We arrived well with the whole team at the airport in beautiful Loreto Mexico. We were greeted by the representatives from Animalandia and rode to the house Mexican style (in the back of a pickup). We took a trip to Animalandia to see the clinic and do a quick introduction to how things will flow on the surgery day. We met some of the residents awaiting adoption. After stocking up on groceries for the week, we settled into the house, enjoyed some homemade guacamole and got to know each other by the pool. Augie's (the traditional place for the first drink of the trip) was closed, so we went to the bar at Hotel Oasis and enjoyed a Mariachi band as we chatted over margaritas. We also brought our first rescue to the house to spend ... read more

Granada Nicaragua - Day 3 First Day of Granada Spay/Neuter clinic Up early, we each ate a quick breakfast at the casa. The walk to the clinic took about 10 minutes. We could see the locals lined up outside as we approached. The clinic offered a perfect location for the project with two separate rooms and a large shady courtyard in the back. Check-ins went smoothly with lots of help from Heidi (a local Vet student who works with Dr Tom) Fatima, Lilly (local volunteer) and Claudio (Dr Tom’s tech). Fatima, who was actually born in Granada, was a huge asset in the check-in area. Many animals benefited because of her persistent and patient way of communicating the benefits of spays and neuters to the owners. In the courtyard, under a big shade tree just outside ... read more

Collectively written by the majority of our team…. Well, today was the busiest, and for many of us the most satisfying of the clinic days. From the moment we arrived at the clinic, animals were ready and waiting for exams and surgeries. Today everyone learned new very valuable skills and techniques that they will carry with them throughout their careers- who knew I would be teaching an actual veterinarian how to skillfully and successfully attempt the limbo pole???  So to take off from the above blog…..she can really limbo. However, the main emphasis today was the tremendous amount of people who turned out to have us treat their animals and who trusted us to do surgeries on their pets. We had a lot of hard…..different…and stressful surgeries today. But you know….we wouldn’t have had it ... read more

All work and no play today! We headed out to the clinic at 8:30am this morning. We had patients waiting when we arrived this morning and immediately got to work. There was a big morning rush and then a bit of a lull for an hour or so. The lull was short lived and soon we had a steady stream of patients for surgery and appointments. In all we treated 81 animals today (26 surgeries and 55 appointments). ... read more

Greetings from Roatan, Honduras! In the interest of full disclosure, the team has actually already been here for a few days…it’s just difficult to convince anyone to sit in front of a computer for long enough to write a blog. Apparently when you’re staying in a gorgeous 5 bedroom house with huge back porch, pool, swim-up bar, and a few short steps down to a private beach, people tend to find better things to do with their time. The group arrived on three separate flights on Saturday, each of which was met by Sandra, our local contact who seems to know everyone on the entire island. She and her husband Al moved down here full time a few years ago, and (not surprisingly) seem to be pretty happy with their decision. Sandra brought each carload to ... read more