Email & ShareTWO Pets Adopted Last Week!
First of all, let’s pet ourselves… um, PAT ourselves on the back! Cleo, who we wrote about last week, has found a home with a woman who recently lost another dog who looked a lot like her. Lucky Cleo… we wish you well in your new home.
Almita, the soulful cat with multiple foster homes, has found a lovely home, thanks to the ad right here in Yucatan Living. Viv, her foster mother, had this to say:
Everything went very smoothly last night. Mita lives now in a BEAUTIFUL huge house in the northern part of the city. The lovely couple who adopted her are European, he’s from Germany, she’s from Switzerland, and they’ve always had cats so they’re very much familiarized with their behaviour. The lady, Marianne, was telling me she thought about adopting the cat you posted the previous week, but decided not to because of the air conditioning part, since they have a big house and they don’t always have it on.
Thank you very much for making this possible, many times I told Karen I wish I could’ve kept Almita, but my present circumstances make it impossible, but now thanks to your webpage, Mita went to a beautiful place and hopefully will be very happy.
We just all couldn’t be happier. Que tengas una buena vida, Almita!
This Week, It’s All About Puppies
First of all, there is Canela (cute name, huh?), which of course, means "cinnamon". Here is what Deb has to say about him:
I am trying to find a home for an adorable and extremely affectionate one-month old male puppy. His name is Canela and he currently belongs to Jorge, one of our employees.
Jorge thinks he will not get much larger, but it might be a good idea for a prospective owner to ask a vet about this if size is an issue (his paws aren’t that small…). Jorge wants to find a home for himbecause his family has too many pets already and his young children are not able to take care of him properly. Notice all the burrs on him. His back is also covered in chewing gum!
Canela is available for free, of course. But he
has not had any shots, etc. I am sure he has never seen a vet´s office. If I did not already have so many pets myself, I would certainly adopt him.
For more information, please contact Deborah Simpson at 999-263-9178 or 999-247-2953 or email: ullrich365 [at] yahoo [dot] com. Let’s save Canela from a life of neglect…
But wait, there’s more!
Jill Benson also wrote us:
A local shelter found itself recently inundated by more than just rain these last few days. More than 20 puppies ranging from 3 weeks to about 3 months have been brought in that need to be adopted.
One cute little puppy was found sitting alone on a sidewalk in the rain. She was pretty healthy, but very cold and frightened. How she got there is unknown, but a kind soul picked her up and brought her to the shelter for care.
A pregnant mother was found in an abandoned building. She was rescued and recently brought 7 healthy and lively pups into the world. Another set of pups were brought to the shelter in a box – their
origin unknown. These pups had bloated bellies due to malnutrition and internal parasites, but are now on their way to a healthy recovery.
One woman rescued 3 pups from her neighbor who had been abusing them. They are about 6 months old and she calls them Panila, Elisa and Tequila. She is unable to care for them and is looking for a home for them. If you are interested in helping one of these sweet pups, please contact Jill Benson at snjbenson [at] yahoo [dot] com
As you can see, a lot of good homes are needed… so please call everyone you know.
But that brings us to an important point… is your dog neutered? is your cat spayed? If not, why not?
The most important thing we can ALL do to curb the appalling numbers of starving, hungry, hurt, lonely, tired, and unloved dogs and cats is to make fewer of them. And the only way to do that is to spay and neuter them. The world does NOT need more of YOUR dog, just because you love them so! (And we have two absolutely beautiful dogs, so we know the temptation…). 
Also, as Americans (and to a lesser extent, Canadians and Europeans) we have an undue cultural influence on many younger people around the world. Let’s use that influence to good… spay and neuter your animals and tell everyone and tell them why.
Pets and Company and AFAD (and others) are organizing a big spay and neuter week in January. We will bring you more details about that later. In the meantime, if you know someone who cannot spay or neuter their animal, donate it! AFAD can find you a trusted vet who has promised to do it for very little money (less than $400 pesos).
One more thing… if you are visiting and find a dog you love, take it home! It is easy to bring dogs home… especially when they are small and can fit under the seat. They just need their shots, to be clean and to have a note from the vet.
Let’s make Yucatan a truly pet-friendly place in the world!
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Excellent article! Its great to know so many pet lovers are opening their homes and hearts to these animals in need! And to the people who work tirelessly to make this happen, thank you!
Great to know someone is making a difference in your area. Best of luck.
Gwen Bouschor
Presidente-Directiva SBPA A.C.
San Carlos, Nuevo Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico
What a great article! I am so glad to know that animals are being looked after and that people who care and have the means are doing so much to help ease the suffering of our precious furry friends!
great article! great news too!!
“Also, as Americans (and to a lesser extent, Canadians and Europeans) we have an undue cultural influence on many younger people around the world. Let’s use that influence to good… spay and neuter your animals and tell everyone and tell them why.”
As a Canadian Teacher, I found your comment above a bit disturbing but also very “American”. Canadians have as much cultural influence or more on the youth of the world. After that being said, I congratulate you all on your good work with the animals of Merida.
I came across you web site and thought I would ask for some help with finding my lost dog. I moved to Merida on January 20th of this year and brought my three dogs and three cats with me. I was having some work done to my house about a week later and one of the workers left the front door open and one of my dogs, Heidi, escaped. I have been looking for her ever since. I live in Bunavista on 25th street. I have driven everywhere I can think of looking for Heidi to the point of getting so lost twice that I had to pay a taxi driver to guide me back to my area. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME FIND HEIDI.
She is a Carin Terrier, 4 years old. Light brown, medium pointed ears, and a medium length tail. She has been fixed, weighed about 18 pounds when lost. She was shaved pretty short before we came to Merida, but her hair may have grown out some. Her hair is somewhat corse, and will become a little waive when longer. She has a silver chain collar with rabies tag, and a name tag that has her name and my US phone number. Please, if you have her, have seen her, or know someone that has, please call me collect on the number on her tag, or contact me on my Telcel number: 999-135-6168.
I have had nightmares about what might have happened to her! I keep telling myself that someone found her and is caring for her. I just can’t think about any other possibility! Every time I think about her being hungry, scared, injured, or worse, I start to cry. I tried to find out if there was a shelter in Merida, but as my Spanish is limited, I didn’t have much luck. I have asked police officers, school guards, taxi drivers, anyone I came across that I could speak with about her. No one has seen her. Its like she was lifted off the planet the instant she turned the corner from my house. She just vanished! So please help if you can. If you know where I might look, a shelter, rescue home, anywhere or anyone that I can look or call, please send the information to my email or call me on my Telcel number. I am so desperate to find her. Her sisters and brothers and I miss her very much.
My name is Terry, her name is Heidi, my number is: 999-135-6168. PLEASE REPLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Terry,
We’re so sorry to hear about your loss… we can’t even imagine.
First of all, there is a dog pound here, called the Perrera. If you want someone to accompany you there, there is a group called Yucatan Expatriate Services (http://www.yucatanyes.com) that can help you do something like that. They are bilingual and, for a small fee, they can accompany you to go there and look for your dog.
However, I cannot say that I would recommend it. Shelters do not keep dogs for long here… they cannot afford to. And it’s not a pretty place. Also you should look at AFAD and Evolucion, the two animal shelters in town. Neither one of them would put a dog like you describe to sleep… they would keep it and try to find a family for it.
The good news is that, since she was obviously a pretty dog and a dog of a certain breed, it is more likely that someone took her in, assuming that she was a stray. They may even know that she ISNT a stray, and still have taken her (thus not telling you).
Do you have a photo of the dog? If you send it to us, we will publish it, along with your story. You should also visit AFAD (www.afad.org.mx) and Evolucion (evolucion69.spaces.live.com/) with a photo. You might also consider putting up a flier with her photo advertising a reward. At this point, I’m sure you’d be happy to pay one and it may just be what the (maybe) kidnapper is waiting for.
Good luck… we’ll help in whatever way we can.