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| Mex-Can Pet Partners NEWS October 2007 NEW website www.mex-can.org Mex-Can Pet Partners, Victoria, B.C. incorporated as a society in 2000, continues to raise funds and awareness for Amigos de los Animales de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. Mex-Can Pet Partners has a new website you can view at www.mex-can.org (note the hypen!). You can no longer reach us by telephone but you can email marlene@mex-can.org. Donations can still be mailed to 1362 Pembroke Street, Victoria, B.C. V8R 1V5 or you can donate through PayPal on our website. Mex-Can Pet Partners founder, Marlene Davis, is now spending much of her time in Guanajuato, working hands-on with Amigos and their programs. Our last gargage sale raised almost 900 dollars. All of that was used for hip surgery for “Cato” a rescued dog that arrived in Victoria at the end of August. In August seven dogs rescued from the streets of Guanajuato were placed in loving homes in Victoria. Volunteers needed for next sterilization campaign During the last one-day campaign in August, 50 animals were sterilized in a village near Guanajuato. We received assistance from four local veterinarians and two vet technicians. The next sterilization campaign will be held on November 10-11th in the city center. Dr. Tony Rios from Merida, Mexico, Dr. Marsha Heinke from Grafton, Ohio and Dr. Lori Bierbrie and technician Justin Lamb from Brooklyn, New York will travel to perform surgeries at the campaign. If you or your veterinarian would like to participate, we can use the help during this campaign. Since Saturday is a working day for our local veterinarians, they will most likely be able to participate only on Sunday the 11th. If you are interested in volunteering please contact marlene@mex-can.org. We can arrange for free accommodations in a comfortable home for three or four people for four days. Why not combine this with a vacation in beautiful colonial Mexico? Statistics 2006 Spay/neuters through in-clinic program 448 Spay/neuters through sterilization campaigns 214 Total 662 2007 Spay/neuters through in-clinic program 330 Spay/neuters through sterilization campaigns 132 Year to date 462 Bobo gets a Home! Bobo arrived in Victoria in May, but it took until August to find his forever home. We’re not sure why it took so long for him to be adopted. He was an intelligent, friendly, loveable, healthy goofball of the dog with a fantastic personality. Perhaps people couldn’t get past the idea that he had feet like a ballerina and a head the size of a watermelon! Finally, along came Shane and Shelly who adored Bobo from the beginning and had experience with both staffies and bassets. Perfect! We would like to thank Michele Wonnacott of Connective Training www. connectivetraining.com for donating a training course to Bobo’s new guardians, and to Carol Broad from Victoria Adoptables www.victoriaadoptable.com and Kirsta Thorleifson from HugABull www.hugabull.com for their support. Rosti – “Unchained” (Valenciana, a suburb near Guanajuato) We first heard about Rosti in April 2007. A neighbour had learned of a chained dog that was abandoned and occasionally fed by other neighbours after its owner died. The dog had been put there as a puppy over one year earlier. After gaining access to the property we brought food and water to Rosti daily. He was very fearful of anyone or anything that approached him. It was apparent that he had been abused. He was also extremely thin, infested with fleas and lived within a 4-foot circumference among his own urine and feces. After one week we spoke with a relative of the deceased owner and convinced him to surrender Rosti to us. We laced some hamburger meat with a tranquilizer and waited for him to fall asleep and called the vet, Dr. Miguel Ochoa. When Miguel arrived, Rosti was still not approachable so it was necessary to give him a stronger drug by injection. We did this by lassoing him and holding him firmly while Miguel gave him an injection in the hind. Rosti soon collapsed into a deep sleep and using bolt cutters we cut the chain that imprisoned him, carried him to the car, and took him to Miguel’s boarding facility at his home. Miguel was able to do some work with him and assess his behaviour. We were afraid that he might not be adoptable due to his long-term isolation and abuse. It took 3 months for Rosti to be ready for adoption and for us to find the right home for him. Rosti now lives unchained in a loving home with a huge garden where he runs free. Rosti’s rescue would not have been possible without the expression of concern by those who knew of his miserable existence. We give extreme thanks to them, as well as to Victor and Marcia Ramirez who accepted Rosti into their hearts and home. |
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| ROSTI WHEN WE FOUND HIM |
| BOBO WITH SHANE AND SHELLY |
| ROSTI WITH VICTOR AND MARCIA RAMIREZ |
| Many thanks to Kindred Spirits Animal Hospital and Bayer Health Care for donating medicines to Mex-Can Pet Partners. |