Hello Isla Animals Family!!!!
We wanted to make a newsletter at the beginning of the year, and then again to make some big announcements... But you know that if we are late with news is because we have been super busy with rescue and working on Oasis!
Happy start of 2024!!!!
We have started the year with 29 dogs finding their forever homes, an incredible achievement since we are in the middle of packing, moving, building... We have done over 30 spay and neuters so far and we have a few more dates coming soon... and... we have some big news regarding Isla Animals OASIS!
Drumroll please!!!
We have a moving date!!!!!
We will be relocating to Isla Animals OASIS by March 1st!!!!
This decision has been coming for a while... but March 1st is the soonest we can have the minimum facilities ready for our volunteers and our dogs... And yes... the place is still much of a construction site!!!
Why moving before Isla Animals OASIS is ready?
There are many reasons...
Our place on Isla is very expensive without being adequate for our dogs and visitors, we want to better use our funds on the animals. We can only house a limited number of dogs, we are constantly worried they will bother the neighbors...
We are still short on our fundraising efforts and it's time to get our hands dirty (dirtier!). We can do a lot of the work if we are there... the money and time spent in coming and going, the limited time we have there before we have to come back and feed and clean and take care of the animals, all can be better used if we have everything in the same place!
We have been dreaming of the day we can move in our animals into Isla Animals Oasis... and we can't contain our excitement
When will Isla Animals Oasis be ready?
This is a question we get often and we truly don't know... Remember we are a tiny team, we never took a break from rescue, we continued taking in animals, doing sterilizations, while we were architects and contractors for the new place... We have been the ones buying materials and supervising the works... as we wanted to make sure we were as wise as possible with the costs of building Isla Animals Oasis!
With us being able to work in the property more consistently, we believe we can go faster, but also our funds are getting smaller and smaller and if we manage to continue fundraising we may be able to have the space somewhat ready for the summer... that's our goal and dream... but if we can't make it work, we will be taking our time to get it exactly as we want it to be! As long as we have our dogs in a safe space, with the comforts we truly never had for them before... we can make this work!
And remember we never stop rescuing... 2024 started with 29 dogs going to their furever homes!!!!!
We have started a new way of fundraising on RallyUp! You can donate concrete blocks, puppy pens, doors, windows, and more!
https://go.rallyup.com/islaanimalsshelterfunds
Our Go Fund ME is still active and your help will make this space the future of Isla Animals!!!!! https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-isla-animals-rescue
Check out more rescue videos and building updates
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Our GoFundMe is still active, and slowly we are trying to keep going, wisely allocating funds where they are needed, continuing with the building while making sure our dogs do not lack anything.
Please help us reach our goal and continue building. We are getting so close to finishing!