Thank you, Jessiejayne, for the lead. We'll check it out.
For anyone who is not familiar with AAAS, I would invite you to check out their website:
www.aaasosua.com. Here is their mission statement from the site:
The mission of the Asociaci?n De Amigos Por Los Animales De Sos?a shall be to serve as the leading private non-profit organization within Sos?a, which exists to provide surgical neutering and rehabilitation to animals in need, to improve the care and general well-being of the animals, to promote humane care and concern for all animals by educating the public and by working to end pet overpopulation, to work toward a safe and healthy environment in the community, and to work for the passage and enforcement of laws which promote and provide for the humane treatment of animals.
We will work to raise funds not only to meet this mission, but also to provide affordable means for members of the community to properly care for their animals.
And just so you know, most of the people who work with AAAS DO take in dogs from the area, including ourselves. But there are unfortunately more dogs than available homes. Plus it would be much worse if organizations such as AAAS were not doing spaying/neutering.
Our experience with not only the dogs who live near the AAAS store, but also those in other areas of Sosua is that they are either friendly and gentle, or indifferent to humans passing by. Yet any dog can be aggressive. It's likely they have been mistreated - probably those that they are chasing.
Back to the original purpose of the post - any and all ideas for mannequins/clothes racks are much appreciated. It would be great if we could raise more money to further the good work that has been done to date by AAAS...and perhaps do even more education on the humane treatment of animials for those who need it.
Thanks!