07/09/2025
Hey everyone! Tammy here. Like all of you, I am a supporter of Negril Pup Rescue, a longtime donor, a volunteer who devotes many hours from Connecticut posting on social media, initiating fundraising campaigns, or assisting with administrative tasks and sometimes I get to go to Negril and play with the pups!
As we have mentioned, donation totals have been steadily declining for the past month. The need hasn't changed. In fact, the rescue is in dire need of a new car (the old one has worn out completely - cost ~$15,000USD), we are trying to build a hurricane shelter for the dogs (the one-year anniversary of Beryl was this past week - cost ~$75,000USD), we are around 30 dogs over capacity (it's so hard to say no to a dog that's suffering - weekly cost ~$800+), we are finding more and more starving animals on the street that need to be fed, and we need to work towards a mass flight to get dogs out of the rescue so we can build a stronger foundation and save more lives (cost - ~$55,000USD).
This, as we battle donor fatigue (people get tired of being asked to help all of the time), changing economic times (the whole world is in flux), busy summer schedules and a little bit of exhaustion on our end. It's so daunting. There's so many. It's too much money. It seems impossible. Is it?
We all love Jamaica. We love the beach and the people and the food and the music and the way we feel when we are there. We do not love the number of stray dogs and cats. That feeling in your chest when you see one *almost* get hit by a car. The sadness of seeing their ribs and their mange and the wounds and scars. In fact, in my travels, it is one of the big reasons why people say they won't return to Jamaica. The stray animal task is ENORMOUS. And we are like Sisyphus, the Greek king sentenced to push a boulder up a hill for eternity only to have it roll back to the bottom every time. The rescue can't possibly save them all, but for the current 90, all of those that came before and countless others that we feed/care for, this organization has been a LIFELINE. Imagine for a moment, if you will, that this organization did not exist. All of those dogs that we've met and grown to love through pictures would have been dead. And not dead in a "one last hug, one last treat" kind of way.
Dominique and Les are doing remarkable, tough, back breaking, spirit crushing, exhausting work that makes such a difference. The least that we can do, if we truly love Jamaica and want to make a difference to the dogs, is to support them so that they do not have to reach into their savings just to continue. Because their savings won't last forever. And then what?
Thank you for coming to my Ted talk. I just wanted all of us to remember why we followed this page. Or to give those of you who didn't know about us before this post a reason to hit that "Like" or "Follow" button (or the Donate button!). I am going to take a leap in speaking for Dom and Les and Chrissy and all of us to say that we appreciate you all. None of us can do this alone.
🐾Ways to Donate 🐾
Visit our website at negrilpuprescue.com/donate to make a donation (check on our website if your workplace offers donation matching) or
E-transfer (from Canada) - [email protected]
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