Animal Welfare Peru Project #6038

Spay & Neuter street dogs of Huanchaco, Peru

by The Perros Project

Project Report | Jul 26, 2021
Summer Report 2021: Our Amazing Partners in Peru!

By Courtney Dillard | Co-Director

Greetings! Well, it's July and under normal circumstances our core team and new volunteers would be in Peru this month, conducting our 7th spay and neuter clinic in Huanchaco. But, of course, this last year and a half has been anything but normal and though some areas of the United States are starting to feel like they are emerging from the COVID crisis, many places, including Peru, still have a majority of their population unvaccinated and people throughout their economy severely struggling. That's why we are so humbled to report that our partners on the ground, Amigo Fiel - Huanchaco and Huanchaco Al Rescate volunteered to run the clinic themselves this year.

In January when we would have typically begun our intense planning for the clinic, it became obvious that we would not be able to travel to Peru this year. Of course this realization was very difficult, both because we felt we would not be able to make the impact we had in previous years and because we would not see our friends at Hostal Huankarute where we have performed the clinic the last several times or our partners on the ground. We reached out to Ursula at Huanchaco Al Rescate and Bertha at Amigo Fiel - Huanchaco with heavy hearts, but we also let them know we would be willing to fund the clinics if they wanted to organize them and utilize Peruvian veterinarians. Both of these amazing animalistas did not hesitate, writing back swiftly that they would take on the challenge.

After several weeks of correspondence, we decided that the Perros Project would fund surgeries for 125-150 animals over the course of three months, giving each organization enough funds to sterilize 20-25 animals a month between June and September. As fate would have it, in late spring we received our biggest single donation ever, allowing us to cover more than half of the expenses of this work. We are absolutely thrilled to be able to keep our efforts going despite the obstacles presented by the pandemic. Reports of the surgeries from the first month have been coming in and we've attached both photos from Huanchaco Al Rescate and a spreadsheet of surgeries from Amigo Fiel. Your generous support has made it possible for these organizations to make a difference during a very difficult time, not only reducing unwanted dogs (and some cats!) left to fend for themselves the streets of Huanchaco, but also giving opportunities to Peruvian veterinarians, many of whose businesses were severely affected by the pandemic. We can never express sufficient gratitude - but we'll still try : ) - THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts!

M&C (and everyone else involved!)

Attachments:

CLINICA_DE_ESTERILIZACIONES_20211.pdf (PDF)

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