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Thursday 18 January 2018

‘Stimami Sterilisami’ maintains being a community platform that is needed

ORANJESTAD – Stimami
Sterilisami which means:
‘Love me, Sterilize me’ is a
platform that was launched
end of 2015 by Bucuti& Tara
Beach Resort to reduce the
large population of street
dogs and cats in the island.

Wish of community to stop
‘Kill Cage’
Lately there was a lot of that take the dogs and
news in the printed newspa- cats from the streets. In ad-
pers as well as online about dition to this, a subsidy is of-
the so-called ‘Kill Cage’. fered to dog and cat own-
This cage was created to ers for sterilization, the price
offer a solution to the over- will only be Afl. 75 for a dog
population of street dogs and Afl. 35 for a cat.
and cats, the animals are program cost a total of but there is still a way to go. Stimami Sterilisami contin- By means of this strong im-
left in the cage and their Afl. 680.000. Aruba Tourism The problem does not find ues in 2018 pulse the solution to the
life is ended. This is consid- Authority contributed Afl. a solution without continu- For 2018 it is decided to problem will be pushed.
ered to be an act of cruel- 100.000, TPEF contributed ation of this process and it move fast in February. The Bucuti& Tara Beach Resort
ness by a lot of people. The Afl. 190.000 and Bucuti& takes also the responsibility program will proceed to committed to a total of Afl.
‘unwanted’ animals are Tara Beach Resort contrib- of the owners of dogs and cover the complete ex- 250.000 this year, TPEF will
killed by means of eutha- uted Afl. 390.000. cats to sterilize their ani- penses of sterilizations, grant Afl. 95.000. The goal
nasia, but is seems injustice The progress is remarkable, mals. done by the foundations is to generate more finan-
and unacceptable to take cial sources to guarantee
their lives away like this, it is the continuation of this pro-
said. In case the people of gram as the current fund-
Aruba wish to put a hold on ing will not be sufficient.
the ‘Kill Cage’, awareness
is needed that sterilization is ‘Stimami Sterilisami’ is a
the only alternative. sustainable solution
Over a period of 5 years Bucuti& Tara Beach Resort
dogs and cats can be mul- and their partners choose
tiplied with an average of a sustainable solution, du-
11.000 if you leave them rable and healthy. Healthy
freely. It is an act of cruel- for our community as well
ness that more than 7.000 as for our pets. Bucuti& Tara
dogs and cats lose their Beach Resort would like to
lives in such a sad way like express their appreciation
the ‘Kill Cage’ every year. and is thankful for the trust
A lot of those animals suf- and support they encoun-
fer from illnesses and are tered in the following peo-
starved to death. Together ple:
with the fact that they will Yessy Arends – for introduc-
continue multiplying them- ing this idea to the resort.
selves, the problem will only The vets that united to give
grow. Sterilization is a good a special price to the pro-
solution to that as it will de- gram.
crease the number of street Volunteer Miguel Garcia
dogs and cats and eventu- who dedicated his heart
ally make the ‘Kill Cage’ and time to the administra-
unnecessary. tion of the program.
Aruba Tourism Authority,
Subsidy Program especially Aruba Tourism
After an absolute success- Product Enhancement
ful start the program ‘Sti- Fund for their donations.
mami Sterilsami’ continued And to all the people that
the last 2 years and proved care for their pet in a re-
to offer a firm solution to sponsible way, meaning
the problem. The program to have their pet sterilized,
already offered subsidy to which contributes to the so-
approximately 5.900 dogs lution of this problem.
and cats that were steril- For more information about
ized. From the start this proj- ‘Stimami Sterilisami’, visit
ect was a cooperation be- www.stimamisterilisami.
tween organizations and comor Facebook Stimami
vets. The overpopulation Sterilisami. From the begin-
of street dogs and cats is ning of February you can
finally taken care of. register for a special steril-
By the end of 2017 the ization price.q