Nosara Animal Care (NAC)

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Nosara Animal Care (NAC) is a Costa Rican based, nonprofit, animal welfare organization located in Nosara, Costa Rica.
NAC's mission is to provide quality health care for Nosara’s most vulnerable animals. We rehabilitate homeless, injured, and sick animals and find them loving homes. We work with the community through educational programs to promote animal health. We have a low-cost spay/neuter program to reduce the numbers of unwanted animals, and we offer low-cost veterinary care for at-risk animals living in low-income homes. Our goal is to eliminate animal suffering and promote animal compassion.

We have a NO-KILL policy. Our rescue/rehab program takes all at-risk animals, restores them to health, and houses them until they are adopted. We do not euthanize unless an animal is suffering with very little chance of recovery. Ours is a costly, labor-intensive effort, and we rely on grants, donations, and volunteers to stay operational.

What we do
• Spay and Neuter Campaign: Working with our partner veterinarians, we sponsor at least 8 low-cost spay/neuter campaigns each year, targeting the low income population of Nosara. Since its founding, NAC has spay/neutered over 2000 cats and dogs. Currently all of our spay/neuter clinics are done by Dra.Susana and Hubert of Safari Animal Hospital.
• NAC Education Program: NAC's education program teaches children to treat animals with kindness and respect. Using educational materials purchased from Asociación Nacional Protectora de Animales (ANPA), we conduct classes in the local schools, the library, and at special events organized for children. Our hope and expectation is that greater awareness of the benefits of sterilization will increase the numbers of families who bring their pets to the spay/neuter clinic.
• Adoption: We have so many new adoptable animals. Facebook provides real time informaion on who is available and who has been adopted. Puppies and kittens go fast so we do not post them on the website.
• Community Outreach, Rescue Rehab: Nosara Animal Care has developed a sustainable community outreach program that educates and provides medical and financial assistance when necessary to individuals and families who are struggling to take care of their animals. The outreach workers and volunteers work directly with the owners of the animals and our veterinary partners to treat sick animals and make sure the animals are receiving medications on schedule. In addition the outreach team organizes transportation of sick animals to and from the veterinarian appointments and provides food donations when needed.

Linda Goodwin is the Director of Outreach and Rescue of Nosara Animal Care (NAC).

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