Click here to see the latest “Golden Paw” Award news Presenting the “Golden Paw” Award The “Golden Paw Award” is presented twice a year by our organization to honor local people in our community for their compassion and service toward animals.
Please click here and fill out the form with the required information. Thank you for your interest in this program! Latest news on the “Golden Paw” Award The nominations for the next Golden Paw Award are due by May 15. If you know someone who makes our community a truly better place through the work they do with animals, please click here to fill out the form on our website or email us at info@mckee-jaco.com. Nominations may come from any community member. Please read the nomination guidelines before filling out the form. Presenting the “Golden Paw Award” THE “GOLDEN PAW AWARD” is presented twice a year by our organization to honor local people in our community for their compassion and service toward animals. On June 16th, 2010 the award was presented to Shirlene Chinchilla Perez from Quebrada Amarilla. Shirlene, a sweet young girl with a big heart, together with her husband Carlos Bermudez, are really putting the effort towards making Quebrada Amarilla and the surrounding area a better place to live for all animals. Their house is full of happy, healthy pets, many of them rescued by Shirlene or Carlos, and many that were just dumped off in front of their house by irresponsible owners. Yet all of them find a loving home there, where they are cared for until they can get adopted. A visit to their home reveals just how much they care about our furry little friends — there’s the group of little abandoned kittens exploring their new place, the 5 adorable little puppies found in a box in front of their house happily playing with each other and there is an injured dog that was left on the side of the road that is now receiving the proper care.
Shirlene and Carlos not only take care of animals in need, they also make sure that they find good homes and get spayed/neutered as soon as possible. Together they both run a little factory where they produce beautiful clothes, especially all kinds of shirts with logos on them, and a percentage of their income is always put aside in a special box in order to pay for castrations of their foster babies. I’ve known Shirlene and Carlos for over 5 years now, and I’ve completely lost count of the number of animals rescued by them — thanks to this extraordinary couple so many have had a chance for a new, better life. We can only hope that more and more people will follow this example.
Rossy helps all animals who happen by her restaurant or her house. She feeds them when they are hungry, makes sure that they get fixed and fosters them until they get adopted. All animals are welcome at her place — she has 3 cats and 9 dogs of her own, with many others that are just visitors. Some of them she found injured on the street, others just came to her place and never left — and why would they?
If you would like to see the presentation “Life” — tune in to Channel 11 in January — we will inform you of the exact day and time. On June 16th, 2009 the award was presented to Maudy Cordero Cordero, a student of Colegio Técnico Profesional in Jacó. Katja Bader |
Thank you Rossy, for all the time and love you give to those furry little friends who need your help. 
Maudy, who is only 15 years old, is trying really hard to make Jacó a better place to live for all kinds of animals. Her house is full of happy, healthy pets, most of them rescued by Maudy or someone in her family, and all of them loved and cared for until they get adopted. There’s the happy parrot singing away in the almond tree, saved by Maudy from a miserable life in a small cage, there’s the gang of little abandoned kittens scampering around the place, all hand-raised by Maudy and her Mom Aurora — this means bottle-feeding them every 4 hours, day and night. There are the adorable little puppies found in a box on a bridge, injured birds and whoever else is in need of human care.
