I live in Juarez, and because of all the other points you mention, I really had no idea there is a pound and they do euthanize here. No. Clue. But apparently there are a couple shelters, but they're so badly underfunded they can't do anything about the stray population. They do seem to survive fine on the streets but... it's still so strange to me. I don't feel like dogs should be left on the streets, they're domesticated house pets. Mine are anyway. :P I don't know how it is in Tamaulipas, but here in Chihuahua, the state health department routinely sets up stands on street corners and give free rabies vaccines. It's at least something. Distemper and parvo run rampant here (my puppy has had both, and still working on the distemper!), but at least rabies is covered. I'm sure they vaccinate some strays while they're at it. And as for pits, people do love them here! There are a few different sports clubs exclusively for pit bulls here, and just recently they had a big competition at Central Park, all the clubs against each other in weight pulls and stuff. I didn't go, but I love how people focus on pit bulls in sports that way. (I'm sure there's other sports clubs for all breeds but I've only heard of the pit bull coalitions) They all work so hard to educate people about the breed and discourage fighting. It's fantastic. I hope some of that mindset spills over to El Paso someday. So close and yet so far. Just yesterday on the news they reported a pit bull (with prior aggression issues) killed a toddler (left ALONE in the backyard) and the firestorm of pit bull hatred just blew me away. Almost makes me wanna stay in Mexico. Almost.