How We Began
In the early 2000s, Darci went on a vacation to Mexico with with her three daughters. While there they encountered stray, malnourished and mangy dogs wandering the streets around the hotel. As the family looked into it, they found that the surrounding community did not have the money or the resources to treat the sicknesses or humanly control the population. The decision was quickly made to do something and find a solution to the problem once they got home
This lead to the idea of organizing free spay neuter clinics in destination resort areas to provide humane treatment of animals. What would it be like to recruit vets and animal professionals to have a working vacation and volunteer to provide spay neuter while there? What if corporate travel companies were able to help sponsor this kind of event and help in making tourism more sustainable in these vacation destination areas? Could the locals help in providing much needed services?
With these questions answered and much work in organizing, the journey began.
Vision & Values
Our Vision:
Cats and Dogs International strives to provide leading-edge humane and sustainable animal welfare solutions for every tourist destination.
Mission.
CANDi's mission is to save the lives of stray animals in tourist destinations through spay/neuter, education, humane programs, rescue and other resources, in partnership with the travel industry.
Our Values:
Respect: commit to act in the highest ethical manner
Leadership: engage in conduct that enhances our corporate reputation and employees.
Collaboration: the power of tourism and our mission together makes good business sense for everyone
Creativity: see challenges as opportunities, be open minded to solutions and always ask “What If…?”
Responsibility: take ownership of everything we do
Excellence: go above and beyond in our commitments and always strive to be the best of the best
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