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November 26, 2006
Operation Spay/Neuter
With Dr. Whitlock, the only vet at CAHS who spays or neuters the rabbits, taking a much needed medical leave of absence until the New Year, we weren't sure how all the adopted rabbits from CAHS were going to be fixed before they went home. That is until Karalee Curry devised a master plan with the help of Karen Winstead.
In record breaking time over a period of just 4 days, we managed to get a total of 13 buns spayed or neutered! 5 males were neutered (Charles, Erwin, Louis, Jessie and Drummer) and 8 females were spayed (Arizona, Loppy, Daisy, Helicopter, Patience, Lydia, Mandy and Lulu) which consisted of lobby rabbits, foster rabbits, room H rabbits and room G rabbits.
There are numerous people to thank for helping to make the project a complete success! First, Karalee and Karen for creating and implementing the idea. Second, our veterinarians and vet technicians who agreed to help us out by quickly fitting the rabbits into their surgery schedules, giving us discounts on the operations and even going as far as to donate their time to perform the surgeries. Special thanks goes to Dr. Ann Crafton and staff at Companion Animal Care in Worthington and Drs. Susan Borders, Lani Herrli and Elizabeth Logan and staff at Norton Road Vet Hospital in Galloway. Without them, this mission could not have been possible.
Last, but definitely not least, are the volunteers who agreed to drop off, pick up and temporarily house the rabbits as they recovered from their surgeries. Many thanks goes to Karalee Curry, Karen Winstead, Terri Cook and our fabulous CAHS vet tech Cathy.
No sooner were the surgeries complete then we had our first adoption. Helicopter went home with her new family on Saturday Nov. 25th. Hooray for Helicopter!
Over this Thanksgiving holiday, I know I am truly thankful for all these kind and generous individuals coming together to do wonderful things for the rabbits at Capital Area Human Society!!
Posted by Danielle at November 26, 2006 11:43 AM