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Animal-friendly hotels in the Caribbean
Just like in every other southern holiday region homeless dogs and cats stray also in the Caribbean in every vacation spot, attracted by the abundant edibles in the garbage and the friendliness of animal-loving tourists. This inevitably leads to conflicts with the tourist industry being afraid of losing business; also because not every tourist is an animal lover. The common practice to reduce the numbers of animals by mass poisonings before and after the season can’t be carried out unnoticed anymore that easily nowadays because tourists have a growing awareness and are better informed as a result of the work of animal welfare organizations and many of them don’t agree with such practices. In some places hotels, restaurants, cafés, bars and other touristic enterprises have realized that a great number of their customers are animal-loving people and, searching for better solutions for the problems caused by too large populations of stray animals, they now support the work of the local animal welfare organizations. Here we want to introduce to you hotels, restaurants and other touristic (or related) enterprises that support animal welfare on their island (according to the local animal welfare organizations). In some hotels guests can even vacation with their pets. We try to constantly update this site but we depend on your help: If you know an animal-friendly hotel or other enterprise that is not listed here or, on the other hand, find that a place listed here doesn’t qualify, please let us know by sending an email to gorskiisabel@t-online.de. If you spend your vacation in one of the hotels or visit one of the places mentioned here let the management or owner know why you chose the place and write a comment on . If, on the other hand, you witness unfriendly or abusive behaviour towards animals in your hotel or the restaurants and bars you visit let them know that you will neither return nor recommend these places and write a review on accordingly. This is the best way to make sure that the change of attitude in the tourist industry the first examples of which we introduce to you here will continue to grow. Thank you very much! Click through to the island/region which interests you the most:
AnguillaThe Anguilla Animal Rescue Foundation https://www.aarf.ai/ get support from: HotelsCap JulucaRestaurantsRoy’s Bayside GrillStraw Hat RestaurantPicante Anguilla BWISand BarElvis Beach BarBoutiques and GalleriesSea SprayPetals BoutiqueIrie Life AnguillaSavannah GalleryAntiguaThe Antigua & Barbuda Humane Society gets support from: HotelsElite Island ResortsGalley Bay Resort & SpaPineapple Beach ResortSt. James's ClubThe Verandah Resort & SpaFood & BeveragesHorizon SuppliesKing’s CasinoDogs & Cats of Antigua has support from the Sandals Foundation. Sandals Grande AntiguaSandals Resorts run hotels on 8 Caribbean islands and their foundation sandalsfoundation.org, apart from the enormous commitment to aid and development in the fields of education, health, environment and economical perspectives for poor people, supports also various animal welfare projects. ArubaAnimal welfare organizations in Aruba get support from: HotelsHyatt Regency Aruba Resort & CasinoPets allowed! Bucuti & Tara Beach ResortsCosta Linda Beach ResortAruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino"Ritz Carlton ArubaDogs allowed, note strict regulations! OtherAruba Tourism AuthorityTourist Product Enhancement FundArubabankBahamasHotelsSandals Royal BahamianSandals Emerald BaySandals Resorts run hotels on 8 Caribbean islands and their foundation sandalsfoundation.org, apart from the enormous commitment to aid and development in the fields of education, health, environment and economical perspectives for poor people, supports also various animal welfare projects. In the Bahamas they were involved in the beginnings of the Operation Potcake, a spay & neuter program where thousands of animals get spayed and neutered during each campaign. BarbadosThe Ocean Acres Animal Sanctuary gets support from: RestaurantsThe Orange Grocer"Animal Flower Cave is another very animal-friendly restaurant.BonaireDer Animal Shelter Bonaire gets support from: HotelsCarib Inn (Bruce Boker’s Dive Resort)OthersJan Art GalleryBritish Virgin IslandsThe Humane Society BVI get support for fundraising from: Nanny Cay’s Beach Bar (Tripadvisor Review)Cayman IslandsOne Dog at a Time gets support from: Cayman DivingCateringJaques Scott Wines & SpiritsCuracaoCARF – Curacao Animal Rights Foundation gets support from: Scuba LodgeDominican RepublicDominican Tree House Village2022 the hotel asked for spay neuter aid for the animals of El Valle because any animal-unfriendly way to control animal reproduction is no option for this hotel. The Dominicna Tree House Village offers accommodation to our vet team during spay & neuter campaigns.
The Spanish hotel group Grupo Piñero has an ecological foundation: . In El Valle they want to start an educational project to teach people how to take care of their animals properly in order to protect hatching turtles from straying dogs. We support this initiative. 4 hotels of the Grupo Piñero get their dogs and cats spayed, neutered and vaccinated SamanaDogs: Bahia Principe Grand SamanáBahia Principe Grand CayacoaBahia Principe Grand El PortilloCayo Levantado ResortGypsy Ranch RoomsPets allowed upon request! Villa MarA guest who stayed for a prolonged period at the Villa Mar recommended the hotel as very animal-friendly.TropixThe Tropix has accommodated visiting vets many times. La HaciendaThe owner is an animal welfare activist. The PalmsPets allowed! The Palms adopted also rescue dog Esther. Guesthouse Caribe Punta Cana2016 the president of the Association for Aid and Support of the Creole Dogs stayed here and met 2 spayed neutered and well-kept hotel dogs. We don’t have more current information. Hotel Marimba Punta Cana (Hotel 2 Bavaro)Pets allowed! Villa Residencial Las Tejas2019 the villa offered rooms for a cat spay & neuter campaign with Dr. Josef Beisl. 2018, 2019 and 2020 the hotel accommodated our vet teams during spay neuter campaigns. The owner Doña Rita is a great animal lover and all her animals are spayed and neutered. We recommend a visit at the restaurant Bocana. They sponsored fantastic dinners for the vet team during our spay neuter operative in Boca Chica 2020. GrenadaThe Little House, Crayfish Bay Organic EstateLylette and Kim Russell support the Grenada SPCA and accommodated our vet Claudia Bretthauer and her team during the spay and neuter operatives 2017 and 2019. The British travel company JustGrenada.co.uk told us that they support the Grenada SPCA. According to their statement none of the hotels that you can book on JustGrenada.co.uk poison animals. JamaicaHotelsSandals Dunn’s RiverSandals OchiSandals Montego BaySandals NegrilSandals Royal CaribbeanSandals Royal PlantationSandals South CoastSandals Resorts run hotels on 8 Caribbean islands and their foundation sandalsfoundation.org, apart from the enormous commitment to aid and development in the fields of education, health, environment and economical perspectives for poor people, supports also various animal welfare projects. Since 2010 they finance spay neuter campaigns with ISNN (International Spay Neuter Network) on Jamaica. MartiniqueHotelshave their cats spayed and neutered by Les Moustikat’s – Chats des Plages Martinique. Hôtel Villa Domaine de la PalmeraieAccording to a long-term guest who lives there with his cats it is possible to vacation there with pets. Travel sites state: No pets allowed! Inquire before booking! NevisOn the web site of Nevis Animal Speak you find under numerous pet-friendly hotels, villas and Air B&Bs on Nevis and St. Kitts and travel sites that offer pet-friendly accommodations in many other parts of the world as well. Puerto RicoHotelsVerdanza HotelPets allowed! The hotel offers a pet park with agility course https://www.verdanzahotel.com/amenities. SabaHotelsThe Saba Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals recommends the following hotels as especially animal-friendly: Queen‘s HotelJuliana‘s HotelScout‘s Place HotelSt. CroixHotelsThe St. Croix Animal Welfare Center gets support from: The BuccaneerSt. JohnVoluntourismThe Animal Care Center of St. John has a VolunTourismus programm: Animal Care Center information is placed in guest welcome packets in rental villas and resorts around the island. Visitors to St. John are invited to tour the shelter, walk the dogs, spend time with the cats, or volunteer to fill some other need. Some folks tour or make a donation, and others enjoy directly interacting with the animals. For more information on becoming a VolunTourist, contact us about setting up a visit. St. KittsOn www.nevisanimalspeak.org you find under numerous pet-friendly hotels, villas and Air B&Bs on St. Kitts and Nevis and travel sites that offer pet-friendly accommodations in many other parts of the world as well. St. LuciaHotelsSandals Grande St. LucianSandals Halcyon BaySandals Regency La TocThe Sandals Foundations supports the St. Lucia Animal Protection Society (S.L.A.P.S.) Sandals Resorts run hotels on 8 Caribbean islands and their foundation sandalsfoundation.org, apart from the enormous commitment to aid and development in the fields of education, health, environment and economical perspectives for poor people, supports also various animal welfare projects. St. ThomasHotelsThe Humane Society of St. Thomas (also on Facebook) has cat cafés on the grounds of the following hotels: The Ritz CarltonSt. Thomas WestinBluebeard’s ResortFlamboyan HotelThe Flamboyan has an own cat sanctuary. St. Vincent & the GrenadinesThe VSPCA – Vincentian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gets support from these Hotels, Restaurants, etc.: HotelsSandals Saint VincentBeachcombers HotelBuccament Bay ResortWhite Sands – Puka SailRestaurantsDriftwood Bar and RestaurantOthersBarefoot Yacht ChartersYou can find further supporters on . |
