We are offering the chance for you to own this beautiful acrylic painting created by Melina McClure.  Melinda is a fabulous artist and recent addition to the Boquete community. She has jumped in to offer Sip and Paint fundraisers, volunteers in recovery at the clinics, and now has graciously offered this lovely art for us to generate even more funds. The drawing will take place at the Holiday Market on November 23, at the Amigos de Animales Building in Alto Boquete. 

You do not need to be present to win, and we will ship the painting to anywhere in the US or Panama, if the winner does not live in Boquete. You can choose the following: A $5 donation gets you 1 ticket, a $10 donation gets you 3 tickets, and a $20 donation gets you 7 tickets.

Why we rely on fundraisers and donations:

Amigos de Animales was started in 2005 as a direct response to a need in the Boquete community. At the time, there were packs of street dogs and feral cats roaming the streets and there was no access to, or information about, sterilization for these animals.

Through May 2024 we have spayed or neutered 28,797 animals – 14,815 dogs and 13,982 cats. The impact on the health of animals and humans is measurable. Rarely does one see packs of starving, fighting dogs roaming through the streets of Boquete, as one might see in other small towns throughout Central America. This has greatly enhanced the relative livability and safety of our community at large.

In 2022 we raised the price charged to $20 per dog and $10 per cat, but no one is turned away from the clinics for inability to pay.

We raised the amounts we pay the vets to $15 per dog and $8 per cat.

Our actual costs (including the above increases) are over $25 per animal spayed or neutered. At a typical clinic of 250 animals we will be short over $3,000. We rely on fundraising to make up the difference.

Also, since the pandemic started, we have been purchasing dog and cat food at a cost of about $1,800 per month. We have been distributing this food to local families through the government and our collectors.

A $10 donation helps cover the cost of feeding a dog or a cat for a month, and $25 covers the cost of sterilizing one animal.

Your contribution is vital to our cause of decreasing the population of street dogs and cats in our area and reducing the number of unwanted and abandoned animals. Donating will help us continue our services and good work in Boquete and the surrounding area.

We have created a U.S. not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, Amigos de Animales, Inc. Your donation will go to it and may be eligible as a charitable contribution.

Please help us towards achieving our goal of sterilizing at least 75% of the dogs and cats in Boquete and the surrounding areas. Support our voiceless Amigos - click on the "x" at the top of this mini-window, then click on a quantity field button to make a donation. Thank you for your support!

NOTE: We are using a free website, Zeffy, to run this campaign. When you make a donation, Zeffy will add a "contribution" amount to your cart. Before paying you can click on the "v" icon to the right, choose "Other", and then enter a different amount. You can choose $0 if you want.