Vieques Humane Society and Animal Rescue

website: http://www.viequeshs.org/
email: viequeshumanesociety@hotmail.com


OUR MISSION:

Our mission is to relieve the suffering of the animals of Vieques. We have many ways in which we try to accomplish this and they are to spay and neuter as many animals as possible to reduce the overpopulation on the island, to promote responsible pet ownership and animals care, and to adopt out as many animals as we can off the island. Most importantly,we aime to be a community oriented organization where our services are available to everybody and to be a source of education about animal care and animal rights. At this moment we are visiting local schools educating the children about proper animal care and animal abuse and neglect. We hope to further our reach with education through camps and activities and we also hold fund raisers throughout the year to raise awareness and funds. Our dream would be that there would be no strays on the island, no dog that is left chained up in someones back yard, no cat left to have many litters, no unvaccinated animals left to suffer from disease and most of all to have all the people share in these dreams.


OUR HISTORY

Vieques, Puerto Rico, a small island located off the mainland's east coast, for many years offered no veterinary or animal rescue services. During the early 1980's, a handful of concerned "immigrants" from the states and a few local residents took a serious interest. They began by feeding the island's multitudinous strays, then soliciting the help of Puerto Rican veterinarians to sterilize them. By 1987, the Vieques Humane Society and Animal Rescue, Inc. was officially established as a non-profit organization. Today, we still offer one of the only two veterinary services on the island and have developed many strong community based programs.

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