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 https://www.facebook.com/PeaceAnimals www.gretchen-peace-and-pv.blogspot.com

PEACEANIMALS, A.C.    RFC  PEA140306l12