Love Monsters Rescue



Mexico has a huge problem with dog and cat overpopulation. Because of the overpopulation, 20 million dogs are homeless in the streets... never knowing a loving home, or having somewhere soft and safe to land. In Mexico, dog pounds and anti-rabies organizations capture and put down hundreds of thousands of dogs every year. Many dogs in Mexico are thrown into the street after only 1 year of age, and many abandoned dogs do not live longer than 15 days. The problem in Mexico needs everyone's help. Please consider adopting instead of shopping. Please spay and neuter. And share the word.

Hi my name is Sonja Patterson. I'm Canadian, living in Playa Del Carmen México for the last 5 years. With a few friends, I've started a Grass-Roots dog Rescue called "Love Monsters".
It's Not for Profit.
My friends and I are feeding street dogs, bringing medications to lower income areas, paying antibiotic fees to spay and neuter clinics and returning pets to their owners. Rescuing and re-homing dogs that need it and are adoptable to Canada and the USA.

Every city in every state and every province has in it animals that need help. The difference when considering helping dogs and cats in Playa Del Carmen, is that your dollars go much further in México. Even if a dog is sick and needs medication, with 3-500 CAD$ (230-400$ USD) you can take a sick, starving, suffering dog from the street, spay/neuter, give all the vaccines, rabies shot, medications, get it on a plane to a rescue organization and into a loving home.
I'm Canadian, and I know that once I was charged 35$ CAD for some lady to clean the earwax out of my dogs ears. Spay/neuter alone is 350$+
And a night of boarding at your vet costs an arm and a leg.
Your donations go further here.
And you can literally save a life.
6$ CAD (4$ USD) is one night of boarding for one animal.
20$ CAD (15$ USD) is one chemotherapy treatment for TVT. A very common, contagious, treatable disease here in Playa Del Carmen.

The other day I said to my friend and fellow rescuer Matteo, "Do you know what sucks about dog rescue?" And he said "Everything?" And we laughed.
The truth is, dog rescue work sucks. All of the independent rescuers In Playa are doing the work on a voluntary basis after work or on the weekends. There's no money involved in it and usually you are spending money that you don't have to save a life and then trying to recuperate it somehow later.
Dogs are really sick here, skin and bones, skin diseases, bleeding from ulcers in their vaginas (TVT), oozing eyes, missing eyes, broken limbs, hit by cars... soooo many hit by cars
The worst always are the abused dogs, which Im making my focus.
So yeah, dog rescue work sucks, but the beauty is, saving a life. And sometimes even if you try to save a life and you fail... at least that dog knew love in his last days.. in his last moments. He was warm.. he was cared for. He was loved.
RIP Yoda.

To see some of the dogs we are helping, and to stay up to date with dogs as they come available for adoption, please follow @lovemonstersrescue on Instagram @rivierarescue on Instagram
Love Monsters and Riviera Rescue on Facebook.

Consider helping a dog in need this Holiday season. Like, share and tag your friends. Maybe your new best friend is just one click away.

✌️Namaste