Saturday, May 23, 2020

BRAVE NEW WORLD

RESTAURANTE CANTO PALMARES - ABIERTO - PLAYA PALMARES CLOSED.  OJALÁ PARA 1 DE JUNIO.
 RESTAURANT OPEN.  BEACH CLOSED - HOPEFULYL REOPENING JUNE 1.

COLONIA LAS ARALIAS - The clinic scheduled for Ixtapa was cancelled Tuesday late afternoon. The replacement was at a regularly visited and very central location in a private bodega at los sauces park. As "essential services,"  PEACEAnimals is allowed to hold clinics during "sheltering in." 

CLÍNICA EN LAS ARALIAS - DISTANCIA SOCIAL
This same location was where the government shut down the clinics on April 22nd because pet owners weren´t practicing social distancing. 
 Out of concern for a repeat, I arrived at 7 AM to register pets and found only half-a-dozen people waiting - and social distancing.  Martha ("Mackay") Davis and Charity and Tim Palmatier drove an hour from la Cruz to volunteer on Wednesday and returned on Friday.  
SALÍO DE TOMATLÁN CON 9 MASCOTAS A LAS 4:30 DE TOMATLÁN.  LLEGÓ A IXTAPA PARA DESCUBRIR QUE LA CLÍNICA ALLÁ FUÉ CANCELADA. Y ENTONCES REGRESÓ A VALLARTA CON SUS HIJAS.

A large, black-haired woman wearing a bright blue top and her face covered in sweat, arrived with two daughters plus eight cats and one large dog.  She had left her home in Tomatlán at 4:30 AM,  driven 2 1/2 hours to Ixtapa, found a disappointed crowd in front of the government offices, read the notice with new location posted, and driven 30-minutes back to Vallarta.  

DOS GATOS - CLÍNICA EN LAS ARALIAS

STERLIZATIONS IN LAS ARALIAS - MAY 20-23

Female dogs - 51; Male dogs - 14; Female cats - 65; Male cats - 41
TOTAL:  171!  PLUS pregnancies terminated for:

1 cat with 5 fetuses; 2 cats with 4 fetuses each; 1 cat with 3 fetuses

DONATIONS AT CLINIC IN LAS ARALIAS: 1,710 pesos 
(averages out almost every clinic to 10 pesos per pet = 44 cents
CLÍNICA EN LAS ARALIAS 

The clinic in las aralias was underwritten by the generous grant of $11,000 US from FOHA (Friends of Homeless Animals).  Roie Griego, founder and president of FOHA, is a board member of PEACEAnimals.

DONATIONS TO PEACEANIMALS:
CINDY Y NORRIS KLINE ALIMENTANDO A 11 GATOS QUE VIVEN EN EL MERCADO DE PESCADO - MALE´CON

Cindy and Morris Kline - 25 lb. bag of Kirkland cat food - rebagged into two cup-sized bags for give-away at clinics.  (Cindy and Morris feed the eleven sterilized cats at the malecón fish market every morning).

Clare Leach (board member) -  $50 US monthly designated for discounted pet food from PetCo to distribute at clinics.

Gabriela Garcia - one used cat kennel 

Tom leGrand - $400 US

On the evening of May 20th, a solitary cicada in our garden sent forth the first electric buzzes that normally precede the rainy season. 
CICADA
Meteorologists predict first rains to arrive the first or second week of June. They will be less acidic due to less pollution in the atmosphere.  The cicadas, after living a nymphal life underground for approximately seventeen years, will be blissfully unaware  that they have entered a Brave New World.


CRUISE SHIP ISOLATIONS -  On May 14, there was the unusual sight of three cruise ships, including Holland America´s S.S. Konigsdam, anchored close to the maritime terminal in Puerto Vallarta. No passengers on any of them. It was reported that twenty Mexican crew members were allowed to disembark from one of the ships.
TRES CRUCEROS EN LA BAHÍA DE BANDERAS - 14 DE MAYO

On May 16, Joana Abren Ferreira, one of the crew members of the Konigsdam who had been in isolation for more than seventy-five days, posted a message and photo on FB. Although crew members have been fully complying with all the regulations required for disembarcation and there had not been a single case of coronavirus, they were not allowed to disembark. 

BAHÍA DE BANDERAS - CRUCERO KONINGSDAM - PHOTO: -EMPLEADA JOANA ABREU FERREIRA

ECONOMICALLY: Many financial experts agree that every two weeks a tourist location is shut down during high season represents one year of recovery. The "swine flu," which lasted approxiately 20 months from January 2009 to August 2010, cost Mexico an estimated $3.4 billion from touristic activities.  Recovery didn´t take place until 2013.  Eight million people are projected to enter poverty as a result of COVID-19 in Mexico. 


ORGANIZADORA SAM CRESS DONANDO FRUTA Y PAN CADA DÍA EN LA PLAZA PRINCIPAL


GOOD DEEDS:  There are many.  The Mexican people are resilient and very community oriented.  Northerners living here have joined efforts to help people and animals. Support will be needed for months.  Weeks ago,  I remarked to my good friend Gabriela Garcia that it was unfortunate the virus didn´t arrive during low season.  Her response?   "We´re Mexicans!  We´re grateful we had November, December, January, February and part of March." 

PLAZA PRINCIPAL - LA COLA DE GENTE ESPERANDO DONACIÓNES DE PAN Y FRUTA  CADA MAÑANA.
DONADO POR LA COMUNIDAD DE DAVANNAYOGA
On May 19th at approximately 8 AM, there were two women standing in the long line of masked men at the main plaza across from los arcos.  Angel Yoga, organized by Sam Cress and her friend Gilberto (co-founders of Beach Yoga), served 131 people that  morning.  For over a month, friends have been baking, cooking, bringing fruit, and donating cash for groceries. Alejandro, a local fireman, volunteers to supervise the line-ups.  Angel Yoga has permission from the city for this daily food program.  If you´d like to help:  samcresspv@gmail.com
JARDINES BOTÁNICOS - BOTANICAL GARDENS - PUERTO VALLARTA ABREN EL 1 DE JUNIO


REASON TO REJOICE!  The gorgeous Botanical Gardens reopen June 1st.  This is a perfect place for strolling, lunching, gift shopping and swimming in the lovely, winding Horcones river below.  Dogs welcome on leashes and can also be on one of the restaurant´s terraces.  Good food, good service and beautiful views.


ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SPOT FOR LUNCH:  Canto Palmares, steps down from highway 200 at Palmares beach, about 20 minutes south from centro. It is a breezy, open-air restaurant where one can watch pelicans diving for fish while enjoying a delicious tostada or...
RESTAURANTE CANTO PALMARES


A few more steps down from the restaurant is a taped-off beach that is wonderful in normal times for swimming, walking and sunning. In the absence of humans, iguanas are now enjoying sandy strolls. 
RESTAURANTE CANTO PALMARES 

Our waiter informed us that one can swim there without any problem from 6-10 PM.  Restaurant closes at 7 PM.

SCHEDULE/HORARIO
LAS ARALIAS
PARA LAS CLÍNICAS:

MAYO

27-30  - San Juan, Nayarit -calle J.Jesús Casas #75 - frente al campamento
JUNIO

3-6- IXTAPA - en el ayutamiento atrás de la plaza principal

10-13 - Punta de Mita, Nayarit 

PEACE Punta de Mita - 
Casa Comunidad - calle Miguel Hidalgo sin número - Emiliano Zapata

17-20 -TBA -esperando confirmación
CLÍNICA EN LAS ARALIAS - 21 DE MAYO
INFORMACÍON DE LAS CLÍNICAS EN ESPAÑOL:  

http://peaceanimals.org/espa_ol

DOGS AND CATS FOR ADOPTION AT THE CENTRO DE CONTROL ANIMAL Y SALUD (ACOPIO)   ALL ANIMALS TESTED FOR DISEASE, VACCINATED AND STERILIZED.  CLICK LINK FOR PHOTOS AND DESCRIPTIONS.  Tel.¨ (322) 293 3690
EN ADOPCIÓN - "MIRTA" - 4  MONTH-OLD FEMALE.  RIGHT REAR LEG AMPUTED AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR
HEMBRA DE 4 MESES.  PIERNA DERRECHA TRASERA AMPUTADA POR ESTAR ATROPELLADA   293 3690

PERROS Y GATOS EN ADOPCIÓN EN EL CENTRO DE CONTROL ANIMAL Y SALUD (ACOPIO). TODOS TIENEN PRUEBAS PARA ENFERMEDADES Y ESTÁN VACUNADOS Y ESTERILIZADOS.  HAZ CLICK EN EL ENLACE PARA FOTOS  Y DESCRIPCIÓNES.  Tel.  293-3690  http://www.animal-adoptions-pv.com/index.html

"TESLA" - EN ADOPCIÓN - YA TIENE UN AÑO EN EN CENTRO DE CONTROL ANIMAL
MACHO - 13 MESES DE EDAD. TIENE UN AÑO ESPERANDO HOGAR.  FOR ADOPTION - HAS BEEN AT THE ACOPIO
FOR OVER A YEAR.  MALE - 13 MONTHS OLD.  293 3690


TO REPORT ANIMAL ABUSE OR RESCUE NEEDED- CALL 911 AND REQUEST GREEN PATROL (PATRULLA VERDE);  OR CALL THE CITY SHELTER - (322) 293-3690


 FOR WEEKLY CLINIC DIRECTIONS TO CLINICS: (SPANISH ONLY)  (322) 113-3955

 PARA REPORTAR ABUSO A LOS ANIMALES  O PARA ANIMALES QUE NECESITAN  - LLAME  A LA POLICIA - 911 - 
Y PIDE LA PATRULLA VERDE - o marca al albergue  (322) 293 3690
PLEASE  DONATE LUNCHES TO OUR VET TEAM. DONATIONS OF LUNCHES MEAN MONEY SAVED FOR CLINIC SUPPLIES. 


F
AVOR DE DONAR ALMUERZOS PARA NUESTRO EQUIPO.


TOSTADA DE ATÚN - CANTO PALMARES


LINEA DESIGNADA 
PARA DIRECCIÓNES EN ESPAÑOL Y 
COMO LLEGAR A LAS CLÍNICAS CADA SEMANA: 

(322) 113 3955   

www.peaceanimals.org



           
WE APPRECIATE OUR VOLUNTEERS.  ESTAMOS AGRADECIDOS PARA NUESTROS VOLUNTARIOS.
VOLUNTARIOS - CLÍNICA EN LAS ARALIAS 
Please contact Angela Kelleher, coordinator (coordinadora para) - Puerto Vallarta    kelleher@shaw.ca  
  
For the state of Nayarit, please contact Linda Stewart, 
coordinator (coordinadora para Nayarit)
hypnoticparadise15@gmail.com

Drop-ins welcome!
      
CLÍNICA EN LAS ARALIAS  5/22
NEEDED:   USED/NEW KENNELS FOR CATS AND DOGS AND NEW/USED COLLARS AND LEASHES TO GIVE TO DOG OWNERS AT CLINICS, PLUS USED TOWELS AND  SHEETS and KIBBLED PET FOOD.

$$$$$$ COST PER SURGERY WEEK CLINIC (3.5 days) 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 headquartered in Portland, Oregon.  Please donate to BBC (or use full name) and donor direct to PEACEAnimals.  BBC has tax-deductible status in the U.S. and partners with other foundations in Canada and Mexico.

Amy Welch,Secretary-Treasurer
amywelchpdx@comcast.net    Tel:503 285 4007
505 N Tomahawk Is Dr  Portland, OR 97217


PEACEANIMALS VET TEAM 
        EL EQUIPO DE PEACEANIMALS 
 DR. ANTHONY; EMVZ LESLIE CARATACHEA;
 DR. POLI;  DR. PACHECO
For a list of clinic sponsors and business donors, please see our website

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING FOUNDATIONS FOR THEIR GENEROUS GRANTS OF $2,500 US OR MORE:
                                                   
                                                                                            

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND SUPPORT.


Gretchen DeWitt - President- Board of Directors
www.peaceanimals.org; gretchen@peaceanimals.org


www.gretchen-peace-and-pv.blogspot.com

PEACEANIMALS, A.C.    RFC  PEA140306l12

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

PRIMAVERA


EXCLAMATIONS OF SPRING!  BRILLIANT YELLOW BLOSSOMS OF PRIMAVERA TREES IN FULL BLOOM IN PASO ANCHO AND ALL OVER TOWN
 FLORES AMARILLOS BRILLANTES DE LAS PRIMAVERAS - PASO ANCHO Y EM MUCHAS OTRAS PARTES
As the PEACEAnimals clinics were temporarily closed on Aprill 22 due to pet owners not observing social distancing while waiting in line, no clinic reports/photos in this blog.  Clinics reopen May 20.

If you haven´t been keeping up with coronavirus for Puerto Vallarta, the financial mpact on a tourist town in a third world developing country has been devastating.  Hotel occupancy is 0%.
As far health impact, confirmed deaths due to the pandemic for Puerto Vallarta, the number to date has been 11,  for the state of Jalisco - 47   and for the neighboring state of Nayarit - 21.  Due to low testing, these numbers may be much bigger than reported.  Biggest killers for Mexico, with its estimated population of 129 million people,  are diabetes (100,000 deaths in 2019), hypertension and obesity (100,000) in 2019. 
RESTAURANTE PARAISO MORO - PASO GUAYABITOS EN EL JORULLO
A favorite place for lunch, Paraiso Moro,  is one of several restaurants that hasn´t closed during COVID-19 "sheltering in."  It´s a palapa-roofed, open-air restaurant next to the río cuale in paso guayabitos, about twenty minutes driving time from centro. 

Screeching green parrots fly overhead, butterflies in a variety of colors flutter nearby, and on the riverbank, a wood-seated swing on long ropes dangles from a large, shading guasamayeta tree next to the cuale river that spills over rocks and boulders on its way down to the bay.   Other than the small staff at the restaurant, no sheltering in place or masks in sight at this rural setting.  
FRENTE DEL RESTAURANTE PARAISO MORO


Up the road and close to a cement bridge is a small swimming hole.  The water now is pale green and clear and cool.  As no one was there, I waded in with our dogs for a swim, enjoying the pleasant, musty odor of the river and the equally pleasant, earthy odor of horse and cow manure from a nearby corral. 


CERQUITA DEL RIO CUALE - PASO GUAYABITOS


I wasn´t in the water for very long before an open vehicle with masked Mexican marines holding semi-automatic weapons stopped on the cement bridge.  Behind them was a "patrulla verde" truck  with two officers in it.  The "green patrol" is the part of the police force that helps protect animals and the environment.  I was wondering what mission they were on,  when they got out of their vehicles and began gesturing to me to leave .During third stage coronavirus, going into a river is not allowed by the local government.

Puerto Vallarta may relax some restrictions beginning this week.  One misses the simple pleasures of rivers and beaches, walks on the malecón and families and friends. 

  
NORMALMENTE SE PUEDE NADAR AQUÍ - PASO GUAYABITOS - IN NORMAL TIMES,
A GOOD SWIMMING HOLE

A few days later I was at Paraiso Moro when Mary Gayol and her husband, Manuel Zapeda of DOG FOR LIFE, brought half-a-dozen five-pound bags of Kirkland dog kibble for one of the waiters to distribute to hungry dogs down the road in paso ancho.  During the coronavirus crisis, the charity has been installing dog feeding tubes in many colonias where there is a need. Tubes not possible for the paso ancho neighborhood due to high risk of cat and dog poisonings.  
JULIO Y MARY GAYOL DE DOG FOR LIFE -   RESTAURANTE PARAISO MORO
DOGS FOR LIFE ESTÁ REGALANDO ALIMENTO PARA PERROS EN VARIAS COLONIAS

On a low stone wall in gringo gulch overlooking the río cuale and  in different locations on the island itself,  volunteers distribute food twice a day for homeless cats.  This goes on all year and has for many years.  Notice right clipped ear indicating sterilization of cat in foreground.
ALIMENTANDO A GATOS CALLEJEROS EN GRINGO GULCH - ARRIBA DEL RÍO CUALE
In Puerto Vallarta, spring announces itself with great bursts of beauty from the sun-yellow blossoms of the primavera trees in the countryside and all over town.  Its petals decorate the streets and sidewalks like confetti thrown at a fiesta. 


PRIMAVERA

DONATIONS TO PEACEANIMALS:  


Bo Jarnstedt - $50 US
Michael Turner - $50 US (monthly)
Connie Farion - $600 CA ($300 CA monthly)


SCHEDULE/HORARIO

20-23 - Ixtapa - en la delegación - atrás de la plaza principal

27-30 - San Juan, Nayarit


JUNIO

3-6- TBA - esperando confirmación

10-13 - Punta de Mita, Nayarit

17-20 - TBA -esperando confirmación
INFORMACÍON DE LAS CLÍNICAS EN ESPAÑOL:  

http://peaceanimals.org/espa_ol

DOGS AND CATS FOR ADOPTION AT THE CENTRO DE CONTROL ANIMAL Y SALUD (ACOPIO)   ALL ANIMALS TESTED FOR DISEASE, VACCINATED AND STERILIZED.  CLICK LINK FOR PHOTOS AND DESCRIPTIONS.
Tel:   (322) 293-3690
HILTON - MACHO - 3 MESES - LLEGÓ EN ABRIL - EN ADOPCIÓN CENTRO DE CONTROL - 293 3690


www://ccsavta.000webhostapp.com/index-en.html

PERROS Y GATOS EN ADOPCIÓN EN EL CENTRO DE CONTROL ANIMAL Y SALUD (ACOPIO). TODOS TIENEN PRUEBAS PARA ENFERMEDADES Y ESTÁN VACUNADOS Y ESTERILIZADOS.  HAZ CLICK EN EL ENLACE PARA FOTOS  Y DESCRIPCIÓNES.  Tel.  293-3690
GRETA - 3 MESES - LLEGÓ EN ABRIL - EN ADOPCIÓN - CENTRO DE CONTROL ANIMAL - 293 3690

TO REPORT ANIMAL ABUSE OR RESCUE NEEDED- CALL 911 AND REQUEST GREEN PATROL (PATRULLA VERDE);  OR CALL THE CITY SHELTER - (322) 293-3690


 FOR WEEKLY CLINIC DIRECTIONS TO CLINICS: (SPANISH ONLY)  (322) 113-3955

 PARA REPORTAR ABUSO A LOS ANIMALES  O PARA ANIMALES QUE NECESITAN  - LLAME  A LA POLICIA - 911 - 
Y PIDE LA PATRULLA VERDE - o marca al albergue  (322) 293 3690

PLEASE
 DONATE LUNCHES TO OUR 

VET TEAM. DONATIONS OF LUNCHES MEAN MONEY SAVED FOR CLINIC SUPPLIES.  FAVOR DE DONAR ALMUERZOS PARA NUESTRO EQUIPO.

LINEA DESIGNADA PARA DIRECCIÓNES EN ESPAÑOL Y COMO LLEGAR A LAS CLÍNICAS CADA SEMANA: 

(322) 113 3955   

  www.peaceanimals.org




           
WE APPRECIATE OUR VOLUNTEERS.  ESTAMOS AGRADECIDOS PARA NUESTROS VOLUNTARIOS.

Please contact Angela Kelleher, coordinator (coordinadora para) - Puerto Vallarta
kelleher@shaw.ca  
  
For the state of Nayarit, please contact Linda Stewart, 
coordinator (coordinadora para Nayarit)
hypnoticparadise15@gmail.com

Drop-ins welcome!
      
NEEDED:   USED/NEW KENNELS FOR CATS AND DOGS AND NEW/USED COLLARS AND LEASHES TO GIVE TO DOG OWNERS AT CLINICS, PLUS USED TOWELS AND  SHEETS and KIBBLED PET FOOD.

$$$$$$ COST PER SURGERY WEEK CLINIC (3.5 days) 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 headquartered in Portland, Oregon.  Please donate to BBC (or use full name) and donor direct to PEACEAnimals.  BBC has tax-deductible status in the U.S. and partners with other foundations in Canada and Mexico.

Amy Welch,Secretary-Treasurer
amywelchpdx@comcast.net    Tel:503 285 4007
505 N Tomahawk Is Dr  Portland, OR 97217


PEACEANIMALS VET TEAM 
        EL EQUIPO DE PEACEANIMALS 
 DR. ANTHONY; EMVZ LESLIE CARATACHEA;
 DR. POLI;  DR. PACHECO
For a list of clinic sponsors and business donors, please see our website

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING FOUNDATIONS FOR THEIR GENEROUS GRANTS OF $2,500 US OR MORE:
                                                   
                                                                                            

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND SUPPORT.


Gretchen DeWitt - President- Board of Directors
www.peaceanimals.org; gretchen@peaceanimals.org


www.gretchen-peace-and-pv.blogspot.com

PEACEANIMALS, A.C.    RFC  PEA140306l12