Spay/Neuter 1000 homeless dogs in Tabio, Colombia

Dear donor and friend, today I will tell you about our sterilization campaigns. There are two of them, both totally different, but though important. I call them The Big Ones and the small ones. The small ones benefit strays and feral cats of our village, Tabio. Whenever someone reports a new dog in the streets, they call and we organize the procedure, which is not easy at all, because though we have a trap for cats, we lack of the appropiate infrastructure to capture dogs. However, the person who reports the case, usually is willing to help, sometimes they’ve already captured the animal and we only have to make the appointment for surgery. So, most of these particular animals get adopted and there is only a small percentage which has to be released to their former habitat, the street or the outskirts. Unfortunately, we are still in the educational pase and it would be impossible to gather hundreds of animals in just one event. Besides, we ourselves are still learning and that’s how we came to participate in The Big Ones!!! These are awesome, because they are carried out in remote places, social hotspots with a high level of animal overpopulation. You see animals chained to trees, females with their newborn litters, living in the trash, starving and sick dogs and cats. The volunteers are experienced folks and the contracted veterinarian has a highly trained team and equipment, willing to spay/neuter 100 to 150 animals in one single day. It’s quite impressive and so inspiring. That’s where you see that your donations are so well spent!! I can’t ever thank you enough for your support!!!

Dear donor and friend, we have been quite busy during the last quarter and I´m so proud of you for your enormous support. In Tabio we already made 150 sterilizations, now heading to accomplish our goal of 200, whereas we participated in September and November in huge campaigns of adjacent villages, where a total of 195 dogs/cats were spayed/neutered. As I told in our las report, we reach out to some strays as well, but the majority are domestic animals, living in remote areas in low-income households. Depending on the number of the registered animals, the surgeries take place in one or two mobile units, with a suitable equipment to take care of so many cats and dogs. Usually a modest copayment is requested. Though it’s a lot of work for the doctors, assistants and volunteers, the pets’ owners are in the best mood for making new friends, catching up with the neighbour and sharing their concerns about the surgery of their furry beloved ones. At the end of such a successsful day, everyone returns home, happy and satisfied, already making plans for the next massive campaign in another municipality.

The credits are all yours, dear donor and friend, thank you so much for your trust, for providing us with the resources to change the lives of so many.