As part of my “The Real Mexico” Video Series (note that I just made that up this very minute), I’ve decided to show you something that you might never have seen before. While it’s not exclusive to Mexico, it seems to happen to me a lot around here. Let me segway for a minute.
In case you’re not aware, since 2005, Ed and I have been involved with the local Humane Society*. We’ve helped care for, rescue, sterilize and euthanize 100’s of animals. There’s still a lot more work to do.
One of the main problems is feeding the animals. Every morning when I open my door, I am greeted by at least 2-3 familiar faces. Throughout the day, a few more. While I’m probably not the only one that feeds these “street dogs”, that’s an awful lot of dog food. And, dog food is not cheap nor is it nutritious.
Friends of ours own a pig slaughter company. They sell every.single.part of the pig except the lungs and leg bones. Well, they could sell the leg bones for soup like other places do but they don’t, they give them to me. For my street dogs. A few times a week, I walk over to their place with my empty bucket and return with it overflowing. Usually gifting a few along the way.
I never know when my dogs will or won’t show up. Some just disappear forever. Sometimes I don’t have enough bones. When that happens, I give them some of Reina and Phoenix’s food and hope that the little sustenance will quell their rumbling bellies. I try to remember that we need to take it “one animal at a time” but even so, my heart aches.
And other times. Well, other times I have too many bones and this happens.
Ever Seen a Bucket Full of Maggots Before?
* I use the term humane society to imply action and not because we are affiliated with the actual Humane Society.
Yummy….
Eric
The “SHERIFF”
I just fainted…
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Um… can’t say that I have until now. Kinda gross, but not much you can do. I imagine the heat and humidity in Mexico helps contribute to the maggot infestation, but it is normal in dead flesh too.
The dog doesn’t seem to care one way or the other…. lol… I wonder if they can’t get sick from eating maggots?
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Dear Freda,
In all of our time here, the dogs have never gotten sick. To be honest, the more maggots the better as far as they’re concerned.
Besos, Sarah
You had me at “Trust me, there’s a whole bunch of maggots in there”. Divine post – thank you for making my day complete!
AWESOME in so many ways! 😛
I was quite excited for a minute there because I thought maybe you were going to make a batter for them and fry them up for dinner. Different cultures different foods.
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Dear Catherine,
Close but you had the wrong video. Watch this one from last year where Max eats minnows (http://www.journeysofthezoo.com/2013/01/minnows-are-a-delicacy.html). And if that doesn’t turn your stomach, I should get one of them eating grasshoppers and ants. A delicacy around here.
As always, thanks for stopping by.
Besos, Sarah
Ah, I commend you for helping out the dogs in the neighbourhood, just wonderful!
Anything we can do to help our our canine companions is wonderful!
Was expecting a lot worse from the title lol neat video
Great job helping out!!! Even though cats are more my thing, I’ll always have a soft spot for dogs
Reminds me of some of the time I spend volunteering in shelters… Thanks for doing your part to help out!
Wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. Anything to help out those pups!