Save A Sato has taken the pledge!!

http://www.justoneday.ws/

What is a day?
There are many ways to answer that question.
A day is 24 hours. A day is how we measure how much time we spend at work. A day can be something we look forward to, a celebration of some kind. But in U.S. animal shelters, a day represents 10,411 lives needlessly lost.
To most people, June 11 is Just One Day. But, June 11 is a day that could change everything for 10,411 companion animals, and a day that can change the world. On June 11, 2012, we could be a No Kill nation.
We are asking animal shelters across the USA to take a pledge not to kill any savable animals on June 11, 2012. For Just One Day, "Euthanasia Technicians" will put down their syringes and pick up cameras. Instead of injecting animals with lethal doses of sodium pentobarbital, they will photograph them and post them on the Internet, on Facebook, on twitter. On June 11, 2012, they will market their animals to the public, they will reach out to rescue groups, they will host adoption events with discounted rates, they will stay open for extended hours, and they will ask their communities to help them empty the shelter the good way.
Instead of going into body bags in freezers, the animals will go out the front door in the loving arms of families. At the end of the day, the shelters will be emptier than when the day started. And, no one will have had to die in order to make that happen. To help them succeed, the No Kill Advocacy Center, Animal Ark and Animal Wise Radio are teaming up to offer shelters the tools they need to be successful. 

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Another dog dumped on the streets! Que nos pasa PR?

This morning, Save A Sato was called to report another sato dumped on the streets of Puerto Rico, Gloria Marti, S.A.S president went personally to verify this information and she found out that this sato mom, was thrown away to the streets, because she was giving birth! The dog found shelter under the stairs of a building.

This poor sato mom, was figting to take away all the fire ants, that her little puppies had all around their little bodies! :(

The sato mom and puppies has been rescued and taken to the Shelter of Miracles from Save A Sato, the puppies has been cleaned and taken away all the fire ants.

The puppies had Fire ants bytes all around their heads and body parts!

The mom and the puppies are safe now, at the shelter, we hope that the puppies get well during the days and survive to the ant's bytes, Gloria wanted to address the people that keeps dumping dogs, because they are pregnant, or they get tired of them to stop doing this! if you get a dog, be responsible enough to sterilize him/her, and if you let them roam around the streets, without being sterilized be responsible for the result and don't take the easy way, like the owner of this dog did!

Love Satos, a poem from Solange I Roman 3rd grade student!

Our 8 years old friend Solange I Roman from Colegio Rosa-Bell, recently created a project in her classroom about a Super hero called The Sato Protector, inspired by love for the satos she also wrote this poem which she dramatized in front of her teacher and classmates! thanks to her proud mother Sheila, for sharing this with us! and thanks Solange for loving the satos!

          

 

 

 

     Love Satos
                           By Solange I. Román

The Satos are tender

Can be your best friends
Are loyal forever
If you treat them well.

They are cutie, soft and
Loveable too,
Be kind with the doggies
As they are with you

You never mistreat a poor little dog
Take him safe at home
So he could then feel
The danger is gone

Love Satos, remember

Don't forget my catchphrase

A Sato make happy
Why don't you adopt him?

We Need your help! Become A Sato Escort!

We always need transport escorts to accompany our dogs on flights to their new homes....federal law prohibits us from sending dogs without a corresponding traveler. If you are leaving Puerto Rico on an American Airline flight...Consider become a Sato escort!

 

Who can be an escort? Anyone aged 18 or older, who is traveling on an American Airlines flight that either originates or connects in San Juan.

What does it cost to be an escort? Nothing! Save a Sato pays all the fees associated with transporting the dogs, though any contributions are gratefully accepted and put directly toward helping the animals.

Can I still check my own luggage if I am an escort? Yes, but it is helpful for us to know exactly how many bags you will be checking.

How does it work?
Send us your travel itinerary (including your name, flight date and time and cell phone number) and we will check with our shelter partners to see if they can accept dogs on that date. We will confirm with you that we are sending dogs on your flight - so please let us know immediately if your travel plans change.

• On the day of your flight, we will arrive at the airport several hours before departure to check in the dogs and pay the fees - it is best if you arrive at least two hours before your time of departure.
  
  
• The dogs will travel on your ticket as additional luggage.
  
  
• Please identify yourself to our volunteers - they will be with the dogs to the left of the Ameican Airlines Check-In counter ( and to the right of the security entrance to the gates). Our volunteer wil escort you to a ticket agent, so you can show your photo ID. You can do this after you have formally checked in. You will not be required to wait in line again with our volunteer.

• On arrival, our partner volunteers will meet the dogs at baggage claim - the documentation travels with each dog, so you do not need to wait for the shelter team.
  

• You can feel great about helping some very deserving animals on the final leg of their journey to finding a forever home.
  

What if my plane is delayed? Don't worry. Save a Sato will confirm the departure. If the flight is cancelled, we will pick up the dogs. Likewise, the receiving shelter volunteers will monitor the arrival time and know of any delays. You will have contact names and numbers for both Save a Sato and the receiving shelter, just in case.

 

How do I sign up? E-mail your travel plans and contact info to info@saveasato.org

Save A Sato 2008 article on People Magazine Latin edition

Browsing around we found this article, and we wanted to share it with you, just  in case you missed it! click on the pictures for a larger view or click here to read it on Adobe PDF viewer

A happy ending for Muneco (doll)! thanks to his new mother Rosanna!

Last October, the Save A Sato volunteers received and email with a petition for help from Rosanna Capo, here are the first lines of that email!

Rescate a un gatito satito de la calle, que aparentemente recibio un golpe fuerte. Pasa mucho trabajo para levantarse y grita mucho cuando lo hace. Yo soy una persona desempleada y no tengo mucho dinero. Mi esposo se opone a que lo lleve a un veterinario por los altos costos, y que estamos en mala situacion.

Yo amo al gatito y  sufro mucho  de verlo asi.Yo creo que el gatito tiene posibilidad de recuperarse si lo ve un doctor. Lo tengo dentro de la casa hace 2 dias.

Por favor, digame: ustedes no tienen veterinarios que ayuden, que sean personas concientes y le hagan precio a alguien que quiere rescatar a un gatito de la calle? Yo lo quiero cuidar y verlo recuperarse, pero carezco de medios para gastar mucho en cuidados. 

Rosanna, rescued a cat from the streets that was hit by a car and he was dying, she wanted to help him, but because of her been unemployed at the moment she could not afford to take him to the vet! She said on that email, that she was suffering from seeing this cat on pain, and she asked us for help!

Thanks to the donations that we receive from you, to help the animals in need, we were able to help Rosanna and Muneco!!, we sent her to Dr Dominguez office in San Juan PR, and he recovered thanks to the care of this veterinary and later, Rosanna took care of him at her house! Because Muneco was rescued from the streets, he had some issues in adapting to his new life inside a house, His new mother, very conscious about this little problem, never gave up, and keep taking care of him and helped him out to adapt to this new lifestyle, here is another email that she sent us on Munecos Progress!

El se la pasa mirando por la ventana y maullando altisimo. No podemos ver television tranquilos pues parece que le pasara algo. Se pone tan y tan histerico que lo encierro con su comida, agua y juguetes, en uno de los cuartos para que se tranquilice pq si lo dejo me rompe los screens ja! ja! ja! La pobre puerta del cuarto como es de madera, me la esta rompiendo sacandole pedazos. El es un gatito muy dulce y carinoso, pero creo que el hecho de haber sido realengo esta haciendo el proceso de adaptacion al encierro de una casa, traumatico para el. Aunque responde al carino, y es muy jugueton, pasa periodos largos quejandose hasta que se cansa. Mi esposo me pregunta si no estaremos haciendole dano. Yo le digo que peor es que ande solito por la calle con peligro de que otra persona o un perro le haga dano.

Rosana says on this words, that Muneco was spending most of the day, looking at the windows, scratching doors and mewing so hard that she was thinking, that maybe she was hurting him, by having him inside a house, but at the same time, she was also thinking about, the life that he would be living on the streets, alone, with no food, getting ran by dogs or even getting killed by cars, Rosanna keep on taking care of him, giving him lots and lots of love!

Now five months after all this events! Muneco has adapted to his new lifestyle! he has received all his vaccines and has been neutered! his new mother Rosanna, although she is still unemployed, she makes anything she can to keep him happy and she is also helping Save A Sato, by donating a little bit when she can and sending us food!

We at Save A Sato, are very proud of Rosanna, for doing the imposible, to save Muneco from the streets and we admire her!! Here is a message that she recently sent us and we also want to share with you and we would like you to share with others!

En verdad, el adoptar un animalito es una responsabilidad grande que solo alguien comprometido que lo ame, puede contraer. Aunque no es facil ver una puerta que estaba bien faltandole pedazos, yo pienso que el me necesita y yo a el. Lo amo tanto, que nada ni nadie podra separarme de mi Muneco, solo que muera de viejito. El es un maestro para mi, pues cuando lo encontre asi enfermito sin poder caminar, yo me desespere, llore y pense que no habia manera de salvarlo. Sin embargo, aposte a la fe en Dios, yo que estaba deprimida por estar desempleada, comenze a cantarle himnos para tranquilizarlo cuando lloraba, y eso me trajo a la memoria a Save a Sato. Yo imagine que ustedes quizas conocian algun veterinario que fuera humano, bondadoso y me hiciera precio por haberlo rescatado. Nunca pense que Save a Sato nos fuera ayudar tanto....De muchas maneras la llegada de "Muneco" a mi vida ha sido una bendicion. El me recordo, que no importa lo fea que se vea una situacion, siempre debemos tener fe y esperanza de encontrar una solucion. En el momento perfecto de Dios, yo encontrare el medio de ganarme la vida y una vivienda donde los 4 estemos comodos.

Es una verdadera desgracia que tantas personas consideren a los animales como objetos de los que se puede precindir, tirar a la calle, maltratar....

In fact, adopting a pet is a big responsibility that only someone committed to love him can do. Although it is not easy to see a door that was good, now broken in pieces, I always think that needs me and I need him. I love him so much that nothing or nobody will be able to leave my Muneco, only if he die of old. He is a teacher for me, because when I found him, unable to walk, I cried and thought there was no way to save him. However, I bet my faith in God,  although I was depressed about being unemployed, I began to sing him hymns to calm him when he cried, and I brought back memories of Save a Sato. I imagine that maybe you knew some veterinarian that were, kind and help me for rescuing him. I never thought that Save a Sato would help us both so much .... In many ways the arrival of "Muneco" to my life has been a blessing, he reminded me that no matter how bad you see a situation, we must always have faith and hope to find a solution. In God's perfect time, I will find the means to make a living and a home where we are all comfortable.

It is a disgrace that so many people consider animals as objects that can throw away, leave them in the streets, and abuse ....

Gracias colegio San Jose!

Saludos María Elena y estudiantes del colegio San José !

 

Todos en Save a Sato les agradecemos infinitamente la visita y las donaciones del pasado sábado. La labor realizada por todos fue espectacular en todas las áreas (baños, limpieza de jaulas y paseos). Los satitos tuvieron un dia de fiesta con muchos motivos para ser feliz, gracias a la generosidad y compromiso de todos ustedes.

 

Jóvenes, les deseo que continúen disfrutando de su año senior y que se abran las mejores puertas para el futuro de cada uno de ustedes, Dios les bendiga !

 

Una vez más, gracias por esta hermosa labor comunitaria realizada en favor de los satitos !

Myriam

The Save A Sato Walkers!

Are you ready to volunteer and help our Satos? come by to our shelter of miracles in San Juan, every saturday from 1 pm to 5 pm, and help us by walking our Satos for a couple of minutes around the park! The Save A Sato shelter right now have over 150 dogs waiting for your help, 90% percent of the dogs on our shelter, have suffered traumatic experience on the streets and this is really helping them to socialize and exercise at the same time! So gather your family, and also some friends, and visit us! email penelopesaveasato@gmail.com for confirmation and also for more info!

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Don Quixote and Dulcinea friends for ever!

The month of February, is known around the world as the month of love and friendship, and what better way to start this month, by presenting to you, the story of Don Quixote and Dulcinea!

These inseparable friends, were rescued on January 19th 2011 by Gloria Marti, president of Save A
Sato Foundation.

Gloria, received a distress call, from a school in the area of San Juan, Puerto Rico, about a dog that was injured and was found on the patio of the school. Upon reaching the area, she found a seriously injured white dog with one of her leg completely shattered, apparently, she was hit by a car and left alone to her fate, although she was not so alone, by her side was a courageous canine friend, which was helping her to heal her wounds, licking them so they wont get infected and barking non stop, so that no one will approach her! Gloria quickly took her and this brave protector to the clinic of Dr. Dominguez in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, where they were cared for, her wound was so severe, that she had to be operated and sadly lost her leg, but this helped her not lose her life, his friend, passed all his tests on the vets and was declared as a healthy dog.

This action of loyalty and protection that provided this dog to her friend, was what led us to name him, Don Quixote, which with courage, remained all the time next to his Dulcinea, protecting her, until she was rescued!

Dulcinea, every day is improving, and is living now in the Shelter of Miracles of Save A Sato Foundation, her
brave friend Don Quixote, is still on her side, they play together every time they have an opportunity, volunteers from Save A Sato, also continue looking for donations, to afford the expenses of Dulcinea's operation and every day that passes, they dream, that this story of love and friendship, have the most happy ending that could be!, finding a "Forever Home" where these good friends live together, forever!

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Dulcinea y Quijote, amigos para siempre!

Ya comenzo el mes de febrero, conocido alrededor del mundo como el mes del amor y la amistad, y que mejor manera de comenzar este mes, que presentandoles a Dulcinea y Quijote!

Estos amigos inseparables, fueron rescatados el pasado 19 de enero del 2011 por Gloria Marti, presidenta de Save A Sato. Gloria, acudio a una llamada de auxilio, en una escuela del area de San Juan, Puerto Rico, por una perrita que se encontraba herida alli. Al llegar al area, encontraron gravemente herida a una perrita blanca con una de sus patitas completamente destrozada, al parecer, esta fue atropellada y dejada sola a su suerte, aunque no estaba tan sola, por que a su lado se encontraba un valiente amigo canino, el cual le ayudaba a curar su herida, lamiendola para que no se infectara y hasta la protegia con ladridos para que nadie se le acercara! Gloria rapidamente llevo a la perrita y a su valiente protector a la clinica del Dr. Dominguez en Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, donde fueron atendidos, la herida que tenia en su patita fue tan grave, que ella tuvo que ser operada y sufrir una amputacion, pero esto la ayudo a no perder la vida, su amigo, paso todas sus pruebas y fue declarado como un perro saludable.

Esta accion de lealtad y proteccion que le brindo este perrito a su amiga, fue lo que lo llevo a nombrarse Quijote, el cual con su valentia, se mantuvo todo el tiempo al lado de su Dulcinea, protegiendola hasta que esta fue rescatada!

Dulcinea, cada dia va mejorando, y se encuentra en el albergue de los milagros de Save A Sato Foundation, su valiente amigo Quijote, se encuentra con ella y juegan juntos cada vez que tienen la oportunidad, los voluntarios de Save A Sato, continuan buscando donaciones, para poder costear los gastos de su operacion y cada dia que pasa, esperan con ilusion, que esta historia de amor y amistad, tenga el mas feliz de los finales, encontrando un "Forever Home" donde estos buenos amigos, vivan juntos, para siempre!

Help us win this challenge!

Dear Save A Sato Fan!
Would you like to help the satos from our shelter in a fun, easy and a free way! vote for us everyday on the animal rescue site, shelter challenge! we've been participating on this challenge for the last 3 years without having the opportunity to win the 1st place :(....but we never give up and keep on dreaming of winning, please vote for us everyday from your computer, your smartphone, laptop and tablet. The money from the prize is to continue on the recovery of our 400 and more dogs and cats on the Save A Sato Foundation, shelters! 
Visit the Animal Rescue Site shelter challenge web page by clicking here ***search for Save A Sato country Puerto Rico*** and vote everyday untill the challenge ends march 18 at midnight!