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Our Mission
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All Sato Rescue (ASR) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives, and reducing the numbers, of abandoned dogs in Puerto Rico. (Sato is Puerto Rican slang for a stray mutt.) We rescue and rehome Satos, and we also strive to address the root causes of overpopulation, abuse, and neglect through initiatives aimed at raising public awareness, facilitating low-cost spay and neuter, and expanding the involvement of the judiciary and government in implementing humane solutions. |
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Who We Are
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Edilia Vazquez, President/Co-Founder
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| Read a story about Edi in Rutgers 2011 Magazine |
Maritza Rodriguez/Vice President, Co-Founder
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Twig Mowatt, Media and Communications
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Danielle Festa, Webmaster/Social Media Manager
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Edilia has been involved in animal welfare issues in Puerto Rico for decades. She is a veteran rescuer, who has personally taken hundreds of dogs and cats off the streets, nursed them back to health, and found them loving homes. But her work for animals extends even beyond rescue. She is dedicated to addressing the underlying causes of animal overpopulation, abuse, and neglect on the island. As an attorney, she is a founding member of the Animal Rights Commission of the Puerto Rican Bar Association. She helps judges prosecute abuse cases and works with lawyers and law students to help them understand animal law. She also works closely with state, national, and international animal welfare organizations to develop programs and policies. A tireless lobbyst for animal issues, she also works with government officials to advise on policy. She is currently developing a pilot program to introduce low-cost spay and neuter clinics to an economically depressed section of San Juan.
Like Edilia, Maritza is a long-time figure on the animal welfare scene in Puerto Rico. She has also personally rescued and rehomed hundreds of dogs and cats over the years. She is well known in Puerto Rico for her passionate advocacy of responsible pet ownership. She is particularly dedicated to promoting adoption as a preferred alternative to the purchase of an animal through a puppy mill or petstore. Maritza is also Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Humane Society, where she works to develop humane shelter standards and procedures and educate staff on humane treatment of the animals in their care. Maritza is constantly adding to her knowledge of animal care and animal behavior, participating in national and international training courses. She is often called upon to deliver presentations at international conferences, including a seminar/workshop at the 2011 Animal Care Expo.
Twig learned about the plight of Satos after she adopted Rico from the Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem, MA. Rico changed her life. A journalist by training, Twig began writing about the issue. Her stories have appeared in Bark and the Boston Globe Magazine.
She has also worked to bring the deplorable situation faced by animals in Puerto Rico to the attention of the national media through story placements in the New York Times, People Magazine, and many other outlets.
A long-time animal advocate, she has worked to help end greyhound racing in the United States, and, in addition to her work in Puerto Rico, has been on missions for animals in Mexico and Bali.
Danielle joined the All Sato Rescue team in the beginning of 2010 and has been active in the humane dog community since. Starting with the re-design of the site, she got to know all of the great work that All Sato Rescue continually does. With every happy ending and amazing makeover story she gets to share, she is so fortunate to be able to work with such a wonderful group that does so much in the face of an overwhelming plight in Puerto Rico.
