View original article here. By Sharon St. Joan, Best Friends Network In 1994, Christine Crawford went to Costa Rica for a vacation. Struck by the idyllic beauty of the countryside, she never left. Everything took at bit of getting used to though–back then, there were hardly any roads, for example. Christine had never paid a

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Years ago, while my husband and I were enjoying a meal at a beachside hotel, a cat jumped on the table, landing in my husband’s plate. He used up all our napkins wiping kitty’s feet. Not everyone is so sanguine about cats in his food, but the furry felines, like us, are attracted by the

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Woof, woof from Panajachel! This is Einstein, retired street dog reporting . . . There is plenty to share on the animal front, so, noses in the air, let us get sniffing out the scoops! The greatest news for the animals this week is that at long last the x-ray machine has arrived at Zoo

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View original article here. Costa Rica, a beautiful country that lies on the Central American isthmus, is home to 5% of the world’s bio-diversity and has a reputation for 115 years of undisturbed democracy. Costa Rica also vetoes euthanasia, and animal shelters are scarce. This “no kill, no shelter” policy has drawn the attention of

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View original article here. Dr. Yayo Vicente, DVM, policy advisor to the Costa Rican Veterinary Licensing Board and former board president, shocked even unconventional thinkers at the No Kill Conference in Tucson 18 months ago when he explained that Costa Rica has no animal control shelters and does not want or need any. But Vicente

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