MEZCALITOS - This was only our second visit to the very small, attractive town 45-minutes driving time north from centro Vallarta.
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| ESTE SEÑOR TRAJO 5 DE SUS 10 GATOS RESCATADOS EL PRIMER DÍA DE LA CLÍNICA EN MEZCALITOS - "JARDIN AZUL"· Foto: Linda Stewart |
On Wednesday, our first clinic-week day, Dr. Poli was the only vet and managed to spay and neuter twenty-five cats and dogs. Pet owners included a man who brought in five of his ten young rescue cats. One of them was apparently blind because the rescuer hadn´t had the money to treat an eye infection when it was a kitten.
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| JARDIN AZUL - MEZCALITOS - ÁREA DE CIRUGÍA |
Poli also consulted with Luis, a young man from el Tuito (an hour´s drive north of Vallarta) who had brought in a dog his Belgian Shepherd had come home with. The young, beautiful dog had an open, raw tumor on its chest and another one under his healthy looking coat.
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| LINDA STEWART CON LUIS, RESCATADOR Y PERRO HERMOSO CON TUMORES - MEZCALITOS |
After an exam, Poli confirmed it was not TVT (transmissible venereal tumor) and recommended a biopsy. If results are negative for cancer, Dr. Poli will donate surgical removal of the tumors. If positive, no surgery, as tumors will return.
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| GATOS EN RECUPERACIÓN - MEZCALITOS |
STERILIZATIONS AT MEZCALITOS: Female dogs - 37;
Male dogs - 19; Female cats - 41; Male cats - 19 TOTAL: 116
PLUS:
PREGNANCY TERMINATED FOR 1 DOG WITH 10 FETUSES
DONATIONS AT MEZCALITOS: 1,320 pesos
The clinic in Mezcalitos was made possible by the generous gift of $3,000 US from the Ellen Hunt Floreat Foundation through the Aspen Community Fund. This donation sponsors 1.68 free clinics.
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| CLÍNICA EN MEZCALITOS |
IXTAPA: PEACEAnimals has made multiple visits over the past six years to this large, clean and orderly municipality of Vallarta.
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| TRAILER DE PEACEANIMALS FRENTE DE LA DELEGACIÓN - PLAZA PRINCIPAL - IXTAPA |
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| PLAZA PRINCIPAL - IXTAPA - |
Josef Kandoll, a favorite photographer in the Banderas Bay area, came with me on Friday. He was shooting for our updated website, due to be launched this month.
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| DR. PACHECO, DR. POLI Y JOSEF KANDOLL W., FOTOGRAFO |
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| EZEKIEL Y 3 DE SUS 15 PERROS DEL RANCHO |
His tall friend who had brought in three kittens said he had thirty cats at home and was keeping ten of the females unspayed because he "loves cats."
A man sporting a moustache and goatee and wearing a a green, red and white soccer shirt (Mexico´s colors) brought in his female Pit Bull. She was two years old had had two litters of ten puppies each.
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| CLÍNICA EN IXTAPA - DESPUÉS DE 20 BEBÉS, LA PIT BULL YA ESTERILIZADA |
A small woman with no teeth walked up to me, saying, "I would like to talk to you about a problem I have." She had brought in four dogs and has twenty more rescue dogs at her home. The problem: She leaves for Guadalajara the middle of the month, will be gone five days and has no one to feed her dogs. I asked if some of her neighbors could help. "No. They all hate me because of the dogs."
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| CLÍNICA EN IXTAPA - DR. PACHECO Y DR. ANTHONY |
STERILIZATIONS AT CLINIC IN IXTAPA - OCTOBER 2-5:
Perros (male dogs) - 24; Perras - (female dogs) -57;
Gatos -(male cats) - 18; Gatas (female cats) - 41
TOTAL: 140
PLUS 1 pregnancy terminated for 1 dog with 5 fetuses and 1 dog with 1 fetus
DONATIONS AT CLINIC IN IXTAPA:
The clinic in Ixtapa was partially underwritten (68% = 95) by the
generous gift of $3,000 US from the Ellen Hunt Floreat Foundation through the Aspen Community Fund. This amount underwrites the costs of 1.68 clinics, which resulted in a total of 211 cats and dogs sterilized. (Mezcalitos and Ixtapa clinics).
DONATIONS TO PEACEANIMALS: 2,140 pesos (includes a 1,000 peso donation from Jan Lavander)
Del Lehman and Ron Saltarski (visit twice annually from Palm Springs): 1 bag of used tennis balls, 4 new dog leashes, 3 new brushes and 7 bags of dog treats.
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| CLÍNICA EN IXTAPA - DESPUÉS DE ESTERILIZACIÓN |
TROPICAL CYCLONE/HURRICANE NARDA
The tropical cyclone resulted in another hurricane alert. All schools in Vallarta and other areas projected to be affected were ordered closed for September 30 and October 1.
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| EL PUENTE EN BOCA DESPUÉS DE NARDA - foto_ Brewster Brockmann |
The río Cuale, which runs through the heart of town, overflowed for the first time in fifty years.
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| PUERTO VALLARTA DESPUÉS DE NARDA Foto: Ric Chamblee |
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| PUENTE DEL RÍO CUALE - DESPUÉS DE NARDA, YA NO PLAYA. VANISHED BEACH AFTER NARDA. |
Sí no está una dirección, es porque todavía no tenemos.
In 2018, PEACEAnimals sterilized 5,792 cats and dogs.
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INFORMACIÓN DE LAS CLÍNICAS EN ESPAÑOL: http://peaceanimals.org/espa_ol
Sí no está una dirección, es porque todavía no tenemos.
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| CLÍNICA EN IXTAPA |
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