MEGA Tour 2024
Spay Neuter Clinics
The stray dog and cat overpopulation in the Caribbean is a tremendous and exponential problem. Studies have shown that 1 female cat or dog, along with her mate, and all their offspring can produce 67,000 puppies and kittens within 6 years. That averages to 11,000+ new unwanted and stray animals per year.
Every nation across Latin America and the Caribbean is at a different stage of development regarding street dogs and stray cat's welfare. Whether the animals are exposed to parasites, disease, starvation, or repeated pregnancies, countries have their own opinions about and approaches to addressing this issue.
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Customs, laws, and cultural traditions in
different regions can pose challenges and require culturally sensitive navigation, methods, and solutions to animal welfare concerns.​
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Some governments recognize that these animals are their responsibility, and they collaborate with local animal welfare organizations to bring about change. Others indiscriminately because, they say, there is no leadership and no initiative to find a solution to their overpopulation of strays.
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In some cases, action seems to spring from desperation. If people complain about health and security issues relating to the overwhelming number of street dogs, or if there is a rabies outbreak, animals will be culled or taken to a municipal shelter to await the death penalty by electrocution, edible poison, or an injected cocktail of badly mixed drugs that will cause excruciating pain before the end finally comes.
Through MEGA Spay Neuter Clinics,
we provide the only humane alternative
to mass poisoning and other traditional
but inhumane methods such as electrocution
or the use of the archaic gas chamber.​
Having one or multiple organizations step up as leaders and present a humane solution that prevents cruelty to animals can change a community’s perception of street dogs and cats as a nuisance. Humane education, responsible guardianship, and spay-neuter campaigns help to reshape Animal Welfare in Latin America and the Caribbean -
Suriname - February / June /October
Suriname is currently facing an issue of increasing income inequality, which is considered to be one of the highest in the Caribbean. This chapter aims to analyze the socio-economic and ethnic segregation in the Greater Paramaribo Region of Suriname between 2004 and 2012. To investigate the relationship between income inequality and socio-economic segregation, occupation is used as a proxy for socio-economic status. If you would like to read more on this topic, please click here.
Dominican Republic - March / April
Although the Dominican Republic has achieved substantial economic progress and is now considered a middle-income country, over 30% of its citizens still live in poverty. For the past decade, the country's average unemployment rate has been 5.5%, however, when analyzed by gender and age, significant disparities are revealed. - If you would like to read more on this topic, please click here.
Guyana - December
Studies have shown that there is a correlation between the abuse of animals and the abuse of family members. Individuals with a violent nature often start by abusing animals before they move on to abusing their partners, children, or other family members. As a result, in 85 percent of families dealing with domestic violence, animal abuse is also present. - Click here to read more about this topic.
Our 11 -year journey, and counting.
14,500+
Procedures facilitated to date.
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8 Countries
38 MEGA Clinics
$87,000 +
Acquired funding direct to project cost
50+
Professional Veterinary Volunteers
40+
Support Volunteers per MEGA clinic