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
After having a very unusual five named hurricanes or tropical storms on this coast in June, July was mostly dry and very HOT! We had 19 kittens and one cat abandoned at the shelter. We are very thankful to our regular volunteers who brave the heat to drive the vet to the shelter, clean the casitas, bathe kittens, assist Dra. Eva in giving meds and then spend time just loving a lot of kitties.
THE PURR NURSERY
With 82 kittens in every available space, the PuRR nursery casitas continue to be FULL. And July was our worst month EVER for adoptions with only 2. Hopefully this “kitten season” is finally over! Unfortunately, many of these kittens will never be adopted and will end up living their lives in the PuRR shelter gardens. Please consider checking out the kittens we send to PetCo every weekend when you are ready to share your home with a new furry friend.
LOOKING BACK
In one of our very early newsletters from July of 2011, we announced that the shelter was 150 over capacity with 70 kittens waiting to be spayed or neutered before going up for adoption. I guess some things just never change!! We were having summer BINGO at Que Pasa. Adoptions were on Fridays at Plaza Marina, plus other days at Blakes Bar and at MEGA in Bucerias. Our non-profit name of Pet Heaven was soon to become PuRR Project!
FEATURED FELINE: TOSTADA
Not everyone wants or needs to adopt a young kitten. A mature cat is often a better choice, especially for us older folks! Miss Tostada would love to find that special someone and would make a wonderful companion. She is approximately 7 years old, healthy and currently residing in the PuRR Senior Center. For more information on her or other senior cats, contact Linda at adopt(at)purrproject.com.
GRACIAS! THANKS! MERCI! DANKE! ARIGATO!
A shout out to Cheryl Burt, Nancy Nelson, Kevin & Inge McGuinness and Linda Vazquez who took advantage of Casa Isabel’s “StayCation” and chose PuRR Project to receive the donation!! And Isabel Manore personally added $5,000 pesos to the donation! We also received generous donation last month from Richard Robertson, Derek & Jennifer Frankforth, Shari Stone-Ulrich and Kathy Lay!
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, Terri & Gray Levy, Joanne Bryla, Trisha Aljoe, Pat & Sandy Glenn, Catherine Goglia & Jim Shoemaker, Karen & Walt Trolson, Robert Weed, Jerry Petrizzo, Heidi Benedict, Thomas Bluer, Timothy Oleno, Larry Sherwood, Mary & Bob Fitzgerald, David Flannery
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.
