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Defensores de Animales

About Me


Defensores de Animales, or D.D.A. grew out of a need to defend the rights of animals in the town of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.
Yasmin Mercado, a respected animal advocate with years of experience and a commitment to saving the lives of animals and educating the community, undertook the running of Defensores de Animales, after it was founded by Lilly Colberg in 2004. We launched many initiatives to rescue abused and stray animals and place them in caring homes.
In 2005, we incorporated as a not-for-profit organization in Puerto Rico (Federal non-profit status will be forthcoming.)
Since then, many animals have found homes, many have been taken from abusive households, and many schools and community centers have received humane education. The struggle is far from over, and the D.D.A. is diligently working towards an animal friendly Cabo Rojo and Puerto Rico.

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Visit our website, www.defensoresdeanimalespr.org for up to date news.
Thanks to the hard work of all the people that answered to the call, the animals of Saint Francis of Assisi Sanctuary were saved from the impending massacre.
Defensores de Animales now returned to its four major programs, investigating cases of animal cruelty, providing spay/neuter for low income community, placing rescued animals in adoption to responsible homes, and providing humane education to individuals and the community.

My Blog

Saint Francis of Assisi Sanctuary achieves its independence

After ten months of rehabilitation, the Saint Francis of Assisi Animal Sanctuary has reached the point where it can achieve independence. These months have been arduous but also very rewarding. We are...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:56:00 GMT

Summer at the Sanctuary!

Friends, Summer is here and with it has come a flurry of projects! Want to be cool this summer? Shop our store for t-shirts and caps. Tell the world you care about animals! Animal Vision! Sponsor an ...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:27:00 GMT

Press Conference a Success

Monday’s press conference was a success. Every major televised news program in Puerto Rico covered the event, as well as major newspapers and radial press. On his part, the Dean of the Universit...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:19:00 GMT

Press conference tomorrow April 7th at 11am

Inspectors visited the Saint Francis of Assisi Sanctuary on March 31st, 2008 and found that the conditions of the animals are now favorable. They were impressed with the work of Defensores de Animales...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:06:00 GMT

School and Medical Company visit the Sanctuary

Our community is responding to our call for action. Students and teachers from the school Pedro Nelson Colberg and workers from the medical company Cordis, have made collection drives in their respect...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:24:00 GMT

Bands get together for the Animals!

Bands get together for the Animals On Saturday, March 22nd, several bands will get together and play a show in the name of Defensores de Animales and its work with the St. Francis of Assisi Sanct...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:15:00 GMT

In the press

Friends, In the past week, we have been featured in two newspaper articles. In El Faro del Suroeste, an open forum for the southwestern community, Taty Arana wrote a comprehensive article on the San...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:40:00 GMT

The Most Productive Day

Sunday, February 25th started like any other day, and officially became The Most Productive Day in the St. Francis of Assisi Sanctuary. Most of the dogs were bathed and vaccinated. Veterinarian ...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:32:00 GMT

update

Friends of animals, We have several good news. The first cleaning phase was a success. We managed to level the field with a bulldozer, remove vegetation overgrowth and garbage accumulation.&...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:55:00 GMT