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 Vallarta Living 
Banderas Bay Pet Parade
 Laura Gelezunas - PVNN
| Lots of puppies and kittens are up for adoption. It is so important to have your pet spayed or neutered to curb to over population. Adopt one of these sweeties from the PV Animal Shelter.
Pet Parade photos courtesy of el Patronato de Control de Mascotas y Fauna Silvestre A.C. |
At the Puerto Vallarta Animal Shelter (El Centro de Acopio) there are dozens of lonely pets waiting for a super owner. When you open your heart and your home to a stray, they really do show their appreciation for the rest of their life! Ask anybody who has adopted a pet, and they'll swear the bond they've formed with their rescued pal is as deep as they come.
If you have a little extra love to give, former street animals can be your new best friend. Animal adoptions at the Puerto Vallarta Acopio Animal are free and the shelter will administer all of the vaccinations necessary to protect your new pet against diseases for a small fee.
The Acopio is also a place where animal-loving tourists may visit animals, understand the adoption options offered, and receive information and the proper documentation for adopting a pet to take back home.
The Puerto Vallarta Animal Shelter, Acopio Animal, is open every Mon-Fri from 9 am to 2 pm. Adoptions take place every Thursday between 10 am and 2 pm. For more information, call the Centro de Acopio (PV City Animal Center) at [322] 293-3690. Liliana speaks some English and the Shelter Director, Dr Guevara, speaks Spanish.
Directions to the PV City Animal Center/Centro de Acopio Animal
From downtown, take Francisco Villa East (same street as Library) heading toward Pitillal. At the Fluvial entrance take a RIGHT, East, there is a sign with the Acopio logo on it.
 Follow that road until you reach the end and take a left,north, there's another Acopio sign. Go three blocks and make a RIGHT, east (this is Pavo Real, there is a blue road sign on the apartment building and an Acopio sign on a post.)
Follow Pavo Real - stay to the left at the fork where you will pass Rancho Leon (polo ponies) on your right, (there is another Acopio sign.) You will then come to a cement sign that says "Colonia Santa Maria." At that street you will need to veer LEFT onto Santa Maria. Go 1 block to the split in the road and keep going STRAIGHT onto Playa de Oro street. Go about 4 blocks, take a LEFT, north. Actually the road ends here.
Go to the first street on the right (looks like a run down log cabin on the corner) - this is Costa de Oro street, where you'll see another Acopio sign. Take a RIGHT at Costa de Oro and go up the hill - until you see the CENTRO DE ACOPIO ANIMALS sign, make a left. Turn right into the driveway, there is a big gate.
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