Aruba Animal Shelter

Well, the title says it all. Aruba does have an animal shelter. In fact, it has become a very active shelter over the past 20 years or so of its existence. Their goal is simply put, "To improve the life of Aruba's pets." How can anyone argue with that? Of course, this is always easier said than done for any shelter anywhere.

The day we visited the shelter we were greeted by two very friendly dogs as seen just below. They were extremely playful and social. We met two volunteers at the shelter who happened to be tending to two new "residents" that they had literally just "rescued" from the vet clinic. They are the two small puppies in several photos that accompany this entry. These two were to be euthanized that morning. How lucky were they? And, how lucky we were to be there and actually spend some time with them as they got checked out for mites and other things, vaccinated, shampooed and logged in. We stayed for about half an hour, left a donation and thanked the volunteers for allowing us to hang out for awhile.

When you go to Aruba, you should try and get by for a visit. To learn much more about the shelter, make sure to click here. How to get there? Well, heading from Oranjestad to the airport, make a left at the light at the airport - then, make a right just before the Texaco (there is a small Animal Shelter sign posted but you are not likely to see it before you see the Texaco), then your first right and head straight until you get there. Towards the end of this road it becomes unpaved, but by this time you should just about see the animal shelter. As you can see from the images here, it's a bright green. For those not familiar with Aruba, directions such as this are the rule. It adds to the adventure! Also, note the hours of the shelter in the last photo below.