Kingston (Jamaica) Community Animal Welfare-cat & dog rescue, April onward
- Animal-Kind International
- 19 hours ago
- 5 min read
Animal-Kind International provides about 85% of Kingston Community Animal Welfare's budget. The remainder is from Deborah and her local contacts who want to help the many cats and dogs in need of rescue in Kingston, Jamaica.
Below are just a few of the cats and dogs helped by our Partner Organization in Jamaica, Kingston Community Animal Welfare, since our last blog post. There are some really great stories that you won't want to miss, so please read to the end!
When a pregnant dog went looking for a secluded spot to have her puppies, she took refuge in a shady backyard. The homeowner, knowing about Kingston Community Animal Welfare, contacted Deborah and said: "I don't like dogs but they can stay." Deborah promised to feed the mama while she was nursing her pups.
Deborah found homes for all four puppies and still looks after the mama, who has now been spayed. Hopefully mama will get a better home than the one she's been "allowed" to remain at for now. (Deborah says she's a very sweet dog.)
A friend called Deborah to report a dog on Phoenix Avenue with a bad wound on his neck. It looked like maggots had colonized the wound and the dog seemed unwell.
Deborah drove around looking for him, but didn't find him. She returned the next day and finally located him in his hiding spot in an outhouse that was no longer in use.
Knowing that this could be a difficult rescue, Deborah found a young man who was willing to help and after a lot of effort they finally got the dog--now named Rex--into Deborah's vehicle. Off they went to the vet.
It turned out the wound was deep and recovery would take time. But Deborah couldn't just sit and wait.....in addition to this poor guy, seven other abandoned dogs were living in the abandoned house where she found Rex.
Deborah went back with food for them and made plans to get the females spayed. Meanwhile, Rex was neutered and then Deborah brought him to the KCAW kennels until she finds someone to adopt him.
This post showed up on a Jamaica animal rescue group's social media page.
When no one offered to help the cat, Deborah did. She easily found the kitty, who was dirty and skinny and covered with fleas and ticks. The wound on her back was a bad one, possibly inflicted by a human.
She wouldn't agree to be touched so Deborah used an old trick, she put food in the crate and lured her in.
Deborah named her Frenchie and brought her to a vet clinic, where her wound was cleaned and she was given flea and tick meds. Then, she took Frenchie to the KCAW kennels. When she was strong enough, Frenchie was spayed, and for now is staying at KCAW until she gets a permanent home (or she can stay at KCAW forever).
From Deborah:
"I went to one of my auto repair yards to feed some dogs. The owner shuts them in on holidays and Sundays, no food, no water. Yesterday was a public holiday so they would be locked in with no food.
When I was leaving I heard a faint 'meow'. Really soft. I looked everywhere didn't hear it again and went to my car. Heard it again but louder but just couldn't find where it was coming from. Maybe the yard next to the garage. Again and again I heard it..a distinct MEOW and this time more desperate! It could only be coming from that grilled storeroom. But the door was jammed shut. I couldn't get in.
With nobody around to help, I used a piece of iron to pry the rusty grill open. It was badly damaged but that was the only way to rescue the kitty.
Little did I know this would be only the beginning of a battle. It took me 1 1/2 hours to eventually get him! He was hiding inside a tiny concrete crevice.
I had to stop several times to rest my knees as I had to kneel to dig him out. Then stinging ants started attacking me! But finally I got him !!!!
I quickly made a call to some one I knew who wanted a kitten. And here he is at his new home not even 30 minutes after his rescue!!! The best home ever too!!
Deborah saw Sandy sleeping on the sidewalk a few times and realized she probably lived there. She was pretty old and was probably dumped when she was of no more use to her family.
She had a deep wound, but didn't let Deborah get too close. Again, with food as a distraction, Deborah was able to lure her close enough to spray the wound with Ectoline. Some Nexguard in her food for parasites and then Sandy had enough and walked off. Deborah passes by 3x/week to feed her. She seems safe and comfortable enough in her spot on the sidewalk.
This is Leon. He lived outside on a plot where multiple families with many children live.
It's not a good situation for little kitties (or any animals).
Deborah knew she had to get him away from there and claimed that he was bleeding and he needed to be seen by a vet. No one cared enough to check him themself, so Deborah was free to whisk him away and took him home. They never asked about him and never seemed to care what happened to him.
Deborah posted Leon on social media and he was adopted in no time!
In early June, Deborah received a call for help to save a kitty whose mama was killed by a car. Her body was right outside the market where her kitten was hiding. The kitten was far down a hole in a utility room and it was impossible for Deborah to get the kitten on her own. She paid a security guard to help her.
Amazingly, it took 4 hours--yes! 4 hours--to get this kitten, but finally they got her from out of that deep hole in the ground.
Deborah named her Siren and off they went to the KCAW kennels to safety.
