The Sato Project 2019 Program Report
Two years have passed since Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico. The Sato Project is working to address the crisis of abandoned and suffering animals on the island through rescue and community outreach programs. This report highlights our impact on the island over the past year, as well as stories of some of the animals and people we have helped.
Two years have passed since Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico. The Sato Project is working to address the crisis of abandoned and suffering animals on the island through rescue and community outreach programs. This report highlights our impact on the island over the past year, as well as stories of some of the animals and people we have helped.
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Spayathon Success Stories<br />
Our team has learned many valuable lessons through<br />
our participation in <strong>The</strong> Spayathon Initiative, but one<br />
has become abundantly clear: Puerto Ricans truly love<br />
their animals. During every day of <strong>The</strong> Spayathon<br />
clinics, thousands of pet owners line up before dawn<br />
and wait all day for their pets to be treated. Even<br />
though many of these pet owners are struggling to<br />
provide for themselves after Hurricane Maria, they are<br />
still doing everything they can to care for their pets.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se are just a few of the lives that your support has<br />
helped us change.<br />
We are honored to help<br />
these pet owners access vital<br />
veterinary care for the pets<br />
they love, while also actively<br />
addressing Puerto Rico’s<br />
systemic stray animal crisis.<br />
Jesus & Snowy<br />
Jesus & Snowy<br />
Jesus has been on active military duty for 18 years,<br />
serving tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. After<br />
Hurricane Maria, he was deployed to his native Puerto<br />
Rico to assist in the recovery effort. At the end of last<br />
summer, he was patrolling a beach with several other<br />
soldiers when they saw a box floating in the ocean.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y thought they heard crying coming from it, so<br />
they pulled the box out of the water. Inside they found<br />
three tiny white puppies. An animal lover with two<br />
dogs already, Jesus decided to take one of the little balls<br />
of fur home to his daughter, where he was promptly<br />
named Snowy. Snowy’s two siblings went home with<br />
two other soldiers as well. It was an honor for us to<br />
treat little Snowy during Round 4 of <strong>The</strong> Spayathon.<br />
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Ramón & Ruby<br />
Ramon was in line at a food truck one day when he<br />
a saw a group of young adults kicking and hitting a<br />
small dog. Outraged, he marched right into the middle<br />
of them and made them stop. He grabbed the dog and<br />
took her to safety and ultimately, back home with him,<br />
where his other two dogs and wife embraced sweet<br />
Ruby as a new member of their family. Ramon brought<br />
Ruby to Round 2 of <strong>The</strong> Spayathon last November. He<br />
told us that he sees a lot of stray dogs around the island<br />
and felt that the Spayathon was a great way to help cut<br />
down on the large number of dogs like Ruby, who, by<br />
no fault of their own are subject to needless abuse and<br />
suffering in the streets.
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