Stray dogs in Yucatan, a critical problem… Can we do something about it?
According to the dailypuppy website, there are hundreds of thousands of stray dogs living in the streets and on the beaches of Mexico. Though there are no up to date hard and fast stats for how many dogs are eking out an existence in Mexico, Mexico City authorities report that they capture and kill an estimated 20,000 dogs per month in their city alone. In More...
First Restaurant for Dogs in Southeast Mexico Opens in Merida
“PEEK FOOD”, the first restaurant for dogs in the Yucatán Peninsula opened its doors on July the 4th, 2015. It is a new gastronomical concept that offers an experience for diners that want to spend More...
PROFEPA Issues Official “Recommendation” on Animal Cruelty in Yucatan
On Friday May 8th, The Yucatan Times published an article based on a journalistic investigation by the newsblog vice.com, regarding the barbaric ritual of animal cruelty performed annually in the town of Citilcum, More...
“Tierra de Animales”: Helping Animals Find their Way Home
Tierra de Animales sanctuary was founded in March 2011 as a refuge for Cancun’s forgotten and abandoned street dogs, or ‘perros callejeros’. Animals rescued from the streets now have a safe place to call home, More...
Case of Animal Cruelty at “Maskota” Pet Shop shocks Mexico
Mexican citizens protested in front of the shopping mall Plaza Galerías in Pachuca after internet users shared at least three videos in which employees of the “Maskota” Pet Store are seen abusing animals. In More...
Hairless Pig Reintroduced into the Yucatan Peninsula
According to the Website riviera-maya-news.com, the once freely roaming hairless pig found along the Yucatan Peninsula during the last century was deemed extinct from over hunting. It has been placed upon the Environmental More...
Dogs Trained in Mexico For Marine Rescue Work
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Barbaric Ritual in Citilcum, Yucatán
In the little town of Citilcum, near Izamal in the state of Yucatan, no one knows exactly what is the origin of a local tradition called Kots Kaal Pato, a ritual of blood and death featuring sacrifices of animals More...
Illegal Wildlife Trafficking in Mexico, a Growing Industry
2,758 animals were rescued in 2012, compared to 481,101 in 2014. Yucatán is the state with the largest number of animal rescue operations When agents of the Federal Attorney’s Office for Environmental More...
Mass killing of dogs in Hermosillo Sonora, Mexico
Somebody is systematically poisoning the dogs of Hermosillo, capital city of the State of Sonora, in the North of Mexico. Hermosillo is an industrial city about 300 miles south of the border with the US. And not More...
