Animal Welfare Peru Project #6038

Spay & Neuter street dogs of Huanchaco, Peru

by The Perros Project

Project Report | Apr 4, 2023
We're back! Huanchaco 2023 dates set!

By Courtney Dillard | Perros Project co-director

Greetings, generous supporters! Spring is in the air and we are feeling the energy of it as we begin our preparations to return to Perú in September. As we anticipated in our last report, we met with our two local partners, Amigo Fiel and Huanchaco al Rescate earlier this year to check in on local conditions post Covid surge and during some political upheaval in the southern part of the country. We were heartened to hear that life is returning to normal as the pandemic wanes and that there is stability in Huanchaco and the surrounding areas. Being given the greenlight to begin planning for our next on the ground activities, we asked both groups how we could best help them in this current context. They had many ideas that served as the impetus for our current planning process.

Recognizing that we may need a bit more time to coordinate our efforts both here in the United States and in Huanchaco, we chose the final week of September, September 25-30, for our in country visit. This year we have decided to take a smaller team and instead of leading with US veterinarians and vet techs, we will be working more closely with local veterinarians and helping to train area vet students. In essence, our core team will work with our partners from a schedule each of them has devised with community priorities in mind. For example, Amigo Fiel will be setting up learning exchanges between both Peruvian veterinarians and vet students and our lead vets. They are also interested in offering classes to guardians in the community so that caretakers can provide better day to day healthcare to their animals. In addition, Amigo Fiel is likely to prioritize a few difficult cases with companion animals, where families cannot pay for complicated diagnoses. On the other hand, Huanchaco al Rescate is interested in working with us to solidify their relationship with the municipality of Huanchaco, offer basic wellness exams and potentially do a few neuters.

In terms of next steps, the core team will be reaching out to a few additional folks who have been long time volunteers with the Perros Project to make sure we have enough people to have a true impact in 2023. While we are developing plans for the early fall, our local partners continue to advocate and care for the street dogs of Huanchaco. We have included pictures to illustrate two of the dogs whose lives they have touched.

Thank you once again for all of your support. We hope you feel as excited as we are about our return in 2023. Our next report Will contain more details so stay tuned!

Until then, happy spring, and be well!

Matt and Courtney

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Dec 5, 2022
Winter Update to Warm Your Chilly Doggy Bones

By Courtney Dillard | Co-founder

Greetings, all! We hope this report finds you well, and in a festive mood for the holidays. We are excited to share our latest news as the core U.S. team just had a very productive meeting, and our partners on the ground have recently shared updates about their continual efforts to improve the lives of Huanchaco street dogs.

To begin, we met earlier this week, with two of our veterinarians, our head vet tech, and our recovery room lead to discuss the best way to approach our on the ground activities in 2023. While we were unable to return to Peru in 2021 because of Covid, almost every team member indicated their willingness and ability to return to Huanchaco in 2023. Hooray! One of the most important points of conversation was how to best assess the current context there and to understand how we might be of most use to community members at this time. Our next steps are to arrange meetings with our on the ground partners at Amigo Fiel and Huanchaco al Rescate to get an overview of the situation. Specifically, we hope to learn more about any developments in municipal laws regarding street dogs, a better sense of veterinarians currently practicing in the area and what medication/veterinary equipment is most needed. Following these conversations, we feel we will be in a good position to plan the details of our return.

Next, we would like to report on the activities of our on the ground partners. Amigo Fiel reported on their recent activities made possible through our support. These include working with local vets to vaccinate puppies, the management of therapy for several dogs with TVT (transmissible venereal tumors) and the coordinating of dozens of spay and neuter surgeries. They also included a video of a sick dog named Yayita who they rescued from a dangerous avenue and then treated and spayed before putting her up for adoption. They were excited to share that Yayita is now with her new family!

Our other partner, Huanchaco al Rescate, has really been focused on improving their shelter conditions and making sure that funds are used to buy dog food to supplement their more starch-based diet. We have attached a photo of the outside area which now has a sturdy roof over a portion of it and an eager dog checking out the new shipment of dog kibble : ).

So that’s it for now. We wish each and every one of you a wonderful December and look forward to sharing more about our 2023 plans in our next report.

Warm regards,

Courtney & Matt

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Aug 1, 2022
Perros Project Summer Update

By Courtney Dillard | Co-founder

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