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| BIGGEST WAVES IN TWO DECADES ON THE NORTH SHORE OF OAHU |
The
waves were anticipated to be fifty feet high last week due to an extreme low
pressure system. I was in Hawaii
visiting my mother and had driven to the north shore of Oahu to see the biggest
waves since 1986. I stood with some of my family next to an
attractive, wide-eyed couple visiting from Mexico City on a road next to a
deserted beach. Gusts of wind 
were blowing
at forty miles at hour, tearing off palm fronds while line after line of churning,
crashing waves reached the sand and black volcanic rocks. The road was lined with cars filled with
people who had come to see this wild and beautiful sight. Because so much white water was being pushed
around, the waves reached thirty feet,
not fifty, but were unsurfable and dangerous. I arrived back in Puerto Vallarta a week
later and was told that there had been a huge rainstorm here at the same time
Hawaii was experiencing high waves and light rains. On almost the same latitude, 20.6667 degrees north for Puerto Vallarta versus 21.3000 degrees north for
Hawaii, the weather patterns for both places are often very similar. |
| WAITING FOR SURGERY AT PEACE CLINIC ESPERANDO ESTERILIZACIÓN EN LA CLÍNICA |
STERILIZATIONS:
January 8-11 – Punta de Mita (sponsored by PEACE Punta
de Mita)
Female dogs:
43; Male dogs: 14; Female cats – 14; Male cats: 10
TOTAL: 80
Donations at
Punta de Mita clinic: 1,610 pesos
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| CLINIC LOCATION IN COLONIA DEL MAR |
January
15-18 – Colonia del Mar (Puerto Vallarta)
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| FEMALE CAT PRE-SURGERY AT CLINIC GATA ANTES DE CIRUGIA EN LA CLÍNICA |
Female dogs: 31;
Male dogs: 14; Female cats:
23; Male cats: 14
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| CAT POST SURGERY GATA DESPUÉS DE CIRUGÍA |
TOTAL: 82 Plus one pregnancy terminated for a cat with
5 fetuses
Donations at Colonia del Mar clinic – 1500 pesos in notes
plus coins
This clinic was underwritten by the Brigitte Bardot
Foundation.
January
22-25 – Colonia Joya de Pedregal (Puerto Vallarta)
Female dogs: 41;
Male dogs: 10; Female cats: 35; Male cats: 13
TOTAL: 99
Plus pregnancies terminated for 1 dog with 8 fetuses; 1
cat with 6 fetuses; 1 dog suffering from distemper euthanized
Donations: 820
pesos
This clinic was underwritten by the Brigitte Bardot
Foundation.
ADOPTIONS:
“Noel,” the traumatized male Siamese-mix kitten found in
the rain on the isla cuale. Shannon
Beston found a home for him with her friend Kathy Gerhan. When Shannon went for
a visit, she reported that Noel was sitting on Kathy´s lap “purring like a
maniac.”
DONATIONS:
Shelley
and Jerry Rapp – Requested that donations to PEACEAnimals instead of gifts be brought to her joyful
birthday dinner on January 29 – 7,600 pesos plus $155 USD = $722 USD
Marion Franc – 1,500 pesos
Marsha
Stanek - $50 USD (“…because you helped
us get the dog we found half dead from Bucerias to Wisconsin… also have a cat
we found there some years ago.”)
Intuit
(matching donation made by employee Kelly Kowalchuk) $100 CA (net to PEACEAnimals=
$98.74)
Kelly
Kowalchuk - $100 CA
Professor
Matt Hanson and a group of students from Buena Vista University in Iowa. They arrived on a cruise ship and volunteered
at a clinic - $100 USD
Jennifer
Fullen - $100 CA (less commission to TIDES)
“In memory of Rudiger… a wonderful dog that traveled with our son Jordan
through a couple of tumultuous years when he crossed Canada by trail and
hitchhiking! Rudiger was layed to rest
in the hills of Cape Breton and Jordan is now an officer in the Canadian Coast
Guard.”
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| RUDIGER AND JORDAN |
Jennifer
donates $100 CA monthly, and to date has given PEACEAnimals $1,060 CA.
$3,375
USD more to go until we match the
$10,000 USD gift.
PLEASE
CONSIDER DONATING NOW!
RE
CANADIAN DONATIONS: NOBARS, a Canadian-based
dog rescue organization, is able to process donations to PEACEANMALS without
taking a commission. Canadian donations
to the clinics are tax deductible. Please contact: robin.nobars@peaceanimals.org
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| PUERTO VALLARTA STREET DOG... CALLEJERO EN VALLARTA |
NEED
RESCUING: Thousands of cats and dogs living on the streets and dozens of cats and dogs at the Acopio, the
no-kill pound. The Centro de Acopio is open Monday-Saturday from 8 AM-2
PM. Telephone number is 293-3690. For shelters, and they are all
full, please check PEACEAnimals website. Website also contains information
on recommended vets, adoptions, etc.
www.peaceanimals.org
TRAVELING
COMPANIONS TO EDMONTON, CALGARY AND VANCOUVER,
CANADA NEEDED FOR RESCUE
DOGS. ALL ANIMAL EXPENSES PAID FOR. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
SHOW UP AT THE AIRPORT. PLEASE CONTACT ME.
SAD NEWS FOR MONARCH BUTTERFLIES FROM: NRDC BioGems Defenders
“New counts
show that the Monarch population returning to Mexico has been cut in half
(after another drop of 50% the year before that)…The average monarch count over
the last 15 years translates into about 350 million butterflies. This year only
33 million made it to Mexico. Much of the blame may lie with the wide-scale
adoption of genetically modified crops that are resistant to the weed-killer
glyphosate, also known as Round Up. This change in our agricultural system has
led to the near extermination of milkweed, which Monarchs rely on, from huge
swaths of our country.”
COLINA
FREE CLINIC- Normally open every Sunday from 9 AM-2 PM. Arrive
early. First come, first served. Venustiano Carranza
491.
PEACEANIMALS
CLINIC SCHEDULE:
HORARIO PARA LAS CLÍNICAS GRATIS DE PEACEANIMALS:
January 29, 30, 31 & February 1 – San Blas,
Nayarit (PFL sponsored by Pata Salada)
February
5, 6, 7 and 8 – La Cruz, Nayarit (Highway La Cruz-Mita, one block after the only light in La Cruz. In front of Xocolatl Restaurant).
February 12- 15 - IXTAPA - Calle Chapultepec 143
esquina Prolongación Belisario Domínguez
(one block from the highway to Las Palmas-
a una cuadra de la carretera a Las Palmas)
February 12- 15 - IXTAPA - Calle Chapultepec 143
esquina Prolongación Belisario Domínguez
(one block from the highway to Las Palmas-
a una cuadra de la carretera a Las Palmas)
PEACEAnimals
clinics open at 9 AM Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, which is
half-day only.
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| DR. POLI IN COLONIA DEL MAR |
VOLUNTEERS:
PLEASE SIGN UP WITH PAULINA STETTNER. infopeaceanimals@gmail.com
Schedule,
inc. directions and other miscellaneous information are always on
website: www.peaceanimals.org
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| DR. POLI, PAULINA AND DR. ANTHONY WITH VOLUNTEERS AT CLINIC IN COLONIA DEL MAR |
Arrive early. Twenty-five animals per clinic is our desired
limit. No food or water after midnight before surgery day. Animals
must be at least 8 weeks old. They will be treated for parasites,
fleas, ticks and
mange, if it is present. Pregnancies terminated on request.
Euthanasia performed if animal critically ill or injured. All services
are free.
CLINICS
NEED FUNDING! PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING NOW! WE HAVE A $10,000 USD
MATCHING GIFT TO MEET!!!
PEACEANIMALS
HAS TAX-DEDUCTIBLE STATUS IN THE U.S., CANADA AND MEXICO. FOR DETAILS, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE. www.peaceanimals.org
COST
FOR ONE SURGERY WEEK CLINIC IS $1,500 USD.
Thank
you for your interest and support.
Gretchen
