The "Golden Paw Award" is presented twice a year by our organization, and it's purpose is to honor local people in our community for their compassion and service toward animals. On December 16, 2009, the award was presented to Rossy Quesada Gomez, the popular owner of Cafe del Mar, located in front of the new park on Jaco's main street.

Rossy helps all animals who happen by her restaurant or her house. She feeds them when they are hungry, makes sure that they get fixed and fosters them until they get adopted. All animals are welcome at her place – she has 3 cats and 9 dogs of her own, with many others that are just visitors. Some of them she found injured on the street, others just came to her place and never left – and why would they?

Thank you Rossy, for all the time and love you give to those furry little friends who need your help.

If you would like to see the presentation "Life" – tune in to channel 11 (on CableTica Jaco) in January – we will inform you of the exact day and time.

Spay/Neuter Competition for the Elementary and High School Students

There will be some "homework" for our Elementary and High School students for their long summer vacation. On the enrollment days, (December 17th and 18th) all students are receiving information about the special spay/neuter competition, held in January from the 18th to the 23rd at the Jaco clinic.

The special price of the surgery will be 5000 colones, (about $9) which has to be paid by the student who brings the animal in. The first 25 students who bring an animal in will receive:

• a certificate good for 1 free consultation at the vet clinic, incl. de-worming
• one bag of dog/cat chow
• a nice new school kit (exercise books, pens, pencils, pencil boxes etc.)

There will be also some "surprise prizes" for all participants.

Vacation time here in Costa Rica is very long, and during this time our young people here don't have anything useful to do, as our county doesn't offer much for them. This will be a great opportunity for them to learn more about how a vet clinic works, as they will be interacting with the vet, learning about the proper care of their pets and maybe even getting a chance to volunteer in one of our clinics on occasion.

Another Successful Spay/Neuter Month

December is always a busy month for everybody, so the target figures for castrations are generally lower than all other months. So far we we've been able to spay/neuter 47 animals – in Bijagual and in both Jaco- and Herradura clinics. This makes 780 surgeries this year so far, and I guess that by the end of December, we will reach 800. This number represents only the animals we financed full or partially.

McKee Jaco ContactKatja Bader
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The castrations this month are being sponsored by: Nancy Lebo, Stuart Welch, Sylvia van Baekel and Trish Johnson. Thank you so much for your generosity!

Thank you for your time.

Katja Bader
Asociación Pro Bienestar Animal (McKee Jaco)

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