GRINGO GULCH

BENEDICTE LAUR AND DR.POLI

This week´s clinic took place in the garage belonging to Benedicte Laur,  a vivacious young French woman who recently purchased a beautiful home a few doors away from the famous pink bridge landmark.  Benedicte, who owns five rescue cats and a rescue dog (by

KITTENS BORN IN GARAGE

Paulina),  is a frequent volunteer at the clinics and very generously underwrote this one. Benedicte has one rescue dog and five rescue cats.  She said she was “donating this clinic to all the street cats.”

WOUNDED AND ADOPTED BLACK CAT AT CLINIC

At the clinic on Wednesday, one of the tame street cats was brought in.  She was a black cat and Paulina said she smelled like a dead animal, the result of infected wounds.  Much of her body was shaved, as hair helps the spread of infection.  The sad  cat was covered with dog bite scars and and fresh dog bites.  After being spayed and treated for fleas, parasites and with  antibiotics, Paulina took the cat home with her. 

As we had room for more pets on our first day, I drove down Cuauhtemoc to the very nearby colonia Caloso.   After parking my car,  I knocked on the metal door of a small, one-story cinder block house.  The door was opened by an attractive, plumpish woman wearing a smile, bright red lipstick, black eyeliner and a floral sundress.  She said she had just found a kitten and invited me inside.

ANESTHETIZED AND EYES LUBRATED PRE-SURGERY AT GRINGO GULCH CLINIC	(photo credit:  Miles Merritt)

  In the middle of a filthy room cluttered with trash and dirty clothing was a very small  tuxedo kitten with a chunk of flesh missing from its back. I put the female kitten in my kennel and was crossing the street when I saw a young teen-age boy walking with two medium-size female dogs.   He said they had both given birth to litters three months ago.  The kitten, the boy and his two dogs and I drove back to the clinic.  Paulina told me at the end of the day that both dogs had already been spayed and that it was impossible that they had had given birth that recently.  

PRIMAVERA TREE IN COLONIA EL CALOSO, A FEW MINUTES WALKING DISTANCE FROM GRINGO GULCH

STERILIZATIONS IN COLONIA CENTRO, PUERTO VALLARTA . March 26-29
Female dogs- 35; Male dogs – 23; Female cats – 27; Male cats – 12  TOTAL:  97

DOGS IN RECOVERY AT GRINGO GULCH CLINIC

PLUS pregnancies termainted for two cats with 5 fetuses each: 1 cats with 6 fetuses; 1 dog with 5 fetuses

DONATIONS AT CENTRO CLINIC:  2,020 pesos

DONATIONS to PEACEAnimals clinics: Paulina Stettner – 500 pesos (half the money from the 5 tickets she sold to the Punta V fundraiser for animals in Vallarta event)

Donald English – $17 USD (pays for one spay or neuter of a cat or dog)
Susan Williams – $100 USD (via PayPal)

MISCELLANEOUS DONATIONS:

John  Brooks in Newfoundland:  200 pesos to Dr. Peña toward´s Sofia´s vet care; 150 pesos to Dr. Peña for another chemo treatment for Kira.  She needs two or three more sessions.  500 pesos for Spirit´s vet care.  These donations came out of John´s original gift of $300 CA that he sent to me.   

Malka Sekey – $25 USD via PayPal for vet care of “Spirit.” 

David Coyle and Wray Smith – $1,050 USD  via PayPal for Brischa  and Ted Borchgrevink´s  “Ladra” dog sanctuary.  Note:  Donations to Ladra can be funneled through PEACE and are therefore tax deductible.

Paulina Stettner – 500 pesos to Pets for Life from sales of 5 tickets to Punta V fundraiser for animals in Puerto Vallarta.

STERILIZATIONS IN NAYARIT (PfL) –  March 19-23:  95 cats and dogs in San Blas; 52 cats and dogs in Tepic.

ADOPTIONS: 

“Capitan,” the homeless Pit Bull living on the streets in Ixtapa.  Vicki Thorne-Ohly and her husband Frank (a star clinic volunteer) went to get him a few months ago with the intention of providing a foster home for Capitan.  The lucky and grateful dog will spend the rest of his life at their beautiful  Paso Ancho home.

“CAPITAN ” NOW

The  homeless and wounded black female cat was adopted by Paulina Stettner. 

PRETTY FEMALE DOG RESCUED AND NEEDS HOME (photo credit:  Miles Merritt)

RESCUED AND NEEDS HOME:  Pretty and affectionate,  young honey-colored female dog.  She was spayed at the clinic this week and is being fostered by Judith Eweing Morlan.  The dog will make a very loving companion.  Contact:  [email protected]

“SPIRIT” BEING EXAMINED AT DR. PEÑA´S CLINIC

WHERE “SPIRIT” WAS FOUND

“Spirit” is the name of the broken dog picked up in colonia el Progreso (east of Pitillal) by PEACEAnimals board member,  Brischa Borchgrevink.  Neighbors who had been giving the dog food and water said he had been lying there for four days.    Brischa said that he was so filthy that he “smelled as if he were already dead.” She picked the dog up in a blanket and took him to Dr. Peña´s clinic, where he was diagnosed with TVT, erlichia, a broken leg and tail and an eye infection.  Because the dog exhibited  a very strong will to live, the decision was made to try to save him.  After being bathed, Brischa said the dog looked like a Cocker mix and is very, very sweet.  Donations are needed for Spirit´s vet care.

“SPIRIT” RECOVERING AT DR. PEÑA´S CLINIC

Mascotas – 109-9 Melchor Campo (one block south of Plaza Caracól)
Tel.  224-0319

“SOFIA” – 8 WEEK OLD FEMALE PUPPY NEEDS HOME ESCORTS NEEDED: TO TRAVEL WITH RESCUED DOGS TO CALGARY, EDMONTON AND VANCOUVER. ALL EXPENSES PAID FOR DOG.  THIS IS A SIMPLE PROCEDURE.  PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU CAN HELP.

“SOFIA,” an eight week- old Doberman-mix puppy that been sitting with her mother near the very busy intersection in Fluvial.  She was undoubtedly one of several litter mates, who were probably hit and killed by speeding vehicles.   Rescuers were unable to catch the mother, who will continue to breed unless trapped.  There are at least a dozen un-socialized dogs living in the empty lots in Fluvial.  Donations have been taken to Dr. Peña for Sofia´s vet care.