In photos: Meet the rescuers of stray animals in Cuba
Rescuers arriving with the patient at the veterinarian. (Photo by Landy Rodríguez Acosta, used with permission.) This article was written by Landy Rodríguez Acosta for Periodismo de Barrio, then edited and republished in Global Voices under a media agreement. In November 2019, a community support group emerged via WhatsApp to protect the health and well-being of stray animals in Artemisa, western Cuba. Without an official name and administrator's profile, their actions were little known. They met occasionally and organized themselves as best they could. By the end of 2020, they were already kn...