Help us help the dogs at the perrera March 3rd Food Drive

[Trish&Chad]

Originally Posted by ANDY&JEN

With all due respect the agreement betwen the three assocciations was that it would most definitely not be about any of us. This is solely to make life easier for the animals in the 72 hours before they die, it is not about PPS, Malix Pek or Coco's.

For this reason, Chris will be taking charge of any cash donations and all Paypal donations will go via Cathy Heard (heardling)

We will give further details once all the arrangements have been sorted with all parties.

Andy and Chris from PG have been making the arrangements for the food drive and Carrie from PG is working on the poster Andy has designed as we speak.

We (and I speak on behalf of Malix Pek and Coco's too as per our conversations and emails) wish to make it clear that this is not about any of us. This is about making life easier for animals who have no food.

Please can I ask everyone to refrain from the 'Yay for you' comments at this stage as the 'Yay for you" needs to be directed to the people kind enough to donate food, and our gracious hosts at PG's, not those of us (PPS included) who have only needed to have minimum input.

I apologize if I seem rude or abrupt in any way, this is certainly not my intention, I solely hoped that we could finish making arrangements before the announcement. Jen

Very well put, Jen. This is about making the last few days for these dogs a little easier. The situation is so sad.

[laurab]

I read Mariana's message over and over again and just don't get where she made anything of it other than helping the dogs at the perrera. I don't read any "yeah for us", not even between the lines. But maybe it's cause english is not my native tongue?
Like many have said, can't we just focus on helping those poor dogs and not focusing on who made the announcement? thats' the only issue I read between the lines.

Originally Posted by Trish&Chad

Very well put, Jen. This is about making the last few days for these dogs a little easier. The situation is so sad.

[bigbadleroy]

Originally Posted by Trish&Chad

Very well put, Jen. This is about making the last few days for these dogs a little easier. The situation is so sad.

I second that!!!!!! it is just a sad situation all around!!!

[ANDY]

Originally Posted by laurab

I read Mariana's message over and over again and just don't get where she made anything of it other than helping the dogs at the perrera. I don't read any "yeah for us", not even between the lines. But maybe it's cause english is not my native tongue?
Like many have said, can't we just focus on helping those poor dogs and not focusing on who made the announcement? thats' the only issue I read between the lines.

Please don't think that there is any intention to 'gag' anyone. The point of a forum is to allow individuals to air their personal views and opinions. We were only a little disappointed as it had been agreed that Chris from PG would be making the announcement once he was ready. We had only made a tentative agreement on the date for the food drive with Carrie the previous afternoon and we hadn't heard back yet if the date was ok, so it caused us a little embarrassment. We will be using Cathy's Paypal account as offered but as she is out of the country at the moment, we felt it would be fair to double check with her on her return. However, no harm is done and certainly we don't feel that any harm was intended

With regard to the Perrera, as a no kill shelter, we cannot ever be on the same page or be seen to be. The Secretary for Health is well aware of how we feel and he has made it very clear in private meetings with us that we too must be aware that the Government's remit is to 'clean' the town of street animals. The law is the law and it will not change. He wishes PPS to make public that the local government is however committed to working hand in hand with us and indeed there are certain steps being taken to make our path easier. Our commitment to the Perrera is to help with food for the animals during their 72 hours wait. We would like to see each animal provided with minimum one small meal per day. As mentioned in the original post, we have been helping too with anaesthesia, which is a separate, very difficult problem. We will continue as always to take one dog at a time from the Perrera, if space permits. We have taken 3 in the last couple of weeks, but unfortunately disease is currently at an all time high on the streets of Playa del Carmen and of necessity the sick and dying animals are in the same kennels as the healthy ones, which means that taking any animals from the Perrera is difficult for us due to the essential quarantining that is necessary and the expense involved in testing for distemper, Parvo and heartworm.

We are however fortunate in PDC that our local Perrera is far more humane than many. As stated, we too found it to be much cleaner and all the animals had plenty of clean drinking water.

It is our (Malix Pek, Coco's and PPS) hope that the people of PDC will support the food drive and realize just how much difference a small bag of food or a couple of cans of meat can make. Please encourage all your friends to help in any way they can.

[Bluespicker]

Originally Posted by ANDY&JEN

Please don't think that there is any intention to 'gag' anyone. The point of a forum is to allow individuals to air their personal views and opinions. We were only a little disappointed as it had been agreed that Chris from PG would be making the announcement once he was ready. We had only made a tentative agreement on the date for the food drive with Carrie the previous afternoon and we hadn't heard back yet if the date was ok, so it caused us a little embarrassment. We will be using Cathy's Paypal account as offered but as she is out of the country at the moment, we felt it would be fair to double check with her on her return. However, no harm is done and certainly we don't feel that any harm was intended

With regard to the Perrera, as a no kill shelter, we cannot ever be on the same page or be seen to be. The Secretary for Health is well aware of how we feel and he has made it very clear in private meetings with us that we too must be aware that the Government's remit is to 'clean' the town of street animals. The law is the law and it will not change. He wishes PPS to make public that the local government is however committed to working hand in hand with us and indeed there are certain steps being taken to make our path easier. Our commitment to the Perrera is to help with food for the animals during their 72 hours wait. We would like to see each animal provided with minimum one small meal per day. As mentioned in the original post, we have been helping too with anaesthesia, which is a separate, very difficult problem. We will continue as always to take one dog at a time from the Perrera, if space permits. We have taken 3 in the last couple of weeks, but unfortunately disease is currently at an all time high on the streets of Playa del Carmen and of necessity the sick and dying animals are in the same kennels as the healthy ones, which means that taking any animals from the Perrera is difficult for us due to the essential quarantining that is necessary and the expense involved in testing for distemper, Parvo and heartworm.

We are however fortunate in PDC that our local Perrera is far more humane than many. As stated, we too found it to be much cleaner and all the animals had plenty of clean drinking water.

It is our (Malix Pek, Coco's and PPS) hope that the people of PDC will support the food drive and realize just how much difference a small bag of food or a couple of cans of meat can make. Please encourage all your friends to help in any way they can.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by Bluespicker

BUMP Bump!!!!

[sharon/snowy]

Originally Posted by ANDY&JEN

Please don't think that there is any intention to 'gag' anyone. The point of a forum is to allow individuals to air their personal views and opinions. We were only a little disappointed as it had been agreed that Chris from PG would be making the announcement once he was ready. We had only made a tentative agreement on the date for the food drive with Carrie the previous afternoon and we hadn't heard back yet if the date was ok, so it caused us a little embarrassment. We will be using Cathy's Paypal account as offered but as she is out of the country at the moment, we felt it would be fair to double check with her on her return. However, no harm is done and certainly we don't feel that any harm was intended

With regard to the Perrera, as a no kill shelter, we cannot ever be on the same page or be seen to be. The Secretary for Health is well aware of how we feel and he has made it very clear in private meetings with us that we too must be aware that the Government's remit is to 'clean' the town of street animals. The law is the law and it will not change. He wishes PPS to make public that the local government is however committed to working hand in hand with us and indeed there are certain steps being taken to make our path easier. Our commitment to the Perrera is to help with food for the animals during their 72 hours wait. We would like to see each animal provided with minimum one small meal per day. As mentioned in the original post, we have been helping too with anaesthesia, which is a separate, very difficult problem. We will continue as always to take one dog at a time from the Perrera, if space permits. We have taken 3 in the last couple of weeks, but unfortunately disease is currently at an all time high on the streets of Playa del Carmen and of necessity the sick and dying animals are in the same kennels as the healthy ones, which means that taking any animals from the Perrera is difficult for us due to the essential quarantining that is necessary and the expense involved in testing for distemper, Parvo and heartworm.

We are however fortunate in PDC that our local Perrera is far more humane than many. As stated, we too found it to be much cleaner and all the animals had plenty of clean drinking water.

It is our (Malix Pek, Coco's and PPS) hope that the people of PDC will support the food drive and realize just how much difference a small bag of food or a couple of cans of meat can make. Please encourage all your friends to help in any way they can.

Jen, am waiting to find out the pay pal info. as we would like to make a monetary donation to to the Perrera for food for the doggies. When you get that info. will you post for all of us that won't be in Playa for the food drive?

Thanks!

[LucyE]

Jen, am waiting to find out the pay pal info. as we would like to make a monetary donation to to the Perrera for food for the doggies. When you get that info. will you post for all of us that won't be in Playa for the food drive?

Thanks!

Ditto!
This is a great thing, I hope lots of food and money are raised to help feed these poor babies!

[ANDY]

Originally Posted by sharon/snowy

Jen, am waiting to find out the pay pal info. as we would like to make a monetary donation to to the Perrera for food for the doggies. When you get that info. will you post for all of us that won't be in Playa for the food drive?

Thanks!

Cathy is back in town ton ight so as soon as we have the details it will be posted, and thank you

[heardling]

I am back but am waiting on my daughter as to how to do this. They are 2 hours behind us and have a wee one tho, so hopefully it will be soon!

[heardling]

Tried it myself but no luck. Will get it done by tonight!

[sharon/snowy]

Originally Posted by heardling

Tried it myself but no luck. Will get it done by tonight!

I certainly can relate, can't even figure out how to put a picture on my signature in this forum, oh well................

[maureena5]

Bumping this up for the dogs at the Perrara. If anyone needs a ride to buy dog food from Sam's Club, send me a private message & I'll arrange to pick you up.

Maureen

[lauraraikes]

Please spread the word! The dogs at the perrera need our help! Hope to see everyone on Wednesday with lots of food for the dogs. If you can't make it you can send money via paypal. The link will be up soon.

[lolabella]

Originally Posted by lauraraikes

Please spread the word! The dogs at the perrera need our help! Hope to see everyone on Wednesday with lots of food for the dogs. If you can't make it you can send money via paypal. The link will be up soon.

Bumping this up again! Only a few days away!

Since the link isn't up yet, I'll send my donation through a friend.