The Humane Society of Cozumel Mexico is a legally
established, non-profit organization.The
clinic/shelter is open 6 days a week, 9am to 5pm, attended by a full time
veterinarian , a vet technician/manager and a kennel person. Every day we do
spay/neuter surgeries for a donation, and provide some veterinary
services.
Our goal is to control pet over population humanely and promote animal
welfare through education. In January 1997 we started our permanent free
spay/neuter program through which we have done a total of over 3,500 cats and
dogs. This is a great achievement which has been possible thanks to a lot of
dedicated people and generous sponsors. However, it is not nearly enough to
MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Roughly 9,000 dogs and 5,000 cats have to be neutered in
order to reach the critical 70% needed to succeed. After years of hard work, we finally realized
we cannot do this alone. Following the guidance of
the Mc Kee Project (www.McKeeProject.org) as of 2003 we have invited the local
veterinarians to participate in a low cost, permanent spay/neuter campaign.
McKee Executive Director Dr. Gerardo Vicente, honored us with a visit from Costa
Rica to explain the McKee Program to the veterinarian community in Cozumel. His
visit was a success: nearly ALL our location veterinarians graciously accepted our invitation
to join the program and now 6 veterinary clinics in Cozumel
provide and promote sterilization surgeries at low cost. The first step in our work together
was to offer them a practical course on safe spay/neuter technique (like
SPAY-USA), imparted by a McKee affiliated surgeon, Dr. Blas Rivas. Almost all
the local veterinarians took the course.
In exchange for their
cooperation with providing low cost spay/neutering, we provide local
veterinarians with materials donated to us by veterinarians and people that
support us, mainly from the U.S. So, this is our call for help so we
can keep this extended campaign running non stop.
If you'd like more information, or you want to join our
"Adopt a Kennel" program, please email
Here's photos of our great
Humane Society of Cozumel T-shirts and caps that we sell.
Our thanks to GoCozumel.com
and Topaz Marketing for designing and donating this web site and a special thanks to the
local Cozumel businesses that have joined our "Adopt a Kennel"
program:
Scuba Club Cozumel
The Calling Station
Papa Hog's Scuba Emporium
Cozumel Vacation Rentals
Fury Catamarans
Carlos 'n Charlies
Construrent
Los Cinco Soles
Dive Paradise
Guidos Pizza
A special thanks to Pancho and Sharon
Morales,
our founding patrons
Humane Home Page
Humane "Wish List"
We periodically do a
garage sale to benefit our furry friends. Clean out your closets and bring it
all down...clothes, shoes, household items, etc.
U.S. PHONE NUMBER (rings
in Cozumel)
Lisa - 817 231-0690
LOCAL PHONE NUMBERS
Lisa - 869-0029
Monica - 857-0849
Kathy - 872-3326
In the U.S. donations can
be made by sending a check made out to the Humane Society of Cozumel to:
Robert P. Ramirez
2169 Winding Creek
Grapevine, TX 76051