Our Mission:

our Volunteer efforts in the dominican republic:​

• Spay/Neuter Clinics: Reducing overpopulation is a crucial, massive, and ongoing effort and is one of our biggest projectss. We regularly work with veterinarians who come to the island to volunteer their time and talent to work with our team to attain this goal. Most of our patients are street animals that we round up, as well as those that are owned by poor Dominicans and Haitians whose animals we treat for free. We have performed 9,000+ surgeries to date to reduce the animal population, resulting in hundreds of thousands of fewer unwanted animals roaming the streets.

• Outreach Programs: Our volunteers go into local communities and provide free flea, tick, and parasite medicines as a preventive action to help hundreds of animals every month. They also check on animals in their areas for more severe issues and they treat those issues on site or bring the dog or cat to a local veterinarian for care if needed. We also hold monthly parasite clinics on a regular schedule in areas throughout the country where Dominicans can bring in their pets to get free flea, tick, and parasite medicines as well as basic care.

• Emergency Vet Services: DCDR will help street animals as well as those owned by poor Dominicans and Haitians by taking them to a local vet and paying for treatments needed including; x-rays, surgeries, wound care, medications, etc. Without this service hundreds of animals would die or suffer needlessly each year.

• Education: Our education program encompasses everyone from school-aged children to local law enforcement officers. We educate about animal care, animal cruelty laws, proper treatment of animals, how to approach animals, and what to do if they run across an animal in need.

• Advocacy: The only way to institute real change is to make sure that animals are legally protected. We are continually working to institute the changes needed on the island to ensure animal safety.

• Foster and Adoption Programs: Whenever possible, we place our street dogs and cats with loving and caring foster parents who will provide a home for these animals until they can find committed and qualified families to adopt them. We have helped thousands of street dogs and cats find new homes.

Dogs and Cats of the Dominican Republic promises to also act as great stewards of our contributors' donations, and to strive to foster community spirit and partnerships with individuals and local business for the benefit of all.

Dogs and Cats of the Dominican Republic is a U.S. 501 c 3 nonprofit, a Canadian Registered Charity and a Dominican Republic Government Registered Nonprofit (NGO). We are an all volunteer-based organization working in the Dominican Republic.