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Newsletter #111 August 2022
 | 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 111 August 2022 |
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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 2022, 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
“FATHER JOHN’S” TO S/N “IN-HOUSE”
Father John’s Animal House to add spay/neuter on site (advertisernewssouth.com)This NJ non-profit animal shelter S/N’s their animals before adoption. They’re planning an on site facility so animals won’t have to be transported for surgery,which will speed up #s treated & spare those the stress of travel. They seek to raise $ for the needed equipment. Dr. Pamela Schott, a shelter volunteer for a couple of yrs, w/yrs of HQHV S/N experience, will lead the medical team, w/future plans to bring in & train others as well. For more: e-mail info@fatherjohns.org or call (973) 300-5909. https://www.fatherjohns.org
VET ASKS: WHY GOLF IF U CAN S/N?
“Retired” veterinarian G. Robert Weedon, DVM, MPH encourages fellow retirees to stay in the S/N game.He shares the benefits & even tips on “tax issues” :Blog: Why play golf when you can spay cats? | HumanePro by The Humane Society of the United States
COALITIONS & COLLABORATION
“...is made up of representatives from both private nonprofit organi-zations & muni-cipal agencies, shelters & rescues, veter-inarians, S & N clinic leaders & Michiganders demanding better outcomes for ALL our dogs & cats.The only way to achieve this is through S/N of owned pets, community cats & shelter/rescue animals!....We are committed to the belief that no one organization or type of organization can achieve this goal alone,that we need oneanother, & that the only true, sustainable solution is to work together.”
Michigan Coalition for Statewide Spay & Neuter – Humanely reduce dog and cat overpopulation through spay and neuter! (mispayneutercoalition.org)
COLLABORATION ABOUNDS!
Dateline June 1st : Detroit Animal Care, did, w/BISSELL Pet Foundation host & fund Detroit’s 1st-ever FREE S/N clinic, June 1st-4th, w/ goal of “fixing” 120 dogs. Dogs S/N @ event will also get age-appropriate vaccinations, including rabies & a microchip.Goal:Help shelter overcrowding by preventing unwanted litters..”Free Spay/Neuter Clinic for Detroit Dogs | City of Detroit (detroitmi.gov)
Dateline June 16th :One coalition’s efforts to reduce the # of stray cats & dogs in East Idaho has advanced, thanks to its new mobile S/N trailer’s 1st Free S/N clinic.The trailer, now @ Faith Baptist Church, will travel & provide FREE S/N, one of the central goals of the “All About the Animals Coalition”, a group of animal welfare organizations & individuals who have combined forces to end the euthanasia of healthy & treatable dogs & cats in East Idaho shelters. They chose to hold these clinics @ the Fort Hall Reservation ...due to the overwhelming #of animals abandoned in the area.The Idaho Humane Society donated the trailer for temp-orary use.A grant from the ASPCA will help fund veterinarian & medical costs. Local animal welfare coalition offers free spay and neuter procedures at new mobile clinic | Local | idahostatejournal.com
NEXT ISSUE: OCTOBER 1ST 2022
 Lucky Star News Vol 111 August 2022.pdf
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