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Wolfie, the little dog that we found tied to some weeds in an empty lot is on her way to Seattle! GPS board member Dr. Diego Barrera has been caring for her in Ambato for the last month. She has made a full recovery and yesterday our Ecuador advisory board member Maria Navarro picked her up and brought her to Quito. All of her paperwork has been cleared and she is ready for her flight to Seattle tomorrow!
Wolfie still needs a home! Her Petfinder profile is here.
I’ll have a complete campaign report ready for you soon, but in the meantime, take a look at Wolfie on GPS’s Petfinder page.
Its a rare moment when I have a reliable internet connection here on Santa Cruz Island in Galapagos. I have been here nearly a week and along with building a fence for 2 chained dogs, meeting with Park officials about the use of Compound 1080, researching the state of animals in the highlands, as well as the laws, and assisting Dr. Paco Zambrano of Darwin Animal Doctors, two days ago we found a sweet puppy tied up in an empty lot at the entrance to a new subdivision being built just on the edge of town. She has mange all over her scrawny body, a huge open sore on her hindquarters and is badly malnourished. I untied her and brought her to Dr. Paco where he treated her and she is now starting to heal. I’ll take her off Santa Cruz and look for a home for her in Quito or the U.S. Please email me at danielle@gpsociety.org if you are interested in adopting her. More to come!
Natural Balance graciously donated a huge box of cat and dog food samples to GPS a couple weeks ago. We will be giving it out to families adopting animals from Galapagos and bringing a supply down to the islands next week to give out there. Thank you, Natural Balance!
Our generous friends at VeganThis are donating the proceeds from their Vengeance shirt to GPS! Support VeganThis, GPS and animal liberation all in one shirt and for only $3! Order one at VeganThis!
We are all really excited about our new t-shirts! The logo was designed by our old pal Josh Hooten at Herbivore Clothing Co. in Portland, OR and printed by our new friend Amets at Kayrock Screenprinting Inc. in Brooklyn, NY. We were humbled when at the last minute, Amets told us that she would like to donate not only the screen printing but the shirts themselves! Thank you Josh, Herbivore, Amets and Kayrock! Please visit their websites and support these businesses and people who give back to their community so generously. Also, order a shirt here!
Great news! GPS is now a member of 1% for the Planet, a network of more than 1200 member companies giving 1% of their annual sales to environmental charities worldwide. As a member, we are eligible for that 1%. Ask your favorite businesses if they are a member, if so, you can ask that they support us! Learn more at their website or contact us for info!
We are also looking for a volunteer to contact 1% businesses and introduce GPS to them. Contact danielle@gpsociety.org if you are interested in helping out.
Ecuador Program Advisor, Maria Navarro blogged about her recent trip to Galapagos to coordinate our humane education program there!
GPS’s Humane and Environmental Education Plan is coming to schools in Galapagos Islands!
Last weekend I traveled to Santa Cruz for five days. While I was there, I met with colleagues Francisco Hurtado, a teacher at Cazares School and Paco Zambrano, a veterinarian for Darwin Animal Doctors (DAD) who both collaborate on GPS work.
I stopped by DAD’s new veterinary clinic and Paco gave me tour. It looks awesome! In just a couple months, GPS can start working with DAD to shelter dogs and cats on their way to new homes on the continent or beyond. It is very important because there is no place like it on the Islands.
During this trip to Santa Cruz I delivered humane education proposals to 20 different schools. At Tomas De Berlanga I met Sheila Roberts. I knew her from the Colegio Menor High School in Quito but she is now the Head Director Tomas De Berlanga. The school works with Fundacion Scalesia, a foundation dedicated to environmental education.
Sheila and I spoke for at least an hour. She told me about their education plans and how they work with every class. Sheila is very interested in our education plan and we are now formalizing plans to work together. Two other schools also responded positively.
I am happy to lead this Educational Plan in the name of Galapagos Preservation Society! I can’t wait to meet with the whole team in the coming months to solidify our plans!
The amazingly talented artist Kurt Halsey is auctioning off an original painting entitled “The ocean is a forest,” with 40% of the proceeds going to GPS and another 40% going to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
It is 32″ tall x 26″ wide in size, acrylic on canvas. It is 2 canvases that are hinged together on the back. Signed, titled, and dated on the reverse.
You can place a bid on the Ebay auction page.
Tell your friends!
Our friend Ketzel Levine, wrote a great piece in All Animals about her new calling helping animals. “From the get-go, I knew I wanted to work on ARCA’s behalf. I also wanted to work with the Galapagos Preservation Society, an animal rescue group active on Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, where feral dogs and cats were threatening the islands’ one-of-a-kind species.”
Read the full story on The HSUS’S website here.
Join GPS as we table at the Puppy Mill Awareness Festival in Los Angeles, CA! We’ll be educating festival-goers about the illegal transport of puppy mill dogs into the Galapagos Islands.
We need volunteers for two-hour tabling shifts. Email Danielle@GPSociety.org if you’d like to help out.
Where: Hancock Park, Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
When: Sat., Sept 18 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Imagine a place where hundreds of iguanas lay on rocks in the sun, sea lions slumber on the beach, birds nest on the ground and giant tortoises bathe in muddy pools. In the Galapagos Islands, this is not a stretch of the imagination, however, all of these animals are threatened by the thousands of street dogs and cats living in Galapagos.
