Defensa Animal de Puerto Rico

To help an animal you do not own & if the owner will not allow help, you or a Good Samaritan can start by contacting the Local Blue State Police – In desperate situations you can call 911 (operators are likely to be bilingual and can three-way call you into the correct Police Department) where you go to make a formal complaint (a formal complaint comes with a piece of paper with the officer’s name, badge number, phone number & case number). If you don’t get the case number it is not an official case and you are honestly likely wasting your time. Because you need this official case information to present to the local Prosecutor’s Office if the Police do not take the necessary actions. You can try by calling the Local Blue State Police and asking if someone can meet you immediately at the animal – depending on their workload etc., the Police will sometimes meet you at the animal

In addition, you or a friend should consider doing the following things : #1 Contact & report the situation to the local town City Hall and #2 report to get immediate help, if applicable to the situation, from the Puerto Rico Emergency Services #3 Make a PUBLIC & DETAILED post to Facebook, include the Police Case Number Information #4 Talk to the local Prosecutor’s Office

The rest of this page is specific to horses. If you need different help please read our Vets & Other Rescue Groups page. If you need our help AFTER COMPLETING all the above steps email us a link to the Facebook post that was made (the public FB post should include all the above agencies you called their phone numbers, etc. the more details the more we can help) DefensaRincon@gmail.com

Every horse in Puerto Rico has an Owner. It is estimated Puerto Rico has ONE MILLION horses. Every city and Police Station has connections to individuals who work with horses. In addition, they normally know who owns what horse in their town and they always can investigate if they do not. Mayor’s Offices can also offer assistance until the owner is found or a Doctor arrives.

We require you start with the Police because in the eyes of the law HORSES ARE PROPERTY with VALUE – akin to a car or a child. If you or another group want to work outside the law that is your choice. Our standing as a Non Profit with the IRS and Hacienda require we work within the law.

While waiting on these authorities, you or a friend should make a post to Facebook with photos and details as often this will rally help through awareness. If you need recommendations on groups to post to and/or how to communicate with the police and courts please email us. You can put out water & grass or hay for starving horses.

You can schedule Dr. Ramos to visit or trailer to his Clinic in Hatillo and we will pay for his visit if you email us & get our approval before the visit DefensaRincon@gmail.com If you find another Equine Doctor that can visit we can possibly pay for that if you email us in advance and make a public post to Facebook, for us to use for verification of the situation

We are trying to get every City in Puerto Rico to set up a small Horse Rescue & Rehab fields, copying our success with such in Rincon (Western PR) . Read & share the concept here INDIVIDUAL CITY EQUINE RESCUE & REHABILITATION COMMUNITY CENTERS

Some of the horses we have helped since 2013 can be found on our page #ARescuedHorse Puerto Rico