Adoptions & Rescues

   

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                              Adoptions

All animals adopted out by PHS have been fully checked out by a veterinarian.

They have been spayed or neutered and all their shots are age appropriate.

In 2007 we started doing international adoptions and currently have sent dogs to both the US and Canada. 

Prior to adoption, veterinary care will be up-to-date, including all appropriate vaccinations.  A BZ$50 is donation is requested from adopting parents to cover the cost of veterinary care. 

If you are interested in sponsoring an animal, adopting an animal or would like additional information on any of  our animals please contact Shannon Romero at 600-2473  or wolfnbelize@yahoo.com.

Currently we have no adoptions available but when we do they will be featured on our Facebook Page.

 

Please contact PHS if you are interested in an adoption or in offering financial assistance with an animal's care until an  appropriate adoption can be arranged.

 

INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS

Oliver (formerly known as Bookie) and new California friend

Bookie (now known as Oliver in California) was adopted by a visitor to Belize who noticed him hanging around the place they were staying in Maya Beach.  He had some wounds on his body and they notified Pamela Keck who lives in the northern part of the Peninsula.  She went and saw the dog.  The people wanted to continue to look after and feed "Bookie" while they were here. Pamela want to various locations in Maya Beach to see if she could find an owner and she left messages at the places she went saying that if no one claimed the dog PHS was going to take it and have it neutered and find him a home.  Anyway these three tourist rescuers were interested in "sponsoring" him initially but when one of the rescuers returned home to Californian he contacted Pamela and told her he wanted to adopt Bookie.  Shannon Romero was caring for the dog in the meantime and after Pamela Keck made the arrangements, Shannon flew to Belize City and put Bookie on a plane to his new home in San Jose California


                       

                                 Mr. Bibbs

With all the dogs running loose on the beach, a lot of visitors mistakenly believe that they are homeless and neglected.  However, most of the dogs do have homes, but it is true that they are nonetheless neglected in as much as they allowed to roam freely and not kept in a protected environment for their safely and safeguard against disease.

It is not unusual therefore for visitors to fall in love with some of these free spirits and more and more this is happening.   They fall in love with a certain pet, feed it and exercise it while they are staying in Belize and when it comes time to leave they contact PHS to see if it’s possible for them to finance the continuing care of their new ‘friend’ – they even go so far as naming the animal.   

In the meantime, a Canadian visitor felt so committed to Mr. Bibbs that they decided to adopt it.   So as soon as Mr. Biggs got a clear health certificate he was on his way to Canada to his new home, all at the expense of its new owner.

This is just one of the many overseas adoptions that PHS has arranged this year.  There is an increasing interest in these ‘abandoned/neglected’ animals and by finding them a new home as well as getting them into a good physical condition, PHS is doing its part in keeping Placencia pets safe and secure.   We make every effort to see that the pets put into the program do not have an owner, or if they do have an owner, that we have their permission to find the pet a new home.     Sometimes owners just cannot take the time, nor do they have the funds to take care of their pets, even when they love them.   When the welfare of an animal is put first, then the right decision about its future is easy to make.

We urge every pet owner to keep their pets safe and see that they are in good physical condition.   Many pets suffer unnecessarily because they do not receive appropriate medical attention in a timely manner.  Remember it’s sometimes not enough to love a pet.   As pet owners we have to make sure they are safe, well fed and exercised.   Without that nurturing, our pets are not being given the best opportunity to flourish.

PHS’s animal Adoption Program is available to anyone wherever they live – Belize and/or overseas.  We are only interested in providing the best homes we can for these neglected/abandoned pets.  PHS is not in the business of making money through this or any of their programs. 

PHS is the only registered, not for profit, animal welfare organization on the Peninsula and is run entirely by volunteers.   No-one receives any remuneration for the services they provide for the animals.