Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – The latest news from PuRR Project, a non-profit, no-kill feline shelter just north of Puerto Vallarta that provides homeless cats and kittens a recuperative stay with the ultimate goal of adopting them out to loving homes sterilized, vaccinated and disease free.
SHELTER UPDATE
For those who don’t follow us on Facebook and haven’t seen this news… on September 9th there was a heavy late afternoon rainstorm that flooded the shelter grounds and was high enough to get into some of the casitas. One of the nursery rooms, “Linda’s Casita”, was the worst. Fortunately, it is designed so the kitties can get onto perches above the water. Jose & Hilda were able to bail out most of the water that night.
Over the next few days, with help from volunteers, all the casitas and walkways were cleaned and the cat trees that were not badly damaged were put in the sun to dry out. As far as we could determine, all the yard cats were safe. A couple of days later, the washing machine broke AGAIN so we had to buy a new one. It’s the third one in 3 1/2 years, but we do a LOT of laundry!
ADOPTIONS
Dra. Eva adopted our shelter Doberman “Zeus” a couple of years ago after he was hit by a car and needed a lot of rehab. Because she often has a lot of young wild rescued animals she is caring for until they can be released, she has never had a cat. But last month she took home a young kitten just to foster for a few days and the strangest thing happened!
The kitten and Zeus bonded and “Lily” quickly became his support kitty during the thunderstorms he is so afraid of. They now play together and Lily grooms him and yes, she has found her Forever Home!!! We take adoptable kitties to the PetCo Adoption Center every weekend and hope you will PLEASE come visit us there if you need a support kitty for YOUR dog!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday Market: We plan to be back at out usual spot just outside Daiquiri Dick’s on Saturday, November 2nd. We look forward to seeing old friends and will have our beautiful logo T-shirts, caps, drink holders, cat dish towels and of course the 2025 PuRR Calendar.
Kitty Bingo: Our season will start off on Wednesday, November 13, at Nacho Daddy! We’ll be there every other Wednesday at 4:00 with lots of great prizes and a fun way to spend some time with friends while supporting the shelter cats. So mark your PuRR calendar and we hope to see you there!
Garage Sale: The exact date of the annual HUGE Garage Sale has not been set but will probably be the first Saturday in December. We’ll be collecting donations soon so keep us in mind if your have “stuff” that needs a new home. You can contact us at donate(at)purrproject.com to make arrangements.
THE PURR NURSERY
As of this writing, we only took in 9 new kittens in September and had 9 adoptions (5 in Petco and 4 at the shelter) so that’s progress! But we still have 80 kittens in the nursery or in foster that desperately need homes. If you are looking for a new furry friend, please stop by the PetCo Adoption Center any weekend and consider giving one of these adorable kittens a chance in YOUR Forever Home. They are socialized, tested, vaccinated and spayed or neutered and the adoption fee is only $500 pesos.
GRACIAS! THANKS! MERCI! DANKE! ARIGATO!
Special thanks to Anne Middleton and Kyle Uphoff for generous donations and Dani Parker for more of those “Made With Love” cat dish towels that you’ll find at our Saturday market table.
As always, we are grateful for those monthly donors who are so essential to our success: The McCullough Family Gift Fund, Gary Phillips, Sharon & Ken Rose, Joanne Bryla, Trisha Aljoe, Pat & Sandy Glenn, Catherine Goglia & Jim Shoemaker, Karen & Walt Trolson, Jerry Petrizzo, Heidi Benedict, Timothy Oleno, Larry Sherwood, Mary & Bob Fitzgerald, Robert Weed, David Flannery, Elizabeth Fuerherm, Janice North and Thomas Bleuer.
For more Kitty News & Photos, please visit PurrProject.com.
PuRR Project is a Non-Profit shelter in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico that provides homeless cats and kittens a recuperative stay with the ultimate goal to adopt them out to loving homes. All of our residents have been sterilized, vaccinated and are disease free. We accomplish this through our own efforts as well as collaboratively with other animal welfare organizations. Both monetary donations as well as donations of dry cat food are most welcome – and much appreciated. Donations 501(c)(3) tax-deductible in the U.S. For more information, visit PurrProject.com or send an email to info(at)purrproject.com.