Friends of Humane Society de Tijuana
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The government does not provide a mechanism to treat the thousands of starving and sick street animals that
roam the city. Nor does it have a program to provide veterinary care to the pets of the poor.











While the problem is daunting and appears to be so large as to be impossible to handle for an organization of
modest means such as HSTJ, we nevertheless adopted the philosophy of approaching the problem one animal
at a time and as our resources permitted. Since HSTJ cannot afford to run a private shelter to accommodate
these vast numbers of animals it had to find an alternative to the traditional rescue where an animal is brought to
a shelter, treated and placed for adoption.

HSTJ has re-defined street rescues. While our volunteers still do one-on-one street rescues, we also have
devised another type of rescue, the Street Clinic.

It occurred to us that a large number of the abandoned street animals could be saved if only they could be made
fit enough to be accepted by neighborhoods and/or individuals who would care for them and get them sterilized.

In January 2007, HSTJ initiated street clinics and encouraged the people in the poorest of neighborhoods to bring
their pets for basic treatments e.g. de-worming, mange treatment, tick and flea treatment. We encouraged them
to bring the street animals too. It worked.















After being treated and no longer suffering from diarrhea, mange, ticks and eye infections, they were either
adopted by individuals or by a group of people on the block where they were roaming. Once free of disease,
these animals were given a place to sleep, given food and clean water and even brought to our monthly free
spay and neuter clinics.

They no longer had to eke out a miserable existence on the streets, sick, starving, frightened and in pain. WE
CONSIDER THESE TO BE SUCCESSFUL RESCUES and it was done without having a shelter and a lot of
resources.

Since its inception, the HSTJ Street Clinic has treated thousands of animals and hundreds of street animals are
now much better off having a safer and healthier place to live. Equally important, they have been sterilized and
will not be compounding the problem
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Friends of HSTJ is recognized by the IRS as a
Non-Profit Organization 501(c)(3) # is 77-0704404




HSTJ reduces the uncontrolled birth rate of animals by offering sterilization clinics
for cats and dogs.

The monthly spay and neuter clinic service is offered as a low cost clinic and
asking only of those who can afford it, a modest contribution in order to cover the
costs of the materials.

This is based on the economic resources of the individual. The cost is much less
than the cost of private veterinary services in Tijuana.

For those who cannot afford to contribute toward the materials, we ask that able
bodied people help us at the clinic for a few hours by performing basic tasks or
assisting our volunteers.
SPAY AND NEUTER CLINICS
Please visit Friends of HSTJ's
Blog Spot
for recent photos and activities!
Next Sterilization Clinic
Sunday, November 16th in
the Colonia Castillo



FOCUSED ON ANIMAL HEALTH AND SANITARY COMMUNITIES.

Working to combat illnesses by showing people how to eliminate situations that spread diseases to people and
animals from contact with contagious animals, stagnant water, garbage, trash, etc., and by providing examples of
sanitary, healthy living conditions as well as administering appropriate treatments to the animals.










These programs provide information about the advantage of maintaining a healthy living environment especially
by avoiding contaminating one's surrounding and giving a high priority to total family involvement in achieving
these goals.

We believe the education needs to start with the children.  Most of the animals are brought to our street clinics
by the neighborhood children.  Always lovingly clutching their pets, they just lack the education on proper care
and responsibility.
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
WITH YOUR SUPPORT,  WE CAN GIVE THEM A CHANCE!

REMEMBER, ANIMALS HAVE NO NATIONALITY
STREET CLINICS [ITCHY-SCRATCHY CLINICS]