Saturday, June 6, 2020

THE NEW NORMAL


MÁS DE 30 MURALES EN E LA CRUZ, NAYART.  SON LOS CUENTOS DE LA GENTE
VIVIENDO DENTRO O QUE HABÍAN VIVIDO DENTRO DE LOS PAREDES..
SAN JUAN, NAYARIT is an hour´s drive northeast of Vallarta in the farm and ranch lands of the Valley of Banderas. After a right turn at Mezcales, one passes through San Vincente and San Jose before arriving at San Juan. These immaculate "saint" towns look
very similar to each other with their central plazas, churches and small government buildings.  Other than at clinic, no masks in sight.

PEACEAnimals visits the eastern outskirts of San Juan twice a year. It´s always hosted by dóña Araceli, who provides generous breakfasts and lunches for the vet team and volunteers.  The community raises money for extra gas and driving time, which is given to Dr. Poli,  clinics director. 
ESPERANDO - SAN JUAN, NAYARIT
CLÍNICA EN SAN JUAN, NAYARIT
The street was filled with owners and their 70 pets,  some of whom had arrived as early as 5:30 AM.  Many of the dogs were brought in with ropes tied around their necks.  Cats and kittens arrived in kennels, cardboard boxes, gunnysacks, backpacks, rusty bird cages and laundry baskets.  Those who needed were given PEACEAnimals lasso-style leashes and a two-cup full bag of cat or dog food.  Our educational coloring books are always given to children.



GATOS EN SAN JUAN, NAYARIT










STERILIZATIONS IN SAN JUAN, NAYARIT - 5/27-30

FEMALE CATS:  67: MALE CATS:  31:  FEMALE DOGS: 110:
MALE DGS:29   TOTAL:  237 - a record!

Pregnancy terminated for 1 cat with 3 fetuses

DONATIONS AT CLINIC IN SAN JUAN:  2,930 PESOS

The clinic in San Juan 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.

REGISTRANDO MASCOTAS - LA COLONIA - IXTAPA

IXTAPA-Driving to San Sebastián, one passes the municipality of Ixtapa and its large prison next to the road.  The clinic took place in the tercer edad (senior citizen) small, white cement building in "la Colonia" ("colony" or "neighborhood"). "The Colony" was what the then upscale neighborhood was called during the heyday of the Montgomery Fruit Company, a subsidiary of United Fruit Co.  

BANANA TRAIN -IXTAPA
In 1923, Montgomery Fruit bought 45,000 hectares of land from a rich German resident and began cultivating bananas.  A train station was built to carry the bananas to the marina for export by United Fruit.  Ixtapa became a boom town, but it didn´t last long.  In 1931, the government began enforcing the "ejido" program and the Montgomery Fruit land was reparceled and distributed to the people who had worked on it. 
VOLUNTARIOS BILL Y SU ESPOSA CHARITY, QUIEN TIENE LA MÁS BONITA CUBREBOCA - IXTAPA
VOLUNTEERS BILL AND WIFE CHARITY, WHO IS WEARING A VERY  PRETTY EMBROIDERED MASK!

Leaving the clinic, two distressed-looking young women stood near the gate, both holding dogs on ropes.  The small black female dog was thin and the short, tan plump dog was pregnant.  A bus driver on the road from a nearby disinfranchased community had let them board. The women had arrived after fifty animals had been registered and vet team didn´t want to accept more.  I asked a volunteer named Samantha if she had a car. Yes. I gave her gas money and she confirmed she would pick dogs upThursday after the clinic closed, overnight them and owners would collect Friday following surgery.  

CLÍNICA EN IXTAPA - LLEGARON TARDE EN CAMIÓN DE EL COLORADO CON UNA PERRITA PREÑADA Y OTRA FLACA  SAMANTHA, LA VOLUNTARIA, FÚE PARA RECOJER LAS MASCOTAS JUEVES Y LAS DUEÑAS REGRESARON VIERNES PARA SUS  MASCOTAS.  PARTOS NO DESEADOS RESULTAN EN SUFRIMIENTO.

STERILIZATIONS AT IXTAPA - JUNE 3-6: Female dogs - 69;
Male dogs - 22; Female cats- 72; Male cats - 46  TOTAL:  209!
PLUS pregnancies terminated for 1 dog with 8 fetuses; 2 cats with 4 fetuses each; 2 cats with 3 fetuses each = 22 animals not born to suffer.

DONATIONS AT IXTAPA CLINIC:  1,300 PESOS
CLÍNICA EN IXTAPA - PRIMER ANIMAL ESTERILIZADO PORQUE NO HABÍAN MÁS HAULAS.  FIRST ANIMAL TO BE STERILIZED BECAUSE NO MORE KENNELS AVAILABLE.  IXTAPA.

The clinic in San Juan 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:
IN MEMORIUM - "FRANKO"
AmazonSmile - $21.72 for activity 1/1/20-3/31/20
Rebecca Meadows - $100 US - In memory of her fourteen-year old dog, "Franko," whom she described as her "sweet little coyote."
Mike Smith - $500 US
Michael Turner - $50 US (monthly)

A DOG´S NEW LIFE:  There was a face mask check on May 25th when I drove across the state line between Jalisco and Nayarit, but none two days later.  From Vallarta, it´s 45 minutes to the pretty beach town of Bucerias in Nayarit. Amy Welch, treasurer of PEACEAnimals, and I met there to visit A Dog´s New Life, the shelter that opened two months ago.
A DOG´S NEW LIFE - NUEVO REFUGIO/ADOPCIONES - BUCERIAS - www.adogsnewlife.org
After turning east at the sign for Valle de Banderas, an agricultural and ranch area, we soon came to a dusty dirt road next to an irrigation canal. After ten minutes of driving past palms, mango groves and a very fancy cock fighting farm,  we arrived.
A DOG´S NEW LIFE - BUCERIAS
The shelter is on 1.5 hectares of almost completely bare land.  An oversized cactus and a few scrawny  trees stand in the middle of it.  Kennels are spacious, clean and shaded. In addition to being walked twice a day, there are daily visits to a very large exercise area and the nearby canal for swims, leashed or unleashed, depending. Construction is ongoing, with the aim of sheltering a minimum of 150 dogs for adoption. www.adogsnewlife.org         
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LA CRUZ - MÁS DE 30 MURALES EN EL PUEBLO DESCRIBEN LA GENTE VIVIENDO Y QUIEN HABÍAN VIVIDO DRENO DE LAS PAREDES.  VALE UNA VISITA.

From Bucerias, Amy and I drove 15 minutes north to la Cruz, a smaller  beach town than Bucerias.  We were there to see the recent mural project sponsored by COMEX. Twenty-three painters, all but four of them Mexican, were selected to paint the stories of people who live and who had lived inside the walls. There are more than thirty murals, which makes the town of la Cruz an interesting place to slowly drive or stroll through before or after a lunch.  There is also a great fish market at the marina and a large and popular farmers/artisans market during high season.

MÁS QUE 30 MURALES EN LA CRUZ, NAYARIT
Lunch was just off the road in la Cruz at Ramones,  a small, open-air restaurant with two lime green walls, a tomato red kitchen counter and a palapa roof.  The very congenial owner/chef worked as a cook in Dallas for twenty years.  Delicious enchiladas suizas and fresh agua de mango.
LA CRUZ, NAYARIT

GOOD NEWS FOR THE SS KONIGSDAM:  Mexico repatriated 674 crew members in a three-day landing operation in Puerto Vallarta the last part of May.

THE "NEW NORMAL" - President Obrador announced June 1st as the beginning of "el nuevo normal," the relaxing of stringent COVID-19 protocols.
EL MALECÓN TODAVÍA ESTÁ CERRADO.
El malécon, Vallarta´s beach promenade, is a favorite place for strolling, running, dog walking, skateboarding and biking.  As of this writing, yellow police tape closes off the malecón.  However, sidewalks adjacent to the malecón north and south of the waterless dolphin fountain are open. as is the pedestrian bridge spanning the río cuale and sidealks to the south.
PESCANDO EL EL MALECÓN

Beaches - Scheduled to reopen in Vallarta on June 15th (people now fishing and walking on them).

Rivers - supposedly closed, but being used.
Restaurants - some never closed and some that had closed for 70 days have reopened.  (Strict hygiene rules in place).
Hotels - opened - no access to beaches or pools.  (Strict hygiene rules in place).
Shops/Boutiques - allowed to open
Gyms/Spas/Bars/Clubs/Shopping Malls/ Artisans Markets remain closed 

RIÓ CUALE:  Though not officially available to dunkers, swimmers and picnickers,  there were plenty of people in and at the very clear river the day before Vallarta returned to the "new normal."  It still does not include river visits, but police seem to be disregarding this COVID-19 regulation.
RÍO CUALE - 30 DE MAYO


A young crocodile was spotted downriver close to Oscar´s restaurant,  where the cuale flows into the bay.  Children splash around in the river there, so a crocodile could be a bad surprise. As they are protected in Vallarta,  it will be transported north to the mangrove area, not far from the airport. 
JOVEN CROCODILO EN LA ORILLA DEL RÍO CUALE, CERCA DEL RESTAURANTE OSCAR´S
FOTO:  STEPHEN MACNEIL
JUNIO 10-13 - Punta de Mita, Nayarit  PEACE Punta de Mita - Casa Comunidad - calle Miguel Hidalgo sin número - Emiliano Zapata

17-20 - ¿Jarretaderas. Nay.?  Esperando confirmación.


24-27 - Villas de Guadalupe - calle Japón #381 entre Alameda y 24 de Febrero

JULIO

22-25 -Tomatlán
INFORMACÍON DE LAS CLÍNICAS EN ESPAÑOL:  

DOGS AND CATS FOR ADOPTION AT CENTRO DE CONTROL ANIMAL
 Y SALUD (ACOPIO)   ALL ANIMALS TESTED FOR DISEASE, VACCINATED 
AND STERILIZED.  CLICK LINK FOR PHOTOS AND DESCRIPTIONS. 
(322) 293 3690 http://www.animal-adoptions-pv.com/index.html
NEW SCHEDULE:  9-1 - Monday-Friday
ARRIBA:  "ANNIE" - 14 MESES; ABAJO - "JOSE" - 2 MESES - EN ADOPCIÓN - ALBERGUE - 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.  (322) 293-3690  http://www.animal-adoptions-pv.com/index.html   NUEVO HORARIO- 9-1 lunes-viernes


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

RESTAURANTE PARAISO MORO
PLEASE  DONATE LUNCHES TO
OUR VET TEAM. 

FAVOR DE DONAR ALMUERZOS 
PARA NUESTRO EQUIPO.

LINEA DESIGNADA PARA DIRECCIÓNES
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
    
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.facebook.com/PeaceAnimals  www.gretchen-peace-and-pv.blogspot.com

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