Princesa is looking forward to her move to the GTA. She has heard about snow and is intrigued.
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It is finally Willow’s turn for a second chance at life! This Queen has waited long enough. First there was heartworm disease. Then there were no flights during Covid. Somewhere in the GTA is a family who has no idea how lucky they are about to get.
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One more successful Saturday!!!!! #dogwalk #adoptdontshop #volunteers #rivieramaya #helpushelpthem #dogsofinstagram #donationsneeded #savingdogs #dogshelter
The best part of every single day is walk time. There is a whole world outside the shelter to sniff. We love our volunteers for making walks happen.
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Travel days are the best! Alora and Sam are on their way to a new life. Huge thanks to the village that makes this possible. @dibsrescue.
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We look forward to saying goodbye to all the dogs who have a flight home. These three leave on Thursday. It’s Dina’s second try. Her first flight had no room. Adios babies!
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Now, she starts a new life!!!
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It’s all about sharing the water bowl after a long hot walk.
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Todays smile brought to you by healthy and happy doggos, just waiting for their new families.
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Imagine living on the streets, heavily pregnant, sick, starving and scared. Yesterday that was Madonna’s life. Today she is safe and loved. We are learning more about her each hour. She is due any moment, is positive for Erlichia and has a painful and itchy skin disease. We suspect she may also have TVT, a sexually transmitted cancer. We have lots of testing to do. It’s enough for now that she is safe. Please help us to help more dogs like Madonna, donation link on bio page.
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Our precious Cocoa has been diagnosed with Heartworm disease. For her, that means instead of traveling to her new home, she will stay with us for at least 7 more months. You can help us help Cocoa. Donation link on bio page.
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We have the most happy dogs at the shelter!! Thanks to all your support, all the doggies are happy and healthy! #playadelcarmen #adopt #dogshelter #savingdogs #rivieramaya
There are always one or two who make it hard. We say just roll with it. In a couple of decades you will be laughing at that pic.
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Azu and Carmen are loving their daily walks. So much good comes from such a little thing. If you are in the hood, stop by and go for a walk with an amazing dog!
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You just never know, that might be the hand that adopts you. Then you can kiss that hand forever ❤️.
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There will be no Charm School for this Saturday December 2nd due to pervious obligations of staff.
Hope to see everyone next week!
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Please welcome Nezuko to Playa Animal Rescue.
They have been trying to rescue this very timid girl for a while and finally she is safe with us.
She is about 8 months old, was covered in fleas/ticks and tested positive for Anaplasma and Erlichia. She is very thin but is getting all the treatments and good food now.
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She's very pretty! 😍 Those eyes 🤩
Beautiful pup !! 💞🐾🐾
Bless you PAR for pursuing her. 💜
Sweetheart!❤️❤️❤️
Looks similar to Aurelia. That goes back a few years
Look at the manners.
Good sit everyone!
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Great job! So cute
Look at those smiles 😍
Great job pups❤️
Sweetness!❤️❤️❤️
Where are these dogs from?
Follow this link to help.
playaanimalrescue.networkforgood.com/projects/80409-please-help-us-save-a-street-dog
playaanimalrescue.networkforgood.com
Thank you on this giving Tuesday to all of the PAR volunteers and donors. You are a member of our pack and so important to our efforts.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Yumiho got Madonna out for a little leash training today.
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She’s so sweet and is looking so much better💕💕
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Sweet baby!💕
How is she doing with the loss of her puppies ?
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Aww! She's looking better.
Her ears already look better
Her fur is growing back.
Former PAR girl Auset (now Vegas) has found her perfect family thanks to the amazing DIBS Rescue Team. Past PAR adopters have been watching her posts since the beginning and knew that they had to make her a part of their lives.
Here's what DIBS Rescue had to say...
It was love at first sight for past PAR adopters, when they spotted Auset upon her rescue. Fast forward many months, they applied, DIBSters Erin and Andrea screened, and we got these potential adopters set up as Auset's new foster parents! Her new family is completely smitten: "We’ve also decided to name her VEGAS! We won the jackpot with her!"
Amazing news for a wonderful pairing. We love it when a plan comes together. Congrats all!!
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Vegas = Won the Jackpot. Love it!!!! ❤️
Wonderful.....a blessing to all
God Bless them and their new family.
I LOVE her new name, it fits her perfectly!
Those ears ❤️
Wonderful news! ❤️🎉
She is indeed beautiful.
When I was in playa, the day I spent at the rescue, was one of the highlights of my trip🐾 then I was invited by a local resident to spend the rest of the day at the local hang out spot! Ate goodies from a vendor on the beach, basked in the cooling waters that came from an underground stream. Arrived back at the hotel sunburnt, dirty, but completely happy about the day I just had🐾💕🐾
Handsome boys Chato and Zeus. Chato must have been making a wish hoping for a lot of visitors for this morning's Saturday Charm School.
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They look so happy!❤️❤️❤️
Merlina working on the famous PAR treat depository move
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😍😍😍😍😍😍
We had a great time today walking the dogs!!
And I think she has it mastered!
So sweet!❤️❤️❤️
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Sweet! She looks like Tena.
Sweet💕💕
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Tomorrow is Charm School!
Join us to help with the dogs and get puppy kisses and wagging tails ❤️🐾🐾
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Yumiho visited Madonna and spent some time with her. She's doing all right and enjoyed the visit, and there's a bit of a sparkle in her eyes.
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She had much more energía today on our walk. She is doing much better!
Madonna has the sweetest face!❤️🙏
So happy to see her with some hope in those beautiful eyes. Thanks to everyone who go give her some love. I did when she was first rescued, but back in Canada now 🥺 I'm blowing lots of love and thoughts all the way to her
All the dogs get sparkly eyes when they see Yumiho, she makes them happy❤️
She looks good!
My sweet baby dog used to look just like Madonna when I found her dying under a car, and not she looks like this! I hope Madonna finds some one to love her as much as I love Frida. For some lucky human she will be the most loving and appreciative dog they could ever ask for. She will change a life.🥰
Yes, you’re right. There is sparkle 💖 there.
shes lovely
Such a sweet little momma 💕 she looks better for sure
Ahhh is he sick ? So cute that little face ❤️🙏💕
Please welcome Goofy to Playa Animal Rescue.
Goofy was rescued from the streets and has been in foster for 3 months. He's about 1 1/2 years old and is being treated for Erlichia, a tick borne disease.
He is a very playful, happy boy.
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Great name for this excited boy!
What a pretty smile Goofy has!
He’s LOVELY!!! 🐾🙏💙🙏🐾
he is adorable
See you soon, Goofy!!
Hello Goofy. I hope you find your forever home soon. I know that you are very thankful for your foster human and for Playa Animal Rescue.
Hola Goofy 🤪
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Happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends in the US from all of us at Playa Animal Rescue.
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I'm thankful for the amazing people who love and care for you.
Thankful for the work of Playa Animal Rescue. 🐾💕
No ‘shelter’ by the definition of the word, should EVER kill. Those that kill need to take other names. They surely don’t provide safety.
About Us
Mission Statement
We are dedicated to providing a solution for dogs who have been born on the street, or abandoned by their owners. Life for these dogs is short, and full of misery. Our main focus is the extremely vulnerable, those who are ill, injured or too young to survive on their own.
Who we are.
Playa Animal Rescue is a No-Kill dog rescue located in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
In continuous operation since 2011, we operate with a multi purpose goal. To rescue dogs who are suffering on the street. To bring those dogs to health, physically and emotionally, and to find them loving permanent homes.
In addition, we promote Spay/Neuter as a long term solution to the overpopulation of street dogs. We believe that outreach and education is a vital part of that solution.
We receive no support from the Mexican government to do our work. We are supported solely by donations. 100% of every donation goes directly to the care of the dogs.
Thank you for your support!
Our Team
Playa Animal Rescue Advisory Board:
President/Treasurer – Sue Silva
Vice President/Operations Manager – Jan Northenscold
Social Media Director – Pat Faulstitch
Deb Hoke
Craig Faulstitch
Playa Animal Rescue Support Team:
Shelter Director – Dr. Mauricio Ramirez
Playa Animal Rescue is a non profit organization, registered in:
USA – Playa Animal House AC d/b/a Playa Animal Rescue. U.S. FEIN #45-4956962,
Mexico – RFC PAH11205NNA
How to Help
Click the tabs below to see different ways you can help.
We appreciate your support more than we can say, and every dollar raised goes directly to the care of the dogs.
You can donate directly through either PayPal or Network for Good
We have provided the opportunity in both spaces for either a one-time donation or a monthly gift. Our monthly donors give us the certainty that each month there will be funds for the dogs’ care.
If you prefer, you can mail a check in USD dollars to:
Playa Animal Rescue
20 Copperfield Avenue
North Easton MA, 02356
For a local adoption, interested parties must fill out an application,
and have a home check prior to adoption. Our local adoption fee is $1,500
pesos. For more information, email: info@playaanimalrescue.org
International Rescue Transfers to our Humane Partners
* Vet certificate fee – $50
We work with established organizations in Canada to place our dogs into
loving and responsible homes. We have found this to be the best solution
for international adoptions, as there are people in place in the
adoption location to assist with any issues.
On most Saturdays, we hold Charm School. Volunteers come to the shelter to walk dogs and help them get used to walking with manners, and to get used to all kinds of different people. This helps the dogs to work off excess energy and to be exposed to sights and sounds of normal life outside the rescue.
Training and exercise.
We love to have volunteers come into PAR during the week to help the dogs learn manners and good behavior. The dogs need exercise to reduce excess energy, and they need to learn how to navigate life outside the doors of PAR. Volunteers will work directly with our Veterinarian Mauricio.
Fundraising and events.
Throughout the year, we hold fundraising events. Two of our bigger ones are the Mayakoba Classic PGA golf tournament and the Andale market.
PAR Marshalls a hole at a major PGA tournament each year in return, the PGA makes a donation to us. We have a large booth at the Andale market each December and are always in need of people to man that booth to help us sell donations. If you are interested in more information on either of those events or other ways you can help us fundraise, contact us.
Airport runs.
Almost all of our dogs fly to the Toronto area once they’re ready for adoption. They are then placed in homes with the help of our humane Partners. We need people with reliable vehicles to help move the dogs to the airport for their flights. And, to help get them checked in for their flight and go through customs on this end.
Flight parents.
We need people that are traveling from Cancun to Toronto to take our dogs to their new homes. Flight parents are provided with all the paperwork and instructions necessary to easily move the dogs through this process. You will be met on the Toronto end by the adoptive parents or fosters. It’s a super easy process, and the flight parent incurs no additional expense. There will be people on both ends of your flight to help you through the entire process.
When a dog is found that needs to come into the shelter, we don’t always have space available in our quarantine area. A local family can help by fostering that dog until a spot for it opens up in quarantine. This foster situation is usually short-term, but we cannot guarantee an entry date for the dog. That is dependent totally on having a spot open up in quarantine.
Fosters can also help us with dogs who need socialization prior to adoption. Foster homes can help a dog get over any fears they might have, making the dog a better candidate for adoption.
We also look for fosters for dogs who have a set date for flying out. This situation is a short-term foster and helps to transition the dog to live in a home environment.
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