for Giardia Ear cleaner Creams for skin problems - these are all $20 to $40 a container and we go through them fast. There are many more things of course but I just thought that it would be nice to know where the money goes. Thanks in advance to everyone who helps us help them. Happy New Year. On the left is Franklin, he's new, he was hit by a car but is doing much better now, Jeff has even let him sit on the couch. And on the right is Momma Elsa, who was used for breeding, she is so pleased to be here and even gets to sleep on the bed sometimes.
  2. Last weekend I went to an area called the Guatalupana. The government on the island has been absconding with property that belongs to the islanders. So a large group of Islenos squatted on a big piece of property mid island on the Carrabean side. It has been a few years now and they still don't have water, electricity or sewage. Most of the homes are shacks and many of the homeowners have dug wells or bought large water tanks that sit in their front yards. Of course there are dogs everywhere and when we have spay and neuter clinics we go there to pick up animals. And when we get donations we go there with de-wormer, collars, vitamins, food and medicine if needed. I would love sometime to be able to vaccinate all the animals but we will need a bigger budget for that as most of our funds go to the sterilization clinics. The children are wonderful and after many, many visits the people are used to seeing me hang around making a big fuss over their dogs.
  3. There has been a wonderful group of people that have supported Isla Animals for years. Cheryl House has created this group and stayed with it to help us save pups and spay and neuter every cat and dog we can get our hands on. This year has been one of the best as far as donations and we are so grateful and pleased with the work it has allowed us to do. Below is the list of donors and the beautiful dog that has sadly passed but instigated such generosity. His name was Dr. Zhivago. Thank you all for your support. 2011 ROSIE'S BOW WOW CLUB The club for 2011 raised a total of $2,950. In memory of Dr. Zhivago Extra Large Bones $300 & Over Cheryl House. In Memory of Rosie Jan & Terry Gerken (Moby) Large Bones. $100 to $299 Lael House Wojcik, Honoring - Rookie Julie House Presa, Honoring - Trucco James & Kristin Yasord. In Memory of Vago John & Jean Epler Chris & Kim Cannon Roxane Osantowski, Honoring - Tequila - adopted from Plaza Almendros(AKA, Oreo, Patches) Kelly Ragsdale Valerie Kordyban David & Karen Childers Ron & Diane Seals Medium Bones $50 to $99 Karl & Deanne House Drew & Alison House Tom & Barb Carlson Small Bones $25 to $49 Mike & Tina Lawrence Julie Howard Dan Lindner Don & Jan Hardin Honoring Goldie, Plaza Almendros Cat
  4. Jeff and I just got back to Mexico a few days ago. We're having a spay and neuter clinic next week and then the normal dog stuff from there. I would like to do a sweep of the island, door to door, working on vaccinations and spaying and neutering. I mean really - we've been back two days and we already have a very weak momma with eight pups. Then I got a call about another dog with eight pups and Jeff and I are about to go pick up four. This has to stop. I called my new momma - Momma Rina after the hurricane that wasn't. Here is our new mom warming up her pups after their bath this morning, such a good mom. This must be black dog week, out of the thirteen puppies there is only one white one. We are so looking forward to moving ahead this year. With all the rescue groups and people that we are working with now, we can get more done and we're hoping that we can get some help with this. Already we have some wonderful monthly donators, and it makes a huge difference. So many people ask me what they can do to help, well it's really easy. If we can get enough people donating $10.00 a month we will have a budget to work with. Ten people giving up two starbuck coffees every month can buy enough dog food for a week, or three spays or four neuters, or twelve vaccines, or five distemper tests, or four parvo tests, or two and a half medium crates, or ten bottles of specialty shampoos, or two bottles of de-wormer, or five dog rides to the airport, or five health certificates, and on and on. Every penny goes to the dogs, there is no administration, we pay Marcelino's salary (he works at the house and helps with the dogs). IT'S ALL FOR THE DOGS. We've been home three nights and already have two momma's with their pups. There is no where else for these dogs to go. We will find homes for the pups and spay the moms. Each spayed female is one step closer to a better life for dogs in Mexico. If you already donate, ask a friend to do it too, and ask their friends to do it as well. Ten dollars a month and we can make a huge difference together. I forgot to mention in this blog yesterday that the Isla Animals Website is set up to do monthly donations. If you scroll down to the very bottom of the front page there is a donate button, click on that and then there are instructions on how to continue. Thank you everybody, in advance, who donates. It makes all the difference. We are setting up for a big spay and neuter clinic today and getting ready for all the street puppies that we find.
  5. We are doing another big spay and neuter clinic in Corales near Rancho Viejo which is next to Cancun. This is our second clinic in this location. Last time we ended up with over fifty puppies. We can put the dogs back on the street but never the puppies. We often re-home the dogs if we can as well. Anyway it has been the worst year for distemper that I've ever seen. Unfortunately we lost about 20% of those pups to distemper. It only takes one distemper pup to infect an entire group of un-vaccinated puppies. So this April we're going to test every puppy that comes in. The tests are two hundred pesos a piece, about eighteen dollars, we want to have seventy five available for that last week of April. I'm asking if any of you can help by buying one or two tests it would make a huge difference. You can donate on our pay pal and make a note that it's for distemper tests and that's exactly what it will be used for. This is an extra cost that we didn't figure into our budget when we were making the original plans. On a more fun note, Isla Animals has had a small explosion of puppies. First we got a litter of nine. Pepe spotted the mom and her pups next to the bull ring in Cancun and has been waiting for them to be old enough to bring here. Then we got a moma and her seven pups. Everyone is healthy, has already been tested for distemper and is adjusting well. By the way Rusty is doing much better.
  6. The race was great. There's lots of room for improvement but for a first effort we are all very happy. To all of the incredible volunteers, Jeff and I are so, so grateful. And to those who helped set things up ahead of time with the city and the schools and the race route, we couldn't possibly have done it without you. We haven't finished with the tally because Jeff is still working at the music festival but as soon as we have numbers I will post them. We had over sixty runners thanks to all of you wonderful people who signed up to sponsor school kids. And for you generous supporters who sponsored teams of five, it added so much excitement. Unfortunately we couldn't fill all the teams but next year people will have a better idea of what's going on. The whole event was fun and involved the entire community. From the island government to the police department to the Navy that allowed us to run on the runway. We had help from the Red Cross, they sent their ambulance to be on standby. We had runners of all ages from many different countries. For the first year we couldn't have asked for more.
  7. What could be better than getting a puppy or dog off the street. How can you beat putting meat on a starving animals bones or help out a dog before it's abused and learns to mistrust humans. It's the best feeling in the world. Help me prevent another box of unwanted pups being left on a vacant lot. I can do all that and more if I have the funds. Help us turn this Into this It's a great gift idea for the person who has everything. You can buy them a monthly donation to Isla Animals. I will make sure that every penny that you donate is put to work. It's the most wonderful thing to know that we can count on a certain amount of money coming in each month. It allows me to plan ahead in this work that is other wise, to say the least, financially chaotic. And if you are looking for something different you can donate a certain amount of spays and neuters in someone's name. The surgery averages out to $20.00 an animal and it's the bottom line solution to overpopulation and suffering of animals in Mexico. Donate and then let me know by email bayfirestd@aol.com so I can make sure that a Christmas card is sent to your friend or family member. They will love it.
  8. Thank You to the Bow Wow Club For Your generous Donation!
  9. Yahoo, we are now a 501(c)3 tax-exempt non-profit organization


 

 

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This year (my years always start in September) we are having two clinics in Bonfil. It is a poor area in Cancun near the Airport. The street population of cats and dogs is over the top. Last year we did a clinic there in January and Isla Animals took home 65 puppies. We do not put puppies back on the streets. Older dogs with survival skills who would be hard to turn into house pets are spayed/neutered and put back exactly where we found them. Often times they have territories and people who occasionally feed them.

But the puppies are a whole different thing, so they come to us. This November 5-10 we are joining with Planned Pethood, Candi International, Cancun Animal Rescue, Coco’s Cat Rescue, Luum Balicheo, Jaguar Cats, Animalistas and Rescate Malix for our next large scale spay and neuter clinic. We are hoping to do over 1000 animals.

Our next large scale clinic after that will be in January with Vidas and we are hoping for the same number of surgeries. If we keep hitting this area we WILL make a huge difference. We also do special surgeries or arrange to have them done if the need comes to our attention. Like Pablo who had a broken hip.

We will also continue to have our regular clinics on Isla Mujeres and our ongoing day to day spays and neuters. One of Isla Animal’s biggest expenses for these clinics are tests. We need to buy at least 50 distemper tests and 50 Parvo tests. That way we can control an environment that includes sixty-five un-vaccinated puppies. We saw the value of this last spring when we had very few deaths from the spread of Parvo and distemper. We want to make that happen again.


April 25 to April 29, we are having our second spay and neuter clinic in Corales, next to Cancun and near Rancho Viejo. This is being organized by Candi International and Isla Animals with help from Coco Cat Rescue and the Cozumel Humane Society. We will have more vets this time and hope to spay and/or neuter four hundred to five hundred cats and dogs. Everyday we will be saving space for fifteen street dogs, I’m so excited about this. We’ll have a special team to bring them in and then we’ll keep them for two days until we’re sure they’re well enough to go back on the street.

April 13, 14 and 15, we (Isla Animals and Peace) are organizing a three day mobile clinic. We are going into the neighborhoods and working there. We tried this last month and it was very successful. We get more local participation and take the mystery out of the procedure.

Spay and Neuter Clinics, October 2010: Isla Animals and Candi (cats and dogs international) are funding and organizing three spay and neuter clinics in the Cancun area. These clinics are being supported by Pet Project Rescue and Achates Legacy. The first is in Puerto Juarez, where the ferry leaves for Isla Mujeres. This area has needed help with their animals for a long time, the clinic will be from October 18 to October 22. The second is at the Cancun Pound (Perera) that will run from October 20 to October 23. This is a follow up clinic to the one we had there in April 2010.
The third clinic will be in San Cosme from October 27 to October 31, this is a follow up to the clinic that we had there last October and we will be including the small Peublos surrounding San Cosme. This area is in the jungle and the animals are in desperate need of care.

Dog Gone Foundation: This project was created in 2004 by Alison and Jeff in response to the overwhelming number of dogs they were fostering at their house. Because the numbers had reached as high as 40 at a time, they sometimes resorted to local adoptions that were into less than ideal homes. Unfortunately these dogs often ended up on the streets again or were poorly cared for and eventually came back to Alison and Jeff’s house with a whole new set of health problems to treat. Sometimes tourists would visit and adopt a dog. Alison would help them fly the animal home, offering crates and paper work. After sending out so many dogs she knows all the ins and outs of the process.

Procuring Private Funding: Isla Animals depends on donations from tourists and visitors to the web site. All monies go straight to the care of the animals. Aside from that Alison has written a mystery novel called NO URN FOR THE ASHES and is donating the proceeds to fund the animal work. Isla Animals also sells creams called Oceans Potions to raise money.

Weekly Spay Day: After many spay/neuter clinics it became apparent that while there was an initial improvement in street animals, the numbers began to climb between the yearly events. We decided that year round upkeep was important and initiated a weekly “Spay Day” with the goal of performing a minimum of 6 spays/ neuters per week (312 per year). We also trap and spay/neuter feral animals who are then released after an appropriate amount of recovery time. Plus we make sure that all animals in foster care are done before they are adopted out.

Foster Care: Every year, literally hundreds of animals pass through our foster care program. Some stay only a day and some stay for much longer (we’ve had some who had to wait nearly two years for their forever homes!). We make every effort possible to care for animals in need, only euthanizing when there is no other option. (for example if a dog is violent) When looked at on a per animal daily basis, foster care is relatively inexpensive, costing just under a dollar per animal per day. However, put 40 animals into foster care and you can see how it becomes costly very quickly.

Island Clinic: We do everything we can to support the island clinic. It’s still in need of equipment and supplies. We need things like: an autoclave, a portable x-ray machine, a washing machine, an outdoor kennel with roof, etc. etc These things can be donated to Isla Animals and will be passed onto the clinic. Larger equipment will be kept under the name of Isla Animals and lent out to whatever clinic is helping the island animals.

We need things like: An autoclave, a portable x-ray machine (an incredible dream), a washing machine, an outdoor kennel with roof, etc.

Rancho Viejo: After the hurricane in October, 2005, Molly Fisher swooped into Isla Mujeres with donations of cash and items desperately needed by both the human and animal population of the island. At this time we visited an area on the mainland called Rancho Viejo. This area, as well as Punta Sam where the car ferry lands, is part of the municipality of Isla Mujeres. It therefore gets no aide from Cancun and because the government of Isla is a mysterious thing, it gets very little aide from the island either. Rancho Viejo is very poor, most of the population is lined up along a road that has huge smelly garbage trucks barreling by all day because it is situated between Cancun and the garbage dump.

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In the less populated part there are small horse and cattle ranches (I mean really small) scattered loosely along a dirt road. Most buildings are shacks and the animal population is a sad sight.

We would like to get in there with more spay and neuter clinics and a regular visit with a wellness vet. Food, tic and flea meds, internal parasite meds, and vaccines are also desperately needed.

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