April showers... BMA Clinic April 2021

A pelican walked casually by the clinic gates. That's not the usual traffic. Later, Wally saved the pedestrian pelican from boys who were trying to herd her/him? with rocks toward a boy with a lasso...ay Dios mio! He brought him to the clinic and put him in the brand new plastic dog kennel that Lorraine donated. Hiromi contacted Mark Stackhouse our local bird expert and he recommended Susane Casas, a pelican rehabilitator and vet in Tepic. Sandra talked to her and arranged a meeting. We took Peli home and fed him 5 whole fish over the weekend. The chickens were nonplussed by the guest. On Monday, Miguel Dibildox and Susane performed the surgery to repair the wing and Peli went home with Susane to recover. Prognosis: excellent! A beautiful orchestration of many helpful animal lovers along the way...thank you everyone!

So, the April clinic rained cats and dogs and a pelican!

9 cats (3 males)

17 dogs (3 males)

1 pelicano ?

BMA Clinic March 2021

 Enjoy these scenes from the March clinic...

BMA treated 6 cats, 16 dogs and terminated 2 pregnancies (12).

Poor Medico was recovering from a sprained ankle. Despite bruising and swelling he stood all day to operate with his lovely wife, Michela assisting.

New friends of BMA, Maite and David, provided a special lunch of paella. They are professional chefs and animal lovers. Maite is from Spain and that's where we were transported while enjoying their delicious meal. Thank you for reviving our tired, hungry bodies with your culinary art.

Earlier in the week Ana performed a feat by delivering puppies from their poor dead mother. She has to feed them round the clock so she brought them to the clinic. We all took turns bottle feeding these hungry newborns.

Our volunteer Leslie is moving. This was her final clinic with BMA and we will miss her sorely... Best to you and Pumpkin in your new life.

Thank you, Suzanne and Phil for coming by and gifting BMA with a donation. We are 100% dependent on this community to do what we do. Please consider supporting this much needed service.

February Clinic for BMA - A Day to celebrate LOVE

A modified lockdown won't stop us from doing the needed work of sterilizing dogs and cats...or from having fun and sharing love.

We sterilized 21 in total yesterday:  7 cats and 14 dogs. We worked steady starting at 6:30. Our friend Max Jackson came and recorded our day. You can see what a beautiful team we are! Thank you, Max - you captured our spirt!

Midday we stopped to eat, laugh and revive. Shunashi planned a Valentine gift exchange with many yummy goodies coming from Henriette, Hiromi, Christina and Nena. Of course, there was chocolate... off again on a food tangent! Ana showed off her new prosthesis and burst into spontaneous and heart-felt gratitude uniting us in love. 

We want to thank all of our friends who helped give Ana mobility. It's incredible to think how much has been accomplished in the last year. To all who support this work, in big and small ways, you are our beloved friends. Thank you for helping to make Bahia Matanchen a hub of LOVE.