 | 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 122 June 2024 |
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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 594 absolutely free spay neuter surgeries & other free services for needy animals of their choice in 2024, for which they have our utmost admiration and thanks:
Dr. Erno Hollo & Dr. Melissa Rotella, Basking Ridge Animal Hospital
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
FRANKIE’S FRIENDS HQHVSN TRAINING
See: https://www.frankies-friends.org/hqhvsn-training We learned of this via https://www.unitedspayalliance.org/
Externships:2-weeks, for vet students, vet tech students, & others early in their careers or w/ little surgical experience. Held both in the clinic & on the mobile surgery unit. Workshops:One to 2-days @ the HQHVSN training center, for practic-ing veterinarians (w/surgical experience) & their support team. 6 hrs of RACE credits R available for didactic portion & 6 are available for hands-on portion. In-Clinic Trainings:-in Western PA & Eastern OH practices (w/n a 150-mile radius of the FF clinic) for entire teams,based on demand, # of attendees & training team availability.
THESE RESULTS NEED “FIXING”!
https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/animal-health/our-responsibility/world-veterinary-day-aspects-veterinary-profession Per Veterinary Practice News only 49% of veterinarians surveyed felt their profession is appreciated. For details by country, practice type & possible reasons see link above. There you will also find 3 brief videos each highlighting scenes from the work of pet, livestock & equine vets. We missed World Veterinary Day (4-27-24). Did you?
JOINT EFFORTS RE CRISIS IN #s
San Diego Animal Welfare Organizations Come Together
Just one example from SNAP-San Diego:
“Last week local animal welfare organizations came together to raise awareness about the critical state of animal shelters in San Diego County. SNAP has joined the partnership & asks the community to help in 3 ways-Adopt, Foster, and Spay/Neuter to reduce unwanted animals from entering our already over-capacity shelters ….Increasing the number of S/N’d animals is the only way to stop the crisis of pet overpopulation at its root.” State of the Shelters Press Conf. Video-short but good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJXuFbqvJP0
BPF’s “FIX THE FUTURE” CAMPAIGN
Since Sept 1, 2023 Bissell Pet Foundation (BPF) has helped more than 45 shelters & clinics, S/N’ing nearly 13,000 cats & dogs.Their network of >140 relief veterinarians is S/N’ing pets in 14 states nearly daily.Per Cincinnati Animal CARE (CAC):"Today we celebrated our 1,000th in-house S/N … thanks to BPF & the amazing CAC medical team! We have been so lucky to partner with BPF since November 2023 to support the S/N needs of the thousands of animals who enter the Hamilton Co. animal shelter annually.”..."BPF has made a significant impact on our operations & w/n the Hamilton Co. community," said Med. Director A. Gilbert. "By funding a regional veterinary team to come on-site to provide S/N services w/the support of our medical staff, we've been able to essentially eliminate our backlog, releasing animals for adoption sooner & allowing us to reallocate our resources to other pressing medical needs."
“To the world you may be one person;
but to one person you may be the world.”
….Dr. Seuss |
NEXT ISSUE: JUNE 1ST, 2024
 Lucky Star News Vol 122 June 2024.pdf |
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