Baja Dogs La Paz, Inc., comenzó el nuevo año ayudando a esterilizar 162 mascotas en comunidades del area de La Paz, elevando nuestro número total de esterilizaciones hasta la fecha a 2,813!

Nuestro evento de campaña de enero se realizó en la Colonia de Villas de Guadalupe, un barrio de bajos ingresos, dónde 84 perros y 2 los gatos fueron esterilizados en un solo día. Dos semanas antes de la campaña, nuestro coordinador de campañas de voluntariado, Linda, se reunió con una residente de la comunidad local llamada Veronica. Juntos, caminaron por el barrio, publicar volantes para promocionar la campaña y visitar a los residentes locales para alentarlos a asistir. Teaming up with local community “champions” to get the word out about our sterilization campaigns and encourage attendance is a key component in their success.

El día de la campaña, el dueño de la 2 los gatos llevaron a sus mascotas al lugar de la campaña en un cesto de ropa sucia, reforzando lo que hemos visto una y otra vez: that these local residents are grateful and excited for the opportunity to get their beloved pets sterilized.

La Paz has been experiencing lower than normal temperatures this winter, and campaign day dawned windy and chilly, so extra precautions were taken to protect the animals from the cold. Volunteers hung sheets and tarps around the site to shield the pets from the wind. In the recovery area, more volunteers placed cardboard boxes and wool blankets on the ground, and covered them with towels to keep them warm after their surgery. The veterinary teams of Dr. Mario at Clinica Veterinaria El Centenario and Dr. Fernando from Baja Pets were on hand to perform the surgeries, along with many volunteers to help with pre and post surgery care.

Además de 86 pets sterilized at the event, another 76 pets were sterilized throughout January in in-office surgeries by redeeming vouchers at our participating veterinary offices. All vouchers are carefully distributed and tracked to ensure they go to the neediest local pet owners who want to get their pets sterilized, but cannot afford the surgery on their own.