Look for the dog house donation boxxes in many shops and businesses or at the Shelter. SupportBonaire provides a way for Americans to donate to their favorite causes and claim charitable deductions on their American income tax. Support Bonaire website now accepts credit card donations for the Shelter. Or you may donate via the bank: Animal Shelter Bonaire, RBTT Bank Antilles, Bonaire Branch, Account # 23.10.139. BIC: RBTTANCU SWIFT: ABNANL2A

“Quirien” is so proud and a darling. She’s alert – just look at those standing up ears – and loves to show off the snow white fur on her chest. She’s friendly but not to someone who shouldn’t be in her yard. This girl will be a fine watch dog. It was good luck for Quirien and Queenie to be brought in because at the Shelter if the dog is in good health and is social with people they will be put up for adoption. Both dogs have been checked out by the vet, had their shots, worming and tests and are ready to go. When they are a little older they will be sterilized. All this for the dog adoption fee of NAƒ 105.

You may meet her and the other adoptees at the Shelter on the Lagoen Road, open Monday through Saturday, 9 am to 1 pm and 3 to 5pm. Tel. 717-4989.

Laura da Salvo, Bonaire Reporter, March 5-19, 2010

Thank you very much Sika Mik!

Thanks very much Valerie’s Airport Shop!

He’s a roly poly, happy puppy now, but little “Jeroen” had a very sad beginning to his life. He was almost run over by a car when he was just five weeks old, but a good Samaritan found him and brought him into the Bonaire Animal Shelter.

Because he was so young and frail he had to go home to live with Shelter Director Marlies who had to feed him by hand. But now at seven weeks he’s one of the cutest puppies we’ve ever seen. Who would not agree? He’s like a wooly little bear with a wonderful disposition and attitude towards life. He’s been checked out by the vet, wormed, had his shots and will be sterilized when he’s old enough. The dog adoption fee of NAƒ 105 covers all of this and you may always be assured to getting a healthy and well adjusted and social animal from the Shelter.

Dierenleed voorkomen
De reden dat het asiel dit hok heeft gebouwd is dat normaliter mensen hun dier -buiten openingstijden- ook bij het asiel achterlieten, maar dan op een dieronvriendelijke manier. Ze werden vastgebonden aan de poort, in de volle zon en zonder water. Het kwam ook geregeld voor dat de dieren over het hek gegooid werden en zich hierdoor bezeerden. Of dat ze voor de poort in een kartonnen doos werden gezet, de doos vervolgens kapot beten en de drukke weg op renden. Natuurlijk met de kans aangereden te worden.

Diervriendelijk
Het hok is een veel vriendelijkere manier om de dieren in te herbergen. Zo staat in deze kooi altijd een bak met vers water, de wind kan er goed doorheen blazen, het hok staat in de schaduw en bij regen zitten de diertjes lekker droog. En twee keer per dag, zelfs op zondag, wordt gechecked of er een dier in het hok geplaatst is. De dieren zitten dus nooit lang in het hok.

Wat gebeurt er met de afstandsdieren?
De dieren die het asiel in dit hok aantreft, krijgen dezelfde behandeling als de andere honden en katten die worden afgestaan. Als het asiel vermoedt dat het dier van huis is weggelopen, dan gaan de asielmedewerkers actief op zoek naar de eigenaar. Indien niet het geval is en de hond of kat is gezond, dan probeert het asiel vanzelfsprekend een nieuwe eigenaar voor het dier te vinden.

Eerste hond in hok terug bij eigenaar
De eerste hond die het asiel in het hok aantrof was een schattig dier. De viervoeter droeg gelukkig een penning aan zijn halsband. Zo konden de medewerkers van het asiel de eigenaar van het dier gemakkelijk traceren. De eigenaar was dolblij om zijn hond weer terug te zien!

Het dierenasiel Bonaire wil de sponsor Valerie’s Airport Shop en de vrijwilligers bedanken die het hok hebben gebouwd.

From 11.00 am, people started to come in and lots of visitors have been coming whole day. While having a drink or snack, many customers took their time to look around between the many, many items that were for sale, to see if there was something they liked and could buy for little money. They found a lot to buy. The ambiance was great. Many people met friends or acquaintance.

For the Animal Shelter it was a very good day. A container that is a lot emptier and a cashbox that is a lot fuller. for more than Naf. 4.000,00 was sold.

All the money will be used to keep the shelter doing their work and for various smaller projects.

The Shelter would like to thank the We Dare to Care Foundation and Martinus Import nv for placing at the disposal of tables and tents.

Somewhere along the road from Lagun to Spelonk one of the tourists spotted a puppy. The whole caravan came to a standstill when one puppy after another came stumbling from behind the rocks. The joint effort resulted in the rescue of 10 puppies of barely six weeks old. Alas, the mother was nowhere to be found.

That afternoon Leandro and Luis came to the Bonaire Animal Shelter saying, “We have a  problem,” and with big smiles they handed the Shelter’s staff one of the quad’s blue boxes filled to capacity with the 10 puppies. Sadly, three of the pups didn’t make it, but the other seven are doing fine.

As they were covered in a tsunami of lice they were bathed repeatedly, they were also dewormed and got their shots. They’re still a bit wobbly and sleeping a lot, but in a week or two they will be strong and handsome and ready for adoption! Thanks to Leandro and Luis and the tourists seven little dogs’ lives were saved because they cared!

In addition to this event, the Shelter has built a new facility for the public to use: a kennel outside the gate where people can drop off pets at any time.  Leaving an animal at the Shelter has always been for free and it always will be, but somehow there are still people who prefer to dump the pets in the mondi which hopefully won’t be necessary anymore.

Greta Kooistra, Bonaire Reporter, February 5-19, 2010