Who we are?
Our project "Asociación Refugio de Sierra Nevada" started on 19th April 2004.
Registration number.5346.
CIF number: G18661090
IBAN: ES42 2031 0087 0101 1554 2802
BIC: CECA ES MM031
Our E-mail: fladu@refugioanimales-sierranevada.org.es
We and all our collaborators are trying to help abandoned animals, a very forgotten and disregarded collective, which is very present in our streets specially in the holidays time.
Our team:
Antonio Ruiz Rodriguez
Founder member, President, in charge of supplying and maintenance.
He is the owner of the land, and has been in charge of taking care of the animals for nine years.
Francisco Lozano Arranz
Founder member, Vice-president, responsable for health and infirmary.
He has been doing volunteer work in other associations of animal’s protection for nine years.
Anita Dufetel Barot
Coordinator of the organization.
A former member of the direction board in another association for animal’s protection.
Founder member.
Cristina Medina Ruiz
Responsable for accounting.
She has been doing voluntary work in the shelter for eight years.
Mercedes Ruiz Rodriguez
In charge of the farm animals and of the cats.
She has been doing voluntary work in the shelter for eight years.
Where is our refuge?
Our shelter is in a farm called Canales, property of Antonio Ruiz, our president. In the refuge we have dogs, cats, hens, geese and guinea-pigs. The problematic dogs are in different cages, and the rest are loose. The hens, geese and the guinea-pigs have a wide space. The cats are in the upper part of the house until we can dispose of a better place for them. Food time is always a party, it is the best occasion to distribute food and water, to cure the sick ones, and to give out love, what they all need so badly. We combine this altruistic work with our regular jobs, if you can and wish to join us, "good people" are always welcome to give a hand.
Visit:
Due to security reasons, we can’t publish the shelter address. Please contact us by telephone to make first an appoitment with us. Thank you.
What do we do?
Our work consists mainly on assisting abandoned o vagabond animals, feeding them, giving them veterinarian care, and eventually putting them in adoption.
Many of these animals come to us in a tragic or at least lamentable condition , from hunged, half dead dogs to the wounded and hungry ones, which have been abandoned by their owners with the idea that "they will fend for themselves".
We also want to show the people who mistreat and abandon their animals that those animals have feelings and they also suffer.
What have we accomplished?
To give animals in adoption by putting announcements in newspapers, in pet’s shops as well as in some local publications; All this comes out really expensive. We also try to make sure that the recently adopted ones and their new owners are happy and so they won’t return to the street.
We do carry 2 castrations campaigns to avoid proliferation of unwanted puppies. The females are given in adoption after being sterilized, this is one of our priorities as it is the most frequent cause of abandonment and vagabondage. We believe that it is worthwhile that people become aware of the terrible problem and, what is most important, that people become aware of the solution.
How do we finance our work?
We pay all derived expenses of our activity with:
- Donations.
- Membership fees.
- Sales of participations for Christmas Lottery.
- Moneyboxes placed in veterinary clinics.
- Donations from abroad.
We receive also restaurant’s leftovers; some stores give us expired food at very reduced price, and what is most valuable, many veterinarians are supporting our work. And we want to seize the opportunity to make a call to all those who may be willing to help us.
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