A Commitment Built on Prevention
The Vines Foundation’s Mobile Veterinary Clinic is built on a foundational belief: prevention is the most humane and effective way to transform the reality of animals — and the communities they live in.
In partnership with the Municipality of Tunuyán, our free mobile clinic travels to every corner of Tunuyán — Vista Flores, Colonia Las Rosas, Los Árboles, Campo de Los Andes, and beyond — offering two essential services: free spay/neuter surgeries and free rabies vaccinations.
Two Years. Thousands of Lives Changed.
Since launching in June 2024, the program has reached milestones that speak for themselves:
- 1,126 surgeries completed in 2024
- 1,444 surgeries completed in 2025 — a 28% increase over the prior year
- 730 surgeries in 2026 and counting
- 3,302 pets in total
- 2,542 rabies vaccinations administered in 2025, protecting families from a disease that crosses from animals to people
- 800+ families reached across Tunuyán’s neighborhoods
Why Spay/Neuter and Vaccination?
These two interventions work together as a public health strategy. They are not veterinary care in the traditional sense — they are population-level tools that change the conditions of an entire community.
Spay/neuter programs:
- Slow the uncontrolled growth of stray and free-roaming animal populations
- Reduce behaviors linked to hormonal cycles — fights, territory marking, escapes, and bites
- Lower the risk of certain reproductive diseases in treated animals
- Decrease incidents of animal aggression that affect pedestrians and children
- Reduce environmental issues linked to large urban stray populations
Rabies vaccination:
- Creates a barrier against one of the most serious zoonotic diseases — illnesses that cross from animals to people
- In a rural valley with thousands of free-roaming dogs, that barrier directly protects children and families
- Contributes data to municipal, provincial, and national epidemiological health systems
Together, these two tools address animal overpopulation at its root, making neighborhoods safer, calmer, and healthier for everyone.
Education: Responsible Pet Ownership
The clinic’s work extends beyond the operating table. Each visit to a neighborhood is also an opportunity to promote a culture of responsible pet ownership — helping families understand the importance of sterilization before their animals reproduce, and vaccination as a non-negotiable act of community care.
Powered by Community.
This program runs because of a sustained alliance between The Vines Foundation, the Municipality of Tunuyán, and a community of donors who believe that organized, consistent action creates real change.
In 2025, the clinic achieved its surgical target for the year — a sign that awareness is growing and more families are choosing prevention. In March 2026, the team completed a record 65 surgeries in a single week. In September 2025, international exchange students from Italy, Germany, Brazil, and Argentina volunteered alongside our team — assisting with registrations and witnessing firsthand how prevention transforms neighborhoods.
To every donor who has supported this mission: your generosity keeps the clinic on the road. It turns collective empathy into tangible, lasting change for the Valle de Uco — one family, one pet, one community at a time.
