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Contributors Editor In Chief Rudolfo Lopez
Operations Heather Templeton
Outreach, Contributing Writer
Letter from the Editor We are excited to bring you the very first issue of SA Amigo, San Antonio’s bilingual pet magazine. When we created SA Amigo, we had one simple question in mind. How many lives can change just by spreading one small piece of information? We’ve never lost sight of that question. Now, we can begin to share stories and articles full of things that work to make our pets’ lives better. Finally, the journey to spreading the word has begun. SA Amigo has been born!
Erika Mariani
Bilingual Correspondent,
Viva Amigos!
Contributing Writer Gisela Gutierrez On The Cover
Special thanks to Angel Myles
Tiffany Gonzales and her pup Norco, a German Shephard/ Lab Mix
SA Amigo is a bilingual pet magazine created in San Antonio, Texas.
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Father Hynes Leading Through Compassion
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“When everyone has a place and is treated fairly, that’s justice."
Bambi and Princess bounce into the room
with endless energy. Bambi jumps up and puts her paws on my knees, she loves being petted. Princess is shy, but her tail wags as she watches Bambi soak up the spotlight. At first glance, you wouldn't know that Bambi and Princess are lucky to be here in this room. One wouldn't think that these two happy dogs were found in a dumpster one lonely evening, hungry, with nothing else but each other. The reason they're both here today is because of the kindness and generosity of one man and his dedication to nurture and protect animals in need. That man is Father Jim Hynes.
Born in Ireland, Father Hynes grew up with an admiration for bigger than life figures, the biggest of which being former President John F. Kennedy. "He had it all," Father Hynes says of Kennedy, "The fame, the looks, he had it all." In the wake of Kennedy's assassination, Hynes came to the realization that terrible things can happen to anyone, regardless of fame or fortune. "I realized that in an instant, everything could be taken away. It was then I felt the change in me." Inspired by the fragility of life, Hynes sought out a path to improve his own life experience while helping others fully realize theirs. His love of animals is rooted in his early childhood years. "I had a Yorkie and a pug," Hynes recalls, "I was given a gift. Losing them was such an awful experience, but I knew I would have pets again someday."
PHOTO: Father Hynes with Bambi and Princess.
Luckily for the hundreds of dogs and cats he's helped get medical care for in San Antonio, Father Hynes did have more pets. Having pets helped spur Father Hynes to help the many animals on the streets with no homes. "When I got my own dogs, since I hadn't had some since when I was a kid, the feeling I had for them and just seeing the animals on the street was something that inspired me, so I just started picking them up."
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And so began Hynes's mission to help animals in need. What started as picking up animals on the streets and getting them necessary medical attention turned into so much more.
fortunately, misinterpretation has done a lot of damage.”
"People would hear about me picking up animals and then just start bringing them to me," Hynes recalls. "I remember even getting boxes of kittens sometimes. What started out as something simple just became so addictive. I wanted to help more and more, and not just in my neighborhood, but on any side of town." Hynes currently resides deep in the heart of one of San Antonio's most challenging neighborhoods when it comes to animal welfare. For Father Hynes, animal mistreatment is something he sees quite a bit. "You see a lot of dogs with matted fur that have been beat up. One dog I took to the vet was one of the worst I had ever seen. He had to be put down because it was so bad. Unfortunately, mistreatment like that is not a one time thing.”
“I wanted to help more and more and not just in my neighborhood, but on any side of town”
Back in Father Hynes's office, Princess remains slightly timid. While she is comfortable and affectionate with Father Hynes, she's reluctant to approach me. "The little one is still nervous," Father Hynes says reassuringly. "Many times the dogs are so traumatized, they take a long time to come around." Father Hynes gives a nurturing rub to little Princess and she eases out of her nervousness. From Hynes's words and actions, it's clear that he has a genuine passion for animals and a desire to get personally involved in helping.
"How can anyone treat these animals horribly, especially when they look up at you the way they do?" For Father Hynes, the solution for animal wellness lies in the power of the community. As a Catholic priest, he has years of experience serving as a leader here in San Antonio. He points to one of his own leaders, Pope Francis, as a driving voice for positive change among the people.
In his words, Father Hynes believes that better treatment of animals starts with a culture change in the community.
"The community is very important," Hynes says. "Pope Francis has come out with an encyclical, which is a very important message to the "There's a message in the scriptures that says church and to all people of goodwill. In it, he humans hold dominion over animals," Father Hynes says. "The effectiveness of this message specifically mentions animals. People have been depends on how it's interpreted of course. Do- talking for centuries about our responsibility to take care of all creation. The Pope mentions minion doesn't necessarily mean control or domination , it also means that as humans, we that everything is interconnected and we have a have a responsibility to nurture and protect. Un- big responsibility to be out there in the forefront of protecting." 6
Over time, Hynes has lived as an example of those words, helping and protecting 200 dogs and cats in need of immediate care and loving homes. In his own words, a week has yet to pass without an animal in need of his help. What started out has a passion, has grown into something special that has inspired others to get involved in the cause.
emphasis in the past on protecting them the way we are now." Ultimately, Hynes believes that everyone deserves a high quality of life, but that it's up to us as humans to make sure we're making lives better for the animals. Hynes points to his teachings of justice for his message to how we as humans should be making lives better for all lives around us.
"I guess the motivation was from my experience with my own dogs," Hynes says as he reflects on what consistently motivates him to help animals. "How can anyone treat these animals horribly, especially when they look up at you the way they do?"
"Justice is central to the biblical message” Hynes says. “Everyone should be treated fairly. It’s like we’re giving people the crumbs that fall from the table, but we should make a place at our table for them. Everyone has a place at the "Hopefully that message will be proclaimed table ... humans, animals, everybody. When more and more to raise people's awareness," everyone has a place and is treated fairly, that’s Haynes says. "To me there's a common sense - justice." don't abuse them. But there was never this
Photo: Father Hynes with Erika Mariani & Heather Templeton, Co-Founders of Any Pet Can
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¡Hola Amigos! ¡primavera está aquí otra vez! Con el clima calentando otra vez, es tiempo de mirar a la prevención de pulgas y garrapatas de nuestras mascotas. Control de pulgas y garrapatas eficaz es esencial para la salud y el bienestar de los animales. Pulgas y garrapatas no sólo son desagradables y molestos, pero también traen consigo una serie de enfermedades que pueden causar 8
Cómo ayudar a sus mascotas en el verano
de pulgas trabajan para no solo matar las pulgas adultas, trabajan para evitar que las pulgas no pasen a las etapas del huevo y las larvas. Prevención requiere aplicaciones o dosis regulares, ¡así que no se pierda ninguno!
1. Atacar los Insectos ¡Infestaciones de pulgas comienzan con sólo 2 pulgas poner cientos de huevos dentro de las 24-48 horas! Animales no tratados pueden ser infestados con la exposición a un área infestada y ellos luego infectan con los huevos y larvas a otros animales. Es un círculo vicioso, así que hay que atacar las infestaciones de pulgas temprano.
4. Conozca los riesgos
Las pulgas son transmitidores de anemia y solitarias y las garrapatas pueden transmitir virus mortales, tales como la enfermedad de Lyme, fiebre manchada de montañas rocosas y Ehrlichiosis. Sin prevención adecuada de pulgas y garrapatas, usted o su animal puede convertirse en muy enfermo. ¡La enfermedad de Lyme A veces, más barato no siempre es mejor. Mientras cose ha sabido ser mortal para los seres humanos tamllares anti pulgas y productos más baratos en tiendas bién! de comestibles pueden brindar algo de alivio, pueden no ser tan eficaz cuando se trata de cuidados de larga duración. Hay opciones de aplicación tópica y oral para Mantenga su hogar limpio. Limpie con regularidad, ayudar a mantener sus mascotas protegidas. Hable con mantenga limpios los suelos y asegúrese de no dejar su veterinario para saber que opción es mejor para su ropa sucia alrededor. También, asegúrese de que sus mascota. animales se bañan regularmente. Prevención de pul-
2. Invertir en un buen producto
gas y garrapatas comienza con usted.
3. Sea constante!
¡Mantener esos pequeños bichos fuera de su pequeño bugger! Si tiene preguntas sobre qué tipo de pulgas y garrapatas prevención método es mejor para su animal, hable con su veterinario.
Los mejores métodos de prevención de pulgas y garrapatas generalmente trabajan por 30 días a la vez, para maximizar la eficacia, asegúrese de seguir las instrucciones de dosificación. Algunas marcas de prevención 9
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This month on the SA Amigo Spotlight, we take a look at one of the bright leaders in the San Antonio Community, Principal Greg Martinez from Five Palms Elementary. We talked to Principal Martinez about education, leadership, and animals!
Tell us about your life growing up in San Antonio.
Growing up as a kid, my parents instilled the values of hard work and education on me. My father was a plumber and my mother was a nurse who gave up her own career as a nurse to stay at home and take care of us. I was blessed to have parents who shaped and influenced me in positive ways. They always taught me to have manners and to be polite. Growing up, I was always told to use "yes ma'am" and "no ma'am" when talking to people. It's something that I have the kids at my school do today.
“I love being able to make a difference in their lives, and it’s fun finding different ways to reach the kids.�
So why this particular grade level, what made you want to become a principal of an elementary school?
I wanted to come in and make a difference for these kids. I love being able to make a difference in their lives. I grew up in this part of town and taught in this part of town. When I taught, I made things fun and I had fun too. I knew that as a principal, I could bring in those with open minds to help everybody. I remember there was one student who had trouble with his multiplication tables. I knew that he wanted to be a rapper, so I made a deal with him. I told him that if he could write a rap song about his multiplication tables and make it clean, he could perform it at the school. He and his other friend worked on it during the weekend and came back with a song. He never forgot his tables after that. Another thing I enjoy doing is greeting the kids each morning. There's one girl that I give a high five to every day, which both puts a smile on her face and motivates her to begin her day. Each student is an individual with their own set of talents. You have to find the things that work for each child. 11
As a principal, you are identified as a leader of your school. How do you apply and branch out that leadership to become a leader not only of the school, but of the community as well?
I support the kids in every way I can. I go to their baseball games and cheer them on. The way I look at it, if they see me making an effort to support them, I may gain a little extra effort from them when it comes to their academics. Effort works both ways. I care about them and the community so I make the effort to show them that. Ultimately, I want to help the kids work for what they get and not take the easy way out. At this age, it's important to get them used to working hard and instilling positive values on them. If I can do these things to show them I care, my hope is that they'll work harder because of that.
How important is it for the kids to be actively engaged in their community, especially at an early age?
What would you like to tell the community about taking better care of animals?
It’s extremely important. If you have a good support system and you're with the right people, that can help lead you towards success. When the kids are working on community projects outside of school, their minds are still working. Being engaged helps everyone.
Pets are not disposable. I've seen people drop off animals in the neighborhood just to get rid of them. That's not right. This starts with education. Some people just don't know how to take care of animals. Some think that they don't have the money to pay for what the animals need, but there are so many different programs out there to help them.
In your opinion, why is it important to get students at the elementary grade level involved with animal wellness and prevention?
I think it's very important because it teaches kids at an early age that with animals, what you give is what you get back. If you're mean to animals, they will growl at you and be aggressive, but if you are kind to the animals, they will love you, protect you, and take care of you. It also teaches them how to behave with each other. If you treat one another the same way as you treat animals, you will get the same results. Being kind to animals teaches them a very important lesson to be kind to each other.
I see how people dismiss animals and I think, come on people step up! We have this special gift where we can get unconditional love from our animals. All they want in return is to be cared for and loved. If we can do this they will love us for the rest of their lives. We could stand to learn something from them.
Tell us about your pets!
I had a dog named Bear. He was a black lab. When I adopted him, he had some physical scars, but to me he was perfect. Every day he waited for me to come home. When my mom passed away, he knew something was wrong with me and he was just right there by my side. The thing about dogs that I love is that if you take care of them, they'll love you with all their heart. When he did pass, it was hard for me. One of the really interesting things about him was that when my father passed away, that was the day Bear went into the shelter. You could see it as a coincidence, but to me, I think it was just something that was just lined up and meant to be. Photo of Bear—Picture Courtesy of Greg Martinez 12
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En esta ediciรณn de Any Pet Can, hablaremos de la raza de los Terrier, su historia y donde estรกn parados hoy en el mundo del perro.
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¿Para empezar, de donde estos bribones vienen? Los terrier tenaces como algunos les llaman a ellos (y con razón) fueron encontrados originalmente en Gran Bretaña e Irlanda. El nombre de Terrier, que se deriva del significado de la tierra, "Terra" de origen latino y de la palabra francesa "madriguera". Razas de Terrier fueron criadas específicamente para caza de alimañas y roedores y trabajando independientemente como perros guardianes, y proteger los terrenos de los propietarios. La técnica de caza que los terrier utilizaban eran con mucho tacto, ellos ladraban furiosamente en la madriguera subterránea y corteza a los bichos para hacerlos salir a la fuerza de sus cuevas. Ahora podría ser curioso en cuanto a cómo entrenarles estas criaturas poco tenaces. Debido a su función principal como un perro de caza y pastoreo, razas de terrier son perros muy independientes, de hecho, la mayoría terrier no ven a los seres humanos como sus "maestros", lo nando! Clicker como entrenamiento es también que hace un poco más difícil la formación. muy recomendable. Razas Terrier aprenden rápido y necesitan estar constantemente activo, de lo contrario huelga Bueno gente, eso es para la adición de terrier. Espero que esta información haya sido de ayuaburrimiento y comportamiento destructivo puede ocurrir. Muchos expertos coinciden en da y te dio un poco más comprensión de sus que terrier necesitan técnicas separadas de en- terrier y cómo gestionar mejor su comportatrenamiento diferente a la mayoría de las otras miento. razas. Terrier se cansa de formación repetitiva y ¡Mantén tu enlace para mi próximo artículo y necesitan varios otros ejercicios para mantener- recuerda que cualquier animal puede! * WOOF * MIAU * los estimulados. Una gran manera de empezar el entrenamiento es simplemente tomar su terrier para caminatas y dejarlos explorar el mundo que les rodea. Cuando usted consigue más entrenamiento avanzado, hacer las sesiones cortas y más difícil cada vez y por supuesto, ¡lo mantienen adivi-
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were always with me no matter what happened in my life. I refused to let them go and get rid of them, despite how tough it got for me. Later on, one passed away This is our monthly look at the pet events from renal failure while the other got sick and eventually going on around San Antonio. This month, died from a batch of tainted cat food. I was very angry about that and became very depressed. Ever since then, we spoke with Phil Salazar, Eden Burning front man and founder of Rock 4 Paws. In I have not been able to own another pet, but I still have a passion for helping animals through Rock 4 Paws. It its second year of existence, Rock 4 Paws is soothes me to know that I can use music to do raising money to help SA Pets Alive. We something good in their memory.
¿Que Pasa Amigos?
spoke with Phil about his love for animals, Do you have any favorite pet memories? and what drove him to put on this wonderful One day I got home from work, and one of my Siamese event!
cats was on top of my TV, tearing apart my KISS action figures. It was weird seeing Gene Simmons with half a How did you come up with the idea for this event? face while Ace Frehley’s body was getting mangled I am a huge supporter of animals. I don’t like reading or between the gnawing teeth of a happy cat. Down below watching advertisements that show animals suffering - it my other Siamese cat sat watching television next to an open bag of Doritos. It still makes me laugh to this day. depresses me. I was thinking one day last year about music and why I do this, and I thought, why not do an I mean, who could be mad at something like that? event that gives back? I decided to create a mini-festival What message do you have for the people of San to raise money for animals ..... and here is ROCK 4 Antonio? PAWS. Love your pets! And please, if you know of anyone How were you able to bring your vision to life? anywhere who is abusing their animals or witness abuse of any kind first hand, please report it. I called up my friend Kassie Green, who for years has booked almost every huge event I have done. She thought Rock 4 Paws was a fantastic idea. With her management, booking talents, and venue clout, combined with my connection to the music scene in the San Antonio area, we were able to pull off the first annual Rock 4 Paws event last year. Now, we are on year two and we are hoping it grows from here . What do you hope to accomplish for this event?
Support Rock 4 Paws! Help make this a yearly event and give back to the community through the blessings of music! I'm still doing what I love to do after all these years, and I always give it 120% every day. When I have the chance to give back to the community through music ... to me, it’s a blessing to be able to do something good with a talent that God gave me.
We want to simply raise money for the voiceless. All those animals that need caring for at SA Pets Alive are in dire need of continued funding.
Photo: Phil Salazar—provided by Eden Burning Follow Eden Burning at : reverbnation.com/ edenburning
Where does your passion for animals come from? I used to have two pure bred Siamese cats that were my constant companions throughout the early 90s. I had a rough patch in my life where I was jumping around from place to place and barely making rent. Those two
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