Caribbean Animal Tourism Support  
 
February 2008 E-newsletter
 
This is the fourth issue of the Caribbean Animal Tourism Support E-newsletter. This newsletter highlights successful partnerships between Caribbean animal welfare organizations and tourism. If you have a tourism-animal welfare partnership that you would like to have highlighted in a future newsletter, please E-mail CaribbeanTourism@pegasusfoundation.org with a brief story and photo, as well as contact information.


Success Story: St. Lucia tourism companies partner with St. Lucia Animal Protection Society and International Veterinary Assistance to support volunteer visiting veterinarians
 
 
Since 2001, the St. Lucia Animal Protection Society (SLAPS) and International Veterinary Assistance (IVA) have joined forces to provide free spay/neuter and animal wellness clinics on the island of St. Lucia in the southern Caribbean. Local hotels contribute lodging for visiting veterinary volunteers. Local restaurants and concerned citizens provide free meals to the vet teams. More than a dozen spay/neuter clinics have resulted in well over 1,000 sterilizations of cats and dogs. The value of the in-kind donation from tourism and local volunteers exceeds US$10,000 per clinic. SLAPS and IVA hope to revitalize and leverage the relationship with tourism sector and visitors to St. Lucia and help brand St. Lucia as a responsible and animal friendly Caribbean island.
   
Read more about how tourism can support animal welfare:
http://www.CaribbeanAnimalTourismSupport.org
  
News: March 15 is registration deadline for 2008 Caribbean Animal Welfare Conference
 
March 15 is the deadline to register for the 2008 Caribbean Animal Welfare Conference, to be held April 21-24 at the Hotel Melia in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Ministries of tourism, tourism associations, and tourism companies are invited to attend the conference, which will feature a workshop on the Caribbean Animal Tourism Support project. Visit the conference Web site for more information: www.CaribbeanAnimalWelfare.org


Caribbean Animal Tourism Support E-newsletter is produced by the Pegasus Foundation. For more information, please visit www.CaribbeanAnimalTourismSupport.org or E-mail CarbbeanTourism@pegasusfoundation.org