Saturday, September 5, 2020

TROPICAL STORMS

 

Restaurante El Volador - Quimixto 


SAN VICENTE, NAYARIT is a 45- minute drive northeast of Vallarta and where we visit two or three times a year. 


The clinic took place in a neighborhood we had never been to before, not far from the town plaza, where skinny dogs roam streets searching for something to eat.

Villas Miramar- San Vicente, Nayarit 

Three devoted animal rescuers contacted Dr. Poli asking for a clinic in the colonia of Villas Miramar in San Vicente -  Professor Eli Remberto Valdez Montoñez, Fernando Eliutt Dominguez Barrera and Mercedez Gómez Santos.  Fernando  has thirteen cats and eight dogs that he found on the streets.  Remberto showed me a tiny, almost blind grey and white kitten he had rescued the day before. 

This is a poor colonia, but even in these very difficult times, the community raised the extra funds (gasoline & driving time) for an outside of Vallarta clinic.  Locals provided an empty cinderblock house as a location and secured volunteers, breakfasts and lunches for the vet team.  They were kind and generous,  and grateful that there would be less suffering for animals in their neighborhood.

Remberto Valdez Montoñoz -uno de los 3 organizadores de la clínica en San Vicente - con 2 gatitos que rescató

STERLIZATIONS IN SAN VICENTE - AUGUST 26-29:  

Female dogs - 54; Female dogs - 17; Female cats - 52; Male cats - 33;  TOTAL  156 ... PLUS  

Pregnancies terminated (abortos) for 1 dog with 3 fetuses and 1 cat with 5 fetuses

Clínica en San Vicente - Niñas con libritos educacional para colorear - PEACEAnimals coloring books

 DONATIONS AT SAN VICENTE CLINIC:  1,710 PESOS

The clinic in Villas Miramar, San Vicente, Nayarit was underwritten by the generous donation of $5,000 US from Diane B. Wilsey.   At $1,800 US per 3.5-day clinic, this gift will pay the costs of two clinics plus 78% of a third.

Clínica en San Vicente, Nayarit - otra organizadora - Mercedes Gomez Santos - en playera roja:

COLONIA INFONAVIT, PUERTO VALLARTA - The neighborhood is situated about 15 minutes north east of centro Vallarta, directly in back of MacroPlaza, a very large shopping mall where residents wearing masks are taking their morning and evening walks in the spacious, tree-filled parking lot.  Several blocks east is an empty police station where the clinics always take place.  The streets are full of roaming dogs. 

Clínica en Infonavit - en la caseta de la policía - atrás de un campo cubierto de hierba y una cuadras del río Pitillal
 donde hay muchísmos perros de la calle.  Una negrita sín dueño tiene 15.

A young man said at 6:20 AM he was the third person to be at the clinic for registration.  A friend had just given him a very pregnant brown Pit Bull whose hip bones and spine were visible.  The meek dog,

Perra muy malcuidada  y preñada fué regalada a este joven - Infonavit

now rescued, had been utterly neglected by her owner. Later that morning her pregnancy (13 fetuses) was terminated.  After delivering the 2-cup bags of kibble (I gave two to the new dog owner),  PEACEAnimals coloring books and lasso leashes, I walked across the street to the muddy road that leads to the Pitillal river.  It is high and flowing fast and the trees next to it are tall and old and beautiful.

río Pitillal - Infonavit

But piles of garbage and trash litter the side of the dirt road and there are always barking dogs on the loose. While taking a photo of a cluster of small puppies in the middle of the muddied dirt road, I felt a sudden, sharp pain on my left calf.  The black mama dog with white chest had gotten up from her resting place under a beaten-up white truck and given me a hard bite on my bare leg.  I slowly backed away until she stopped following,  all the while barking and baring her teeth.

La perra mamá tiene 15 cachorros de 2 camadas- todos son callejeros - Infonavit

Neighbors said the mama dog is homeless and has seven more puppies from her previous litter, making fifteen total living on the road  Those that survive will suffer and add to the overpopulation of homeless dogs next to the river.  I gave some bags of kibble and a few leashes to a ten-year old boy who lives nearby, telling him I would pay 50 pesos for each dog he could bring to the clinic.  Situation reported and photos sent to Vallarta shelters and local government agency.  Dr. Diego, head of the city shelter,  Centro de Control y Salud Animal, responded that he would visit the area. 

Esta camada tiene 8 - además 7 mas de la camada pasada para la perra negra - 15 cachorros sin hogares 

STERILIZATIONS AT COLONIA INFONAVIT SEPTEMBER 2-5:  Female dogs - 32; Male cogs - 12;

Female cats - 67; Male cats - 39  TOTAl:  150 PLUS pregnancies terminated (abortos) for

1 dog (the tan Pit Bull) with 13 fetuses; 2 cats with 5 fetuses each= 23 animals not born to suffer


DONATIONS AT INFONAVIT CLINIC:  1,920 PESOS

The clinic at Infonavit was the second one underwritten by the generous donation of $5,000 US from Diane B. Wilsey.   At $1,800 US per 3.5-day clinic, this gift will pay the costs of two clinics plus 78% of a third.

DONATIONS TO PEACEANIMALS:  

Diane B. Wilsey - $5,000 US (San Francisco)
Bo Jarnstedt - $50 US (Greenwich, Connecticut)
Michael Turner - $50 US (monthly)

EDUCATION PROGRAMDue to coronavirus, on hold until regular classes resume. 
Examples of some pages of PEACEAnimals educational coloring books given to children at clinics.  Unas páginas de libritos educaciónal para colorear de PEACEAnimals - regalados a los niños en las clínicas.

COVID-19:  Distance Learning:  Classes restarted on August 24th and are being broadcast on national television and radio.   A 2018 survey determined that approximately 11% of Mexico´s population (126 million in 2018) does not have television.  This percentage represents about 14 million people living in rural communities who will have enormous difficulty in providing education for their children.  Clubs and bars have reopened in Vallarta. 

To help feed the hungry in Vallarta: www.john9483.wixcite.com/angelspv (Sam Cress and Gilberto Dávilo);´www.vallartafoodbank.com (Francie -owner of Bonito Kitchen restaurant); 

Dispensas de "Angels Kitchen" - ex-presidencia- Puerto Vallarta -cada mañana a las 8.  Lines allowed to form for Angels Kitchen food donations next to the former mayor´s offices during rainy days.

A friend from Vallarta visiting London reports very few face masks on display, including on waiters in restaurants. Incongruous signs  are posted around town: "Stay home. Help Out.  Eat Out.  Lose weight."  
Diners pay half the amount of their bill.  The government reimburses restaurant owners the other half. 
 
Tormentado hermoso - Puerto Vallarta                                                            foto:  John Galston

Two hours after the last blog was sent with a comment that hurricane Genevieve hadn´t brought big rains, a deluge of rain accompanied by a rollicking, crashing, flashing, thrilling three-hour storm arrived.  A friend´s granddaughter told her that these storms are like lullabies for her. After torrential rains, high rivers carry sediment and topsoil down to the bay, coating areas nearest the rivers with great smears of  brown.  Conveniently, storms and showers almost always take place at night and are quite beautiful.  So far this summer, Mexico has experienced three hurricanes and seven tropical storms.  Hurricane season doesn´t end until November.
El malecón después de una tormentado - agua café del rio en la bahía de banderas - view from promenade


ESCAPE TO PARADISE:  Coco´s, a popular family owned restaurant on the beach in Quimixto, a small village 15 minutes south by water taxi from (maskless) Boca de Tomatlán, was destroyed last year by flooding of the nearby Quimixto river. Coco´s was rebuilt, but the river roared back, destroying it a second time. Owners have opened a smaller place in the village close to the pier, but far from the river. 

 Fue el restuarante Coco´s - Quimixto

On a beautiful blue morning, a friend and I took a 15-minute panga ride from Boca to Quimixto and were left off on the beach in front of of El Volador restaurant.  Settling onto chaise longs under colorful striped umbrellas, we watched pelicans plunging into a pod of jumping silvery fish, while a Pug puppy 
paddled about in small waves and dug holes in the sand for burial of sticks and other treasures.  Temperature of the murky, sediment-infused water is about 82 degrees, with cool currents coming from the rain-filled river. In the distance, a train of white puffy clouds followed the curve of the horseshoe-shaped bay.  Other than our waiter and the owners of the restaurant.  no one else was there.  Lunch delicious -freshly squeezed lemonades, guacamole and red snapper fished out of the bay a few hours earlier.

When I arrived home, a very large and gorgeous  iguana was waiting for me in our pool. 

HORARIO/ SCHEDULE:

September 9-12 - Mezcales, Nayarit
16-19 - Coapinole (Demonio Blanco), Puerto Vallarta -    Francisco I. Madero #659 entre 20 de mayo y 1 de junio (casa lavanda con una palmera frenta)
23-26 - Valle Dorado, Nayarit
30-3 de octubre - Puerto Vallarta
OCTUBRE
7-10 - Puerto Vallarta
14-17 - Puerto Vallarta
21-24 - La Cruz, Nayarit -  the Kid´s Club.   Sponsored by
the Mahoney Foundation
28-31 - Punta de Mita, Nayarit - Case Comunidad de PEACE
PUNTA DE MITA.  Sponsored by the Mahoney Foundation.

 
Esperando - clínica en Infonavit

Noviembre
4-7 - Puerto Vallarta - TBA - esperando confirmación
11-14 - Pino Suarez, 
18-21 - Bucerias - PFL
25-28 - San Juan, Nayarit
Clinica en Infonavit

diciembre
2-5 Puerto Vallarta
9-12 - Puerto Vallarta
VACACIÓNES HASTA EL 4 DE ENERO 2021

Marzo - 10-13 - la Cruz, Nay. - PFL


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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.

"Cosmo" 2 yrs. 2 months   2 años y 2 meses  en adopción


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
"Harumi" - 5 meses/months - hembra - en adopción


MORE DOGS FOR ADOPTION AT THE NEW "A DOGS NEW LIFE" SHELTER IN BUCERIAS.  PHOTOS AND INFO: Más perros para adopción en el nuevo refugio de Bucerias:  https://www.adogsnewlife.org/adopt 

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 PIDA LA PATRULLA VERDE 
 o marca al albergue - 322 293 3690
 
Please DONATE LUNCHES TO OUR VET TEAM.
Favor de donar almuerzos a 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 for Puerto Vallarta
coordinadora de voluntarios para Puerto Vallarta  kelleher@shaw.ca  
For Nayarit, please contact Linda Stewart, coordinator
coordinadora de voluntarios para Nayarit   - hypnoticparadise15@gmail.com


Clínica en San Vicente       fotos arriba y abajo:  Fernando Eliutt


 
   
NEEDED AND APPRECIATED: USED/NEW KENNELS FOR CATS AND DOGS;  NEW/USED DOG COLLARS AND LEASHES; USED TOWELS AND SHEETS 

$$$$$$ COST PER SURGERY WEEK CLINIC (3.5 days) IS APPROXIMATELY $1,800 USD.  PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION VIA CHECK, CREDIT CARD, PAYPAL, BEQUEST,  OR STOCK TRANSFER.  Note:  Stocks are transferred at full value without the donating stock owner being taxed.  $$$$$$
       
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


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