PEACEAnimals is headquartered in Puerto Vallarta. Its free mobile spay/neuter clinics take place primarily in neighborhoods and towns in the area of Banderas Bay. Clinics operate within the city limits of Puerto Vallarta a minimum of two weeks every month. When clinics take place outside the city limits, local governments, individuals or animal activist groups are asked to pay the extra costs of gasoline and driving time to John Whitten, director of PEACEAnimals clinics.

John Whitten

Clinic Coordinator

Rules & Conditions

  • Clinics are always FREE. Donations are always appreciated.

  • No appointments.

  • Registration starts at 9am, however registration lines often form before 7am

  • FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED

  • Registration lines often form before 7 AM

  • WED, THURS, FRI PICK-UP: Normally 12 Noon for cats and 1 PM for dogs. SAT PICK-UP: Normally between 11 AM and 12 Noon

  • Animals must be 8 weeks and older

  • Animals should have no food or water 12 hours before surgery.

  • Please bring dogs/cats on leashes or in kennels.

  • Cats and dogs will be treated for fleas, ticks, parasites, and mange

  • Cats and dogs in heat can be spayed.

  • Male rabbits only for neutering, no females.

  • Pregnancies terminated upon request

  • No more than 2 pets per person per day accepted. We will allow additional animals if we have not recorded our daily limit.

  • Volunteers allowed 2 pets or rescues per day.

Volunteers needed!

Please contact the clinic coordinator John Whitten at WhatsApp +52 322 111 9419 for more details.

Clinics take place at schools, government buildings, police stations, special event locations, empty storefronts and homes. All locations are donated.

If you would like to request and/or sponsor a 4 day clinic in your community or one of your choosing please contact Shalimar Blanchard Shalimar.blanchard@gmail.com, president of the board of directors of PEACEAnimals.  Sponsorship of a 4 day clinic is $3.400 USD (average of 145 animals per 4 day clinic), and a Sunday clinic costs $874 USD (average 38 animals per Sunday clinic).  Exponentially, this has an enormous impact on the devastating overpopulation of cats and dogs in our area.

We can’t thank you enough for considering volunteering at a PEACEAnimals clinic. There are a variety of duties to be performed, and it will help if we know your interests and comfort level. Please contact the clinic coordinator John Whitten at WhatsApp +52 322 111 9419 for more details.

This is an overview of what type of help is needed:

REGISTRATION: helping with the registration of the animals and their owners/person responsible for dropping off and picking up the cat or dog. This will involve asking some basic questions, ensuring correct contact and medical info while filling out forms. You will be emailed more detailed information once confirmed you are volunteering, there are also recovery GUIDELINES in both English and Spanish at the clinics.

SET UP:  You will be emailed more detailed information once confirmed you are volunteering, there are also recovery GUIDELINES in both English and Spanish at the clinics.

AFTER PRE-MED: Volunteer permitting please sit with the anxious dogs after they have received their pre-med until their surgery time.

RECOVERY: Animals in recovery require regular monitoring of vitals and stimulation. You will be emailed more detailed information once confirmed you are volunteering, there are also recovery GUIDELINES in both English and Spanish at the clinics.

PICK UP: When owners return for pick up make sure they are taking the correct animal (check the name and number of the pet against the name and number on the kennel and the number on the pet’s head. Be sure to give and review with them a completed certificate and care instruction form and file the registration form. Remind them that donations are encouraged!! You will be emailed more detailed information once confirmed you are volunteering, there are also recovery GUIDELINES in both English and Spanish at the clinics.

CLEAN UP:  You will be emailed more detailed information once confirmed you are volunteering, there are also recovery GUIDELINES in both English and Spanish at the clinics.

In sponsoring a clinic in your community, please keep in mind:

  • Finding a location with easy accessibility and parking, available bathrooms, water and electricity, and a secure area for the storage of the clinic trailer and equipment.

  • Identify one person as Community Coordinator. This person will be a liason for the Vet Team as well as the Clinic Coordinator and should be prepared to attend each day of the clinic. We will require this person’s name and contact details.

  • Request lunch for the clinic staff and overnight accommodations and meals if clinic is more than two hours driving distance from Puerto Vallarta.

  • The cost of a 4 day clinic (Wed, thurs, Fri 9am-2pm, Sat 9am-NOON) is $3,400 USD or the equivalent in MXN (average of 148 animals per 4 day clinic).  A Sunday clinic costs $874 USD or the equivalent in MXN (average of 38 animals per Sunday clinic).

  • An average of 148 cats and dogs per clinic week are spay/neutered, and otherwise treated for ticks, parasites and mange, if present. These services are free.

  • The number of animals treated depends on the population of cats and dogs, responsible owners to bring in their pets and on and volunteers to assist the vet team.

  • Cats and dogs must be a minimum of two months of age. They cannot be given food or water after midnight before the morning of the spay/neuter.

  • The mobile clinics are free to the animal owners. Donations are welcome.

  • We ask that the Community Coordinator provide volunteers to assist with registration, monitoring of pets post-surgery and clean-up.