Help Ceci save more dogs

Please take a moment to read about Ceci Barraza – a hero for dogs in La Paz, Mexico.

It all started when Bonita, a stray dog, showed up at Ceci’s door one night in 2013 and kept returning every night to be fed. Two weeks later Bonita went into heat and many dogs followed her back to Ceci’s house. Ceci took Bonita to be spayed, but she couldn’t let sweet Bonita back onto streets. So, Bonita found her forever home with Ceci, but she needed an expensive hip surgery.  It took Ceci months to save money for the procedure, which was successful, and Bonita made a full recovery. This experience opened Ceci up to the possibility that she could rescue even more of the many street dogs wandering La Paz.

Next was Gorda, a neighbor dog who was tossed out of her home to live on the streets (unfortunately, an all-too-common occurrence) Seeing that Gorda was in heat and being terrorized by other street dogs, Ceci again went into rescue mode, paying for veterinary care and finding her a forever home.

After this, the flood gates opened and, since 2013, Ceci has rescued hundreds of dogs, sometimes collaborating with rescue organizations to find forever homes, but always going into personal debt to pay for food, supplies, medication, and veterinary care. She asks for nothing in return and is willing to work hard to pay for the dogs she saves.  Ceci has been creative in raising funds: printing specialty t-shirts for sale; raffling off merchandise; selling used clothing at flea markets--whatever it takes to keep money coming in so that she can help dogs in need. It has always been about the dogs for Ceci.

Some of the dogs we see Ceci care for require a lot of medical attention and expensive medications. Flea borne diseases are quite common in street dogs, as are severe malnutrition and skin diseases She does everything she can to save a dog, whether it is special food for their skin, months living at the vet, or acclimatizing them to living in a home with other dogs. All ofher dogs are well cared for, regardless of the challenges involved, and they come to the U.S. with a clean bill of health.

A lot of people don’t understand why we help dogs in Mexico when the U.S. has dogs that need help. Dogs in Mexico are killed inhumanely: they electrocute dogs to put them down or may poison or shoot them. Also, the culture is different; not everyone thinks of dogs and cats as pets, but more like vermin. Mexico’s streets are covered with dogs and cats, and because most of are not fixed, the population grows.

We are asking anyone who can, please help donate towards Ceci’s vet bills, currently at $6,500. 

100% of your donation will go to saving dogs; we will send money directly to her vet, who is also a kind soul who takes wonderful care of the animals that come to his office.

No donation is too big or too small, $1, $5, $10, $50, $100, more if you can. If you are unable to donate, sharing really helps! Thank you!

Thank you,
Ceci’s supporters

Before and after photos: