The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Visitors to the pueblo mágico of Tapalpa inevitably wander outside the town to see the area’s famed Piedrotas or Great Rocks.
Once upon a time, Mexico had a first-rate network of Animal Rescue Centers.
In the third installment of my Life in Rural Mexico series, I’ll introduce you to two groups of people who, I am told, are found in many rural communities in Mexico, not just my own.
The appearance of Covid-19 has forced most schools to switch to remote learning. For many this may have been quite a challenge, but not for Luis Medina, director of Guadalajara’s IMI College.
One day Parque el Jabalí – Wild Boar Park – popped up on Facebook.
At one time, Mexico had an excellent nationwide network of centers – founded in 1988 under the umbrella of the Centro para la Conservación e Investigación de la Vida Silvestre (CIVS) – dedicated to rehabilitating and returning to the wild all sorts of exotic animals which, for one reason or another, found themselves in deep trouble.
When orders to “stay at home as much as possible” reached Pinar de la Venta, I noticed an immediate result, which could be considered peculiar. Suddenly, there were many more people walking up and down our rustic, cobblestone streets than I had ever seen before.
