 | Lucky Star Spay Neuter Program News
A Publication of the Lucky Star Spay Neuter Program
12 Birch Lane Morristown, NJ 07960 Email: luckystarprogram@att.net
Volume 119 December 2023 |
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| Our Mission: To gather, recognize and celebrate the continuing annual commitment of each of our member veterinarians to provide some level of absolutely free spay neuter services to the needy animals of their choice, along with any other free services they choose to provide. |
Our Lucky Stars
We are proud to present this roster of Lucky Star Veterinarians. Together these professionals have generously pledged 606 absolutely free spay neuter surgeries & other free services for needy animals of their choice in 2023, for which they have our utmost admiration and thanks:
Dr. Erno Hollo & Dr. Melissa Rotella, Basking Ridge Animal Hospital
Dr. Harvey E. Hummel, Andover Animal Hospital, Newton
Dr. Danci Mock, West Caldwell Animal Hospital
Dr. Maritza Perez, West Orange Animal Hospital
Dr. P. Picone, Audubon Veterinary Associates
Dr. Sandra Stalder-Frey, Alpha Veterinary Care
Dr. Carolyn Wooley, MCSNIP, Pennington
Dr. David Croman, Medical Director, People for Animals,Inc., Hillside, Robbinsville & Millville
CASE FOR “S/N BEFORE ADOPTION”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YweQwh12rgc for a 35 min. compelling case for shelters to continue, not abandon, “Neuter Before Adoption”, despite pressures to adopt out “asap”, as shelter resources & fosters are inadequate to care for record #s of abandoned & surrendered animals leading to higher shelter euthanasia rates. More: https://www.unitedspayalliance.org/neuter-before-adoption-good-for-community/
>300 CATS FIXED 1 DAY IN PITTSBURG! October 17, 2023: “The Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh (HARP) held another successful Spay-a-Thon on Mon., the 6th yr for the event, by S/N’ing community cats.This time 341 cats were “fixed” , inluding vaccines & other preventative care @ no cost to caretakers. Over 100 people worked together, from veterinarians & vet. Techs. to animal welfare groups from across the region. https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/more-than-300-cats-receive-care-during-humane-animal-rescues-annual-spay-a-thon/ODUTB7LLNJCPJKG2AIKBY6A5ZM/
“OPERATION SATO”:1,200 S/Ns & MORE
Edited excerpts from recent announcements:
“In just 6 days (Nov.1-6) The Sato Project & The BISSELL Pet Foundation S/N’d,vax’d, chip’d, tested & medicated >1,200 dogs @ no cost to the families of Puerto Rico who needed this help the most. This…wouldn’t have been possible w/o rock-solid teams in NY & PR,a yr of planning & incredible volunteers from the mainland & the island - from vets, to techs, to those doing laundry & cleaning instruments, & many more. …Huge thanks… to partners @HugeKeepingFinn, Titos Vodka for Dog People, The Candice & Noah Feinberg Charitable Foundation, Jose Mendez, Sydney Hale Co., & The Rosemont Foundation, among many …” & to “… generous sponsors like IDEXX, Boehringer-Ingelheim, & Bissell Pets, who understand the importance of disease detection & prevention… Disease in PR’s strays… shortens their lives to just 1.5 yrs….With an estimated 500,000 abandoned dogs still roaming the island, S/N is crucial…” https://thesatoproject.org/operation-sato-event-details
STREET-DOG SUCCESS IN BHUTAN
In the Eastern Himalayas, Bhutan has historically faced street dog-related issues. For a humane solution in sync w/its Buddhist values, they reached out to H S International’s team in India in 2009. That was the beginning of a sustainable model for free-roaming dogs. Today, more than 153,000 dogs in Bhutan have been vax’d & S/N’d & > 31,000 pets have been registered & chipped. Estimates R that the program has achieved nearly 100% “fix” of all street dogs in Bhutan, a positive model 4 street dog mgmt. worldwide. https://www.humanesociety.org/blog/how-one-country-spayed-and-neutered-nearly-100-its-street-dog-population
FREE GROOMING 4 RESCUE DOGS
https://www.nj.com/news/2023/11/many-dog-groomers-refuse-matted-rescues-meet-the-nj-pet-barber-who-welcomes-them.html Access 2 full article by subscrip-tion but even 3 min video freely accessible @ this link will make your day!Happy Holidays 2 “Homer”, “Barber John” & especially to our Lucky Stars.
You are each & all special in our eyes!
NEXT ISSUE: FEBRUARY 1, 2024
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