Wonderful news coverage from the campaign!

Soooooo FRIENDS!!! 
My most FAVORITE past time of organizing high volume spay and neuter campaigns is under way and I want to find MORE people to join the team! Soooooo if you know anyone who wants to come to Cancun for 6 plus days to work with a team of amazing people to make life changing differences that LAST for lifetimes to come…

Tell them to inbox me!!!!

These are the most amazing ways to spend your vacation and make a difference but dont take my word for it!

Take it away Kenneth Brown

The campaign was a great experience for me. I’m a medical student and public health practitioner so this opportunity to make a difference at the local level was something I jumped at. 
As my first multi-day campaign ever, it was so rewarding to work with like-minded people doing something that will really help the community.
Reducing animal population, providing education and working at a grueling pace was such a rush! It’s not glamorous and it will test you but few things worthwhile seldom are. Leaving my ego at the door was essential.
I had my concerns about volun-tourism having heard stories involving exploitation of locals for profits. This is absolutely the opposite! Every effort is made to involve local expertise to help build skills and the impact is long-lasting. No revolving door of “feel good” experiences that benefit the organizers. This is true grassroots action. I’ll be back in a heartbeat… 
Ken Brown, CPHI(C), MPA, BASc

Spay and Neuter Mexico
All Pets Deserve Vets

Here is an updated photo of Lola from our dearest friends Lucky Paws Furever Homes.

Lola last year with us during treatment and recovery vs Lola this year in Canada!

We miss her terribly but look at that smile!!!!!!

We love you Lola!

What an amazing 2 days!!!!!

142 dogs and cats were sterilized over 2 days. The participation again of the community was again… hands down amazing! Many people brought in not only their own dogs, but street dog friends as well 🙂 The never ending flow of hugs and sincere thank you’s were just that…. never ending. It was emotional in the most wonderful way.

The vet team again – hands down phenomenal. Without their support and their willingness to come together and volunteer right along side us – we of course couldn’t do this without you and I deeply appreciate you taking the time out to help make the difference. Your skills, knowledge and expert quick spay techniques really – blow my mind and I hope you know how grateful and honored I am to have your support.

The volunteers from Cancun and from abroad…. we all come from different places with the same goal and we did it!!!! Prepped and recovered 142 animals!!!! Im sure you are all as sore as I am, IF NOT MORE (the vets too!!! Its amazing they stand like that all day and still smile!!) The volunteers came from Cancun, France and Canada and did a great job ensuring the vets could work their magic all day long.

To all the sponsors that fed us, and supported us with materials and space…. 
Gosh. Im so overwhelmed Im lost haha. We couldnt do this without you.

We did a great job team. I proud of all of you and thank you all deeply for doing all you did for the communities.

Special thanks to Jorge and his wonderful family who live at and guard the school. You were such a wonderful help and kept all our things safe and secure. I never expected you all to help so much. I hope to do more campaigns.

Another special thank you Gabriel Lopez, the director of Beinstar Animal in Cancun for helping me with the incineration and even sending your team to my home today to gather the things because I am SO exhausted. I did plan on driving over to see you today… but I sent a few presents for all the amazing work you do day in and day out – to make up for not coming and giving you a hug directly.

I really want to apologize for not making the time to update all summer!  I cannot believe it has been since June!  I guess this is the time to say, NEED: Volunteer website and Social media person!  Must be passionate, expressive and compassionate!  I can give you all the material, stories, photos etc, BUT it takes me a long time to sit and write these posts, it makes it very challenging to HAVE the time!

I will get  back to finishing the posts about last May’s campaigns!  I still need to finish recovery!  I will do that soon, but first, I will quickly update you about the summer!

Summers are usually a slow time because with the drop in tourism from Canada and the USA, the heat embargo that most airlines have – shelters are usually jammed packed over the summer months unable to take in new dogs in need of rescue. 

Thanks to Air Transat’s waivers they offer for rescue dogs to fly for free, this past summer we were able to send out 5 dogs almost every. single. week.  I think I sent out 40-50 dogs over the summer months and ALL of them have been adopted into their happy families!  Even though the transports were only one day a week, there is a LOT of background work that needs to be done before and after a dog goes to their rescue or home placement so it almost takes an entire week just or organize and make sure all is perfect for each and every pooch!

A dear friend of mine, Dinah, and I have been working on a pilot project called “Spay the Invasion”.  The invasion is a small area of squatted land in Puerto Morelos.  Its actually two colonias in one.  Most of the houses are not much more but shacks and almost every house has 3+ animals.  Thanks to donations and support, Dinah managed to spay and neuter over 60 animals this past summer, and we plan soon to do more!!!  Dinah has also treated about 8 animals for TVT, a contagious cancer that is 100% treatable but is also 100% contagious.  The Planned Pethood clinic in Puerto Morelos has been AMAZING with us and the animals of the invasion.  All the treatments and surgeries have been COST ONLY, allowing us to do SO MUCH MORE!

We have not only gotten some pooches dog houses, but also set up some of the dogs with 20ft tie out cables, that amazing tourists are bringing down for me.  The dogs AND their owners are so much happier with these cables.  The dogs are not free roaming and fighting, or contracting diseases, nor are they on two foot chains or ropes… but have the room to move freely and safely WITHIN their property lines AND access shade, food and water easily.  The owners feed back about the tie out cables has been really rewarding.  The owners themselves have seen a great improvement in their animals happiness.  THAT is huge to me!  The education is the key and what will change the situation we are facing LONG TERM!

Dinah and I have a few ladies from the invasion who are doing a census in their areas.  The two colonias are actively trying to get basic services ran to the area.  Water and electricity being the main ones, and already have a lay out of the lots from the two areas.  They are going around and asking owners how many animals they have, and if they want to spay and neuter them.  (Of course, the ones who say they are not interested, we have MORE than enough happy neighbours that will advocate for the animals AND help convince them to work with us!

The invasion will be able to provide us with much needed data to help us properly plan and execute and MAINTAIN sterilizations and support for communities all over. I look forward to being able to post updates and stats as we have them!!!

Sooo much more to update but so much more to still do!  HA! 

I have a really cool fundraiser coming up JUST in time for the holidays!  Ill be posting it shortly so keep your eyes out!  you get a gift with every donation and the gifts are JUST DARLING!  They wont last long!!!!  You’ll need to get your donations in quickly to ensure we can send you the thank you gift you like most! 

Here is a preview!!!!