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American Lois Landau Leeds supports Aruban animal rescue organization:
“We get calls every day about puppies in deplorable conditions”
ORANJESTAD — Lois Landau Leeds from New Jersey, U.S. started helping ever’ homes, blankets, towels, everything is welcome. We have a wish
the animal rescue organization New Life for Paws in 2015 and has trans- list on Amazon for people to bring stuff down here when visiting Aruba.”
ported more than 20 puppies to the U.S. and fostered many. She is a loyal Lois explains that New life for Paws is a non-profit organization, all dona-
visitor on our island for over 30 years. “Here on the island many animals tions go to the animal care. “Our vet bills are over the top. Any dona-
are treated very badly and most visitors do not see this while going to tion is welcome. If visitors would like to reach out to us they can also
their fancy dinners and out shopping at Louis Vuitton or other upscale go to PriceSmart where they sell bulk food and buy big bags of puppy
stores. My wish is to create awareness for the animal foundations on the food for us.” Visitors are also more than welcome to spend a morning or
island. Rescue is a top priority with me, the goal is to have visitors help afternoon at the organization. Lois: “You can help us with bathing the
out, spend the morning or afternoon with one of the organizations. The puppies, cleaning out the cages, feeding them and just loving them. We
puppies need you.” need a consciousness about the animal situation on Aruba. Spend a day
with the puppies or even take one home. You won’t regret it.”
She drives puppies to their new homes in the U.S. or fosters them herself, https://www.newlifeforpaws.org/ q
pays for the puppy’s airline ticket (about $ 100-150 dollar) and assists in
many more ways. “I am here now with eight family members. Four dogs
are allowed on the plane at one time so we will be travelling back to the
U.S. with four puppies that will be available for adoption and will be on
the New Life for Paws Facebook page. Travelling with a puppy is hap-
pening in a carrying case that is placed under the seat in front of you. It
feels so good to do it and we received so many enthusiastic reactions
that we even got people signing up for adoption already at the airport.”
She is also helping out other organizations but mainly New Life for Paws.
“This is a wonderful organization on the island rescuing puppies, spaying
and neutering the animals. Founding member Natalya is amazing.” The
mission of New Life for Paws is to rescue as many stray, neglected and
abandoned dogs as possible while spaying and neutering to reduce the
overpopulation of street dogs in Aruba. They provide shelter, food and
veterinary treatment for each of the rescue dogs that they save. New
Life for Paws have joined forces with Aruba Flight Volunteers, a chaper-
one service to connect Aruba rescues with new ‘fur-ever’ families in the
United States.
Bad treatment of animals
Lois: “My love for animals has been for my entire life. As a child I found
kittens in a sewer in New Jersey near my home and brought them to my
house. Here on Aruba I saw the way people treat their animals and it got
to me. The kill cage that was recently closed was such a horrible situa-
tion where people drop their puppies and adult dogs to get killed.” Visi- Lois’ granddaughter on her way to a
tors need to realize that we have a huge problem on the island with the foster family Lois with a puppy leaving Aruba
way animals are being treated, she states. “Many dogs are chained in
people’s backyards and never brought into the house. Across the street
from my house here on Aruba there are two dogs chained in the back-
yard. One of the dogs on a short leash that is constantly tangled so he is
not able to get to his water or food. The other dog is tied to a tree. I am
going over every day to make sure they have water and food. This is so
sad.” Her other neighbor had two dogs tied to trees in his backyard for
over ten years, those dogs are no longer with us. One strangled himself
trying to get to his water, the other one died last year because of age
and deplorable condition.
Carry puppies’ supplies
“Dogs are being born in the middle of the desert -this is a desert island-
we get calls every single day about this. Natalya goes in her van to pick
them up. They are in bad conditions with fleas and ticks all over them,
their mams are very thin and do not have enough milk to feed the pup-
pies. Sometimes there are too many also so we get them and feed them
with formula bottle milk.” There are only a few foster families on the island
so the organization needs people from the U.S. and Europe to carry pup-
pies’ supplies for them. Lois: “We need puppy pets, puppy formula, dog Lois and her nice transporting two Two adopted puppies
food, carrying cases to transport the animals from the island to their ‘fur- puppies back to the U.S.