| Alison
Current. We know her as the woman who currently
holds the island animal’s project together. You may know
her as that near saint who fosters all the dogs on North
Beach. Together with her wonderful husband Jeff and with
endless help from both Rudy and Marcelino, she has opened
her home to literally hundreds of homeless pups here on
Isla. After fostering up to 40 dogs at a time, Alison created
the Dog Gone Foundation, an adoption program that has placed
hundreds of beautiful pups in loving homes. Alison is grateful
to everyone who comes to help her walk, feed, bathe, and
love her dogs... Please contact her in advance if you would
like to visit. |
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| Dr
Pepe Vega is a new addition to our team. He is
our new vet on Isla Mujeres. He came to us from Monterey
where he graduated from one of the best veterinarian schools
in the country. He has stuck with us during a very difficult
transition as our island vet clinic went through some major
changes. Pepe has agreed to continue our spay and neuter
program of six animals a week for a minimal fee and is already
working with Alison to rehabilitate strays. We are lucky
to have him. |
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| Lori and Zoli Dumm
Our newest volunteers have recently relocated to Isla from Madison, WI. Lori Dumm and her daughter Zoli can often be found picking up strays, checking up on Hidalgo cats and fostering puppies. Their Honda is rarely without a dog or two and their trunk is never without a kennel and leash…just in case. Lori is working on operation grants for the organization and Zoli can often be found at Pepe Vega’s clinic cleaning cages, walking dogs and observing procedures. They can be reached by email at lori_dumm@yahoo.com. |
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| Molly
Fisher. Without Molly's perseverance and amazing
determination it is unlikely that this group would ever
have formed. From the moment she arrived on Isla Mujeres,
Molly's heart ached for the local animals and she began
doing what she could to improve their living conditions.
After adopting and caring for countless cats and dogs she
recognized that the only real solution was to begin a massive
spay/neuter campaign which she successfully initiated in
November of 2001. Molly moved to Puerto Vallarta in 2002
where she has implemented many more spay/neuter clinics
and continues to support the Isla project through fundraising,
administrative support, as well as returning to help with
the annual clinics. |
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| Genevieve
Pritchard. For Genevieve, a tender love of animals
is a relatively new thing, grown out of the heartbreaking
way she saw dogs and cats living on Isla Mujeres. Working
with Amigos de los Animales, that love slowly evolved, so
much so that she eagerly kept up the program in Molly's
absence. In 2004 she initiated the weekly Spay Day program
ensuring at least 300 alterations per year. |
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| Bonnie
Barandica. Bonnie, a mother and business owner,
somehow finds time between soccer matches and sick employees
to be our volunteer of the year. No matter how busy she
is, when the clinic rolls around (once and sometimes twice
a year) she drops everything and dedicates an entire week
to the cause. Bonnie directs check in/checkout, organizes
cages, holds recovering animals, and generally keeps things
organized for an entire week. A clinic without Bonnie is
a scary thought. |
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| Alex
West. Here is an individual
who has dedicated her life to making a positive change in
the world. Alex has been the invaluable second half of Alison's
Dog Gone Foundation, receiving as many homeless dogs as
Alison can find funds to send to Denver. Not only does she
find loving homes for these animals but she takes them back
if things don’t work out and continues to search for the
right home until she finds it. |
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| Chris
Lane. Chris was our first
major donor for the project and continues to be an invaluable
friend to the animals and to our group. He lends us technical
support for our website (including hosting us), helps feed
our volunteers during the clinics, and uses his business
Digame as a drop off place for donations. Also he is now
the proud owner of Blue, a big black teddy bear of a dog
that he rescued off the street and nursed back to health. |
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| Susan
Monger. A friend of a friend
gave us her contact info, and what a friend that turned
out to be indeed. Susan put a little faith in us in the
beginning and brought an entire medical team with supplies
to perform our first massive spay/neuter clinic. She has
since returned a number of times and has provided for over
500 alterations on Isla Mujeres, a very impressive number.
Please check the website http://www.ruralareavet.org/ to
see what other wonderful services her group is providing.
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| Consie
VonGontard.Trapper and dog
lover extraordinaire! This woman is quite certainly a dog
whisperer who can calm even the most feral of the street
dogs. She has participated in every clinic we have had,
either as a volunteer or as a sponsor, bringing down her
own medical team and supplies. Consie is a remarkable woman
who can proudly be called dog’s best friend. Please check
her Bimini Love Program out on the web. |
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| RUDI
We can never thank Rudi enough. He lives with Jeff and Alison
and helps take care of every dog there. Plus he helps out
at the vet clinic, traps wild dogs, feeds them, bathes them,
walks them and watches over them. He has a natural instinct
for animals and we are very lucky to have him. |
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| A special
mention to Claudia Levy who owns a vet
clinic in Playa del Carmen; she has cured some of our most
complicated cases. She cares for these extra needy animals
for free, only charging a minimal fee for medicines. Thank
you Thank you. There are some of her cases in our dog story
section. |
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| One
more animal angel that we can’t forget is Lupita,
who lives on Isla Mujeres and tirelessly cares for any cat
that needs help. She feeds them and brings them to the clinic
for spay/neuter and or medical care when needed. |
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