A non-profit organization is flying Mexican strays into Calgary, but the humane society says potential dog owners should first look at adopting abandoned local pets.
Pawsitive Match flies about 15 dogs a month to Calgary from La Paz, Mexico, part of the southern Baja peninsula where one animal aid organization estimates there are an estimated 10,000 strays.
Mirella Montgomery, who runs the non-profit, said she feels a need to rescue animals from that area because they’re often mistreated.
“They’re beaten, they’re kicked, they’re thrown out of cars there,” she said. “It’s just an everyday thing. That’s not to say we don’t help dogs here too.”
The Calgary Humane Society’s Lindsay Jones said that while her organization is grateful to anyone helping homeless animals, there are more than 130 dogs waiting to be adopted locally.
“Right now we are very full and so we’d like to see Calgarians step up and help out Calgary’s homeless pets first,” she said.
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Odd don’t you think?.