Every quite so often I get posts in my timeline from another forum (something blue and it rhymes with spacebook) about stray dogs looking for new owners. This because all the shelters here on the island are full, and these dogs will be put down otherwise.

We have a lovely association here on Sint Martin called 'I love my Island Dog' who are trying to take care of dogs without owners and having an active spay and neuter program. So what they do is pick up stray dog (or people dump their dogs by them) spay and neuter them and them try to get them to new families, sometimes working with foster families even.

This program works at its best power actually. They get a lot of dogs placed, but since hurricane Irma we have a serious overpopulation of stray dogs going on here. This because owners fled the island after the hurricane or the dogs ran out during the storm and never came back and started breeding on the streets, anyway for all kinds of reasons.

What I love My Island dog also does

is have an active program on transporting treated animals to new forever homes in the United States. They contact people who are flying to New York or Boston from Sint Martin for carry a dog with them, without any expenses. All these expenses are taken care of by donations. Once in the United States these dogs are taken over by other contact persons who transport these dogs to their forever homes. Its a beautiful collaboration between airlines, associations and people who are just willing to help.

The fact remains...

We have too many stray dogs. Also because all our shelters (and we have 3 of them on just 1 tiny island) had serious hurricane damage, we just have a big problem. So sometimes these horrible messages pop up that they are urgently looking for fosters because the dogs will be put down otherwise.

This breaks my heart

I have a dog from the shelter myself and this one is literally my best buddy ever. These 'coconut retrievers' as we call them (typical island breed) have very loving souls and all deserve loving homes. I wish I could take more dogs in but I just dont have the space for it. But the fact that all these beautiful doggies in the pictures were on the break of being euthanized is just not how it should be.

When I hear somebody talk then...

...about flying a dog in who is specially breeded for them I get kind of angry. There are so many animals without homes already that specially breeding feels so wrong. Lets take care of the ones in need first before putting fresh ones on earth right?

If you ever consider on getting a dog in need

Please think about these beautiful dogs on our island needing a home. When you think about doing something on Steemit think about making a donation to @tarc . This foundation by active Steemian @rhondak is doing a similar type of thing in the US. They are doing the best they can in taking care of doggies in need. This requires money, or in the case of @tarc SBD. Because they do their payments to staff in SBD and that is a damn nobel cause.

Let you heart speak: Adopt, dont shop!!

All images are from 'I Love My Island dog' facebook and homepage
All liquid SBD will be sent to @tarc