Phone: 301-277-5595
ACR In
Mexico
Alley
Cat Rescue (ACR) visited Puerto Vallarta, Mexico along with four veterinarians
and two vet techs on March 2nd and 3rd, to hold a free spay-neuter clinic. During
those two days, they were able to spay and neuter 100 dogs and cats, including
several feral cats.
The success of this clinic will prevent hundreds of thousands of unwanted animals from being born, and is the first step in the fight against pet overpopulation. There are an estimated 45-thousand stray dogs and 100-thousand stray cats in the Puerto Vallarta area.
Many generous animal lovers helped with the clinic by volunteering, organizing and donating supplies. Laura Gelezunas, a Banderas News videojournalist living in Puerto Vallarta had seen the problem with her own eyes and contacted Alley Cat Rescue for help.
Louise Holton, president of ACR, said “We were contacted by an American working in Mexico, who has a passion for animals, and she asked if we could send any help to curb the overpopulation problem, and we jumped at the opportunity to come over with some vets from the U.S. and our expertise with working with stray animals in the U.S.”
This was the first spay-neuter clinic that Alley Cat Rescue had organized,
and largest of its size in Puerto Vallarta. Vets joined them from all
over the United States: Dr. Pervaiz Mazoor and Dr. Javaid Manzoor came from
Maryland, Dr. Ajaz Alvi came from Chicago, and Dr. Bill Pearce came from
Texas. Dr. Pearce was the only vet who had previously participated
in spay-neuter clinics in Mexico. When asked why he volunteered at
spay-neuter clinics, Dr. Pearce said “Why do you do this? Because it’s
the right damn thing to do. And what brings me out? Because I
can.”
Alley Cat Rescue hopes to make this a bi-annual trip, as there are still many more animals in Puerto Vallarta who need their help.
Please visit http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=alleycatrescue to see our video from Mexico.
To learn more about the ACR trip to Mexico visit these links:
The Anatomy of a Spay/Neuter Clinic
Snip & Clip
Airborne Animals