DECEMBER 12-13, 2009
How to make a successful sterilization campaign?
Working together...
Professor Carlos Seixas, Dioselina Vigil. Juliette Amores and 30 Biology students from Santiago.
Piera Lomedico and the Savannah, Georgia volunteers did fundraising events to raise over $900 for this blitz.
Dr. Isis Johnson-Brown and Carmen Marlin came from Memphis, Tennessee to help.
The doctors and volunteers of Spay/Panama, who continue to donate their time to help the less fortunate animals.
Thanks to them, 141 dogs and 45 cats were sterilized, dewormed, vaccinated against rabies, injected with vitamins, had their ears cleaned and sprayed for fleas and ticks.
We met with the Biology students on Friday evening to go over the objectives of the sterilization campaign and to explain their duties
People brought their animals on schedule
The animals are registered, weigh and anesthetized wtih Telazol
Alberto, Ronald and Marlen prepare the animals for surgery
Our participating doctors: Darrell Guelette, Isis Johnson-Brown, Gloria Fonseca, Augusto Barragán and Raquel Fuster
Abi registers each animal with the name of the guardian, weight, description, name of the vet performing the sterilization and includes any observation the doctor wants included in the register
Rebeca makes sure that the doctors and the animals have sterilized spay packs. Here she rinses the instruments before placing in the autoclave. Even though we have 40 spay packs, the doctors are so fast that Rebeca is kept on her toes the whole time
The Biology students worked diligently
Amarilys, a vet student, assists the vets
We were not in Panama City to join the March for World Peace and Non-Violence but we put up the banner in Santiago and the movement was in our prayers
Carmen, Daniel and Gini were incharge of the post-op station
Spay/Panama offers low-income families, rescuers and feeders the opportunity to sterilize their animals for a small contribution. The sterilized animals will have a longer healthier lives and will not contribute to the overpopulation of cats and dogs. Please note that no animal is rejected if the guardian can not make a contribution
The next day we went to Emberá Purú to sterilize a dog and give medical attention to a small dog
Be a part of the solution to control the number of unwanted animals. Please click here to find out how you can make a donation to continue with the cause