The beach where most tourists go is los muertos ("the dead ones"). There may have been a cemetery nearby long ago, or perhaps it was named after some drownings. It is a fairly long and narrow beach, with many restaurants, umbrellas and licensed beach vendors dressed in white selling pareos, clothing, bedspreads, baskets and jewelry. During high season, los muertos is very crowded, and on week-ends throughout the year, locals flock to the part of the beach that is closest to the very modern pier. Like California beaches, the water is never very clear, and the waves, although sometimes big, break too close to shore to be able to ride them.

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3 FOTOS DE CONCHAS CHINAS - UNA DE MIS PLAYAS FAVORITAS |
There are beautiful beaches for snorkeling and bodysurfing just outside town to the south. My favorites beaches - Punta Negra, Conchas Chinas and Las Gemelas - are all "blue" beaches, which means they are cleaned daily and no dogs off leash allowed. Punta Negra does allow dogs off leash on the north side of the black rocks. Take an umbrella and food or water to these three beaches. There is little or no shade, hardly ever a beach vendor - but the water is beautiful and the beaches never many people except on Saturday afternoons and Sundays when the locals aren´t at work.
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LAS GEMELAS ("THE TWINS") NOMBRADO PORQUE HAY UNA PLAYA APARECIDA AL OTRO LADO DE LAS ROCAS. NAMED BECAUSE THERE IS A SIMILAR BEACH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LARGE ROCKS. |
Pitillal, although part of the municipality of Vallarta, and only a 20-25 minute drive from centro, seems like its own town. There may be more people living there than in Vallarta proper, and it´s a very busy place. A pretty church built in the colonial style faces the main plaza, and the side streets are filled with shops and restaurants.
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CORN TORTILLA FACTORY CLOSE TO CLINIC IN EL PITILLAL - TORTILLERÍA EN EL PITILLAL |
Lunch for the vet team and volunteers was donated by Candora Tacos. Jeanne Lapointe, from Montreal, was one of the volunteers on a very hot day. She is a vet student from Montreal and will be working at the LADRA refuge/boarding facility for two months.
I took half-a-dozen to the five and six-year old boys who play every day after school in the río cuale under the hanging bridge closest to the beach. They are there every afternoon after school and stay until their mothers finish work at the nearby mercado artenasía. The river is extremely shallow now and will remain so until the rains.
Although there is a large trash can on the sidewalk above the river bank, a lot of trash is either left or thrown out by the river. I was happily surprised and appreciative to see a young man collecting bags of it one later afternoon.
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SIDEWALK BY THE ARTISAN MERCADO AND NEXT TO THE RÍO CUALE - BANQUETA A UN LADO DEL RÍO CUALE Y CERCA DEL MERCADO ARTENASÍA |
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HAY UN CUBO EN LA BANQUETA ARRIBA, PERO SIEMPRE TIRAN BASURA EN LA ORILLA DEL RÍO |
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UN JOVEN RECOGIENDO BASURA DE LA ORILLA POR LO BIEN DEL RÍO Y DE LA BAHÍA |
STERILIZATIONS IN PITILLAL - MAY 25-28 - Female dogs - 52;Male dogs -23; Female cats - 41; Male cats -27 TOTAL: 143
PLUS pregnancies terminated for 1 dog with 4 fetuses; 1 dog with 3 fetuses; 1 cat with 3 fetuses
DONATIONS IN PITILLAL - 1,860 pesos
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CHIHUAHUAS DESPUÉS DE ESTERILIZACIÓN - EL PITILLAL |
DONATIONS IN MOJONERAS - May 18-21 clinic - 930 PESOS
DONATIONS TO PEACEANIMALS: Dr. Conrad Zagory - $100 USD
GreaterGood - $241 USD
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ENCONTRADA EN EL MALECÓN, RESCATADA Y YA ESTÁ EN LA SPCAPV |
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PERRITO CALLEJERO QUE ESTABA BUSCANDO Y EN CAMBIO ENCONTRÉ LA PERRITA APARECIDA |
KITTENS AND CATS: PEACEAnimals has spayed and neutered hundreds that have been rescued by AngeliCAT, Paraiso Felino and Puro Gato. These volunteer organizations are unable to donate. PEACEAnimals makes it less expensive for organizations and individuals to rescue animals. Cats and dogs are not only sterilized for free, they are all treated for ticks, fleas, parasites and mange, if it is present. Consulations are free, as is uncomplicated treatment. Donations to PEACEAnimals will help us continue to relieve the expenses of rescuers.
From Shannon Beston, who has been feeding and rescuing kittens and cats on and around the isla Cuale for years:
"...We are working at PREVENTING NEW BIRTHS. Last week we took 2 pregnant stray cats for surgery to the Peace clinic preventing 4+2 new births. By having those female cats fixed, it potentially prevented hundreds of unwanted kittens."
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GATITOS RESCATADOS DE LA ISLA CUALE POR PURO GATO - EN LA CLÍNICA DE PITILLAL |
Shannon now has twenty-one rescue kittens at her office. If you´re in the mood to adopt: shannon@bestonproperties.com All cat refuges are full to capacity.
AMAZONSMILE - PEACEAnimals is now able to receive donations from Amazon Smile. Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organizations selected by their customers. https://smile.amazon.com/ch/
EDUCATION PROGRAM: Leslie Caratachea was unable to visit a school in Pitillal.
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NEW EDUCATIONAL COLORING BOOKS FOR CHILDREN WHO BRING THEIR PETS TO THE CLINICS. NUEVOS FOLLETOS DE EDUCACIÓN PARA COLOREAR PARA NIÑOS QUE TRAEN SUS MASCOTAS A LAS CLÍNICAS |
HORARIO/SCHEDULE
June 1-4 - calle 5 de mayo #72 - col. tierra blanca en la localidad de San Juan de Abajo, Nayarit
June 8-11 - las Varas, Nayarit - calle Veracruz esquina con Juan escutia s/n en el salón ejidal frente a la plaza principal
June 15-18 - el Pitillal - calle Lázaro Cárdenas #243 esquina Juárez - el Pitillal
Directions: Pass the church on your left and plaza on the right and go 2 blocks and turn right on Lazaro Cardenas. Go about 2 blocks till you get to Juarez. (mismo lugar que tuvimos en mayo - same place as May 25-28 clinic).
June - date to be confirmed - colonia Cristobal Colon - calle oceano 713 indico
Cruz mar Casio y mar Negro
October 26-29 - San Vicente, Nayarit
November 9-12 - La Peñita, Nay. (Pets for Life)
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DR. POLICARPO - DIRECTOR DE PEACEANMALS Y PETS FOR LIFE |
November 16 - Oaxaca (Pets for Life)
CALENDAR FOR SPECIAL SUNDAY ONE-DAY CLINICS ON THE ISLA CUALE, WHERE SO MANY CATS AND KITTENS ARE ABANDONED. PURO GATO WILL HOLD ADOPTIONS ON THE ISLA FROM 11-2 ON THESE SAME DATES.
Junio 5 -domingo - SHANNON BESTON
July 3 - domingo - PEACEAnimals
Agosto 7 - domingo - SPCA
Septiembre 4 - domingo - ANGELICAT
Octubre 2 - domingo - PURR PROJECT
Noviembre 6 - domingo - PV ANIMAL
Diciembre 4- domingo - PURO GATOTHE ABOVE GROUPS HAVE HIRED AND WILL PAY PETS FOR LIFE 4,500 PESOS FOR THE STERILIZATION OF 30 ANIMALS. IF NUMBERS ARE GREATER, THE SAME ORGANIZATIONS WILL REQUEST DONATIONS FROM THEIR SUPPORTERS TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE. For each cat or dog over the number 30, sponsors of the Sunday clinics will be charged 150 pesos.
DESIGNATED
LINE WITH RECORDING ADVISING LOCATION AND DIRECTIONS – ONLY IN SPANISH – (322)
113 0942
To report animal abuse, phone: 322-223-3690
WE
NEED LOCATIONS FOR OUR CLINICS IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND TOWNS.
REQUIRED: BATHROOM, ELECTRICITY, WATER AND PARKINGAVAILABILITY.
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ENTRADA A LA BODGEA QUE NOS PRESTÓ EL DUEÑO - EL PITILLAL ENTRANCE TO THE BODEGA IN PITILLAL WHERE THE CLINIC TOOK PLACE. |
NOTE:
PEACEAnimals, per our agreement with independent contractors, Pets for Life, is
obliged to pay extra for driving time and gasoline for areas outside Puerto
Vallarta. We ask that private or government
groups pay those extra expenses.
PEACEAnimals does not buy advertising or pay for posters, flyers, megaphone announcers or locations. All monies raised go directly to actual costs of the clinics.
All
pet registration forms with signatures of owners or rescuers are submitted by
Dr. Poli to the local department of health, with copies to PEACEAnimals.
PEACEAnimals does not buy advertising or pay for posters, flyers, megaphone announcers or locations. All monies raised go directly to actual costs of the clinics.
Clinic
schedule, including directions and other clinic information are always on
website: www.peaceanimals.org, on this blog: www.gretchen-peace-and-pv.blogspot.com and on the PEACEAnimals FaceBook page.
Please
"like" PEACEAnimals and Calle Cero on FaceBook.
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LUNCH DONATIONS
NEEDED FOR VET TEAM: PEACEAnimals has a budget of 70 pesos per vet team individual
(three persons) per day for 4 days a week for lunches. Please consider
bringing lunches for our vet team to the clinics. If you can do this, please
advise so we can create a lunch schedule. By having lunches donated, these
savings can used for purchases of supplies and medicines.
WE
NEED VOLUNTEERS AT THE CLINICS. Please sign up: Leslie
Caratachea via FB or infopeaceanimals@gmail.com
WE NEED DONATIONS OF USED AND NEW KENNELS FOR CATS AND DOGS OF ALL SIZES.
WE NEED DONATIONS OF USED AND NEW KENNELS FOR CATS AND DOGS OF ALL SIZES.
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JEANNE LAPOINTE- VOLUNTARIA DE MONTREAL, CANADA - EL PITILLAL |
If directions needed,
please call our dedicated line (directions are only in Spanish) or refer to our
website or this blog: 113 3955
COST FOR ONE SURGERY
WEEK CLINIC IS APPROXIMATELY $1,800 USD.
PLEASE CONSIDER
MAKING A DONATION VIA CHECK, CREDIT CARD, PAYPAL, BEQUEST OR STOCK
TRANSFER. Note: Stocks are transferred at full value without the
donating stock owner being taxed.
PEACEAnimals is under the umbrella of Banderas Bay Charities, Inc., a US 501 (c)(3) charity located in Portland, Oregon. Please make payments payable to either BBC INC or Banderas Bay Charities, Inc. Donations are tax deductible and should be earmarked for PEACEAnimals.
Banderas
Bay Charities, Inc (BBC, Inc) offers tax-deductible receipts in the US,
Canada, and Mexico.
Amy Welch,
Secretary-Treasurer amywelchpdx@comcast.net
505 N Tomahawk Is
Dr Portland, OR 97217
503 285 4007
THANK
YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS:
Thank
you for your interest and support.
Gretchen
DeWitt – President – Board of Directors
gretchen@peaceanimals.org
https://www.facebook.com/PeaceAnimals
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LINEA DESIGNADA PARA DIRECIÓNES Y COMO LLEGAR (EN ESPAÑOL) A LAS CLÍNICAS CADA SEMANA: (322) 113 3955
PARA REPORTAR ABUSO A LOS ANIMALES - 293 3690
NECESITAMOS
LUGARES PARA NUESTRAS CLÍNICAS EN COLONIAS Y PUEBLOS. PRECISO:
BAÑO, ELECTRICIDAD, AGUA Y PARA ESTACIONARSE.
INFORMACIÓN EN ESPAÑOL SOBRE LA ESTERILIZACIÓN PARA
MASCOTAS Y LAS CLÍNICAS GRATIS EN NUESTRO WEBSITE - www.peaceanimals.org
FAVOR DE DONAR ALMUERZOS PARA EL EQUIPO. NOS CUESTA
210 PESOS 4 DÍAS LA SEMANA Y CON SUS DONACIÓNES DE COMIDA, PODEMOS USAR ESTE
DINERO PARA SUMINISTROS. GRACIAS.
NECESITAMOS VOLUNTARIOS, POR FAVOR.
GRACIAS POR SU INTERÉS Y SU APOYO.
Gretchen DeWitt – Presidente de le mesa directiva
gretchen@peaceanimals.org
gretchen@peaceanimals.org
https://www.facebook.com/PeaceAnimals