Bringing Toys to a Toyless Community with Amazon Cares

My amazing friend Molly recently bought $200 worth of our 1-fur-1 toys for her organization, Amazon Cares. [I've mentioned them before, click here to read]. This extremely generous purchase has enabled us to go to BlogPaws West, just like we been trying to do. And our roommate at BlogPaws will be none other than Molly herself!

Amazon Cares is doing AMAZING things in the poorest regions of the Peruvian Amazon region. Among other things, they have a mobile vet clinic in Iquitos where they aid and promote animal wellness. Here is their mission statement: "Amazon Community Animal Rescue, Education & Safety (CARES) seeks better health and living conditions for ALL living beings of the Peruvian Amazon region. This includes appropriate care, respect, and protection from cruelty and neglect." To learn more about them, click here to visit their website and click here to visit their blog.

Molly posted a blog today, "Dog Toys - What a Novel Concept," about how many of the animals in Peru are not accustomed to dog toys or the concept of fetch. Click here to read it - it's amazing and I highly recommend it. She brought all 50 of her purchased toys - plus the 50 donated toys, which we also donated them. She is spreading them around to all the animals in Iquitos. In poor regions, dog toys are a luxury, not a necessity. I am loving that today in Peru, a dog that has never played with a toy before is now learning to squeak and maybe, hopefully, one day play fetch. I am so grateful for people like Molly and am so grateful to be able to help improve animal conditions in that region, even if it's just in a small way.