The dog sterilization campaign in Kagman slowed down after one of Animal Balance\u2019s veterinarians fell ill, resulting in some pet owners being turned away the past several days.<\/p>\n
Until Tuesday, May 26, Animal Balance had been using two veterinarians.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is still ill and is not able to do any surgeries. She is still recovering,\u201d said Animal Balance founder and director Emma Clifford.<\/p>\n
For the past three days, Dr. Byron Maas has been the only veterinarian seeing the dogs being brought in. He was able to attend to a total of 107 dogs for three days straight while his colleague was ill.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is trying his best and he really can\u2019t do a lot. He is overwhelmed and had to turn some community members way,\u201d Clifford said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe apologize for the inconvenience and thank the community for their understanding. Our other veterinarian has been in the hospital three times and she is in a lot of pain and we only had one and has been doing a lot of surgeries for a small amount of time,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Clifford said that Animal Balance would do its best to bring back the dog sterilization services to Saipan in October. On behalf of Animal Balance, she urged the community to step forward and help the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office raise funds and bring in volunteers so that services will be brought back in October.<\/p>\n
Henry Hofschneider, special assistant for the Mayor\u2019s Office, also extended his apologies to the community on behalf of Mayor David M. Apatang for the inconvenience of some community members who were turned away.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe veterinarian that fell ill was beyond our control and she needs rest. We couldn\u2019t do anything about it and the service is overbooked for one veterinarian only. So we apologize for the inconvenience,\u201d Hofschneider said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will be meeting with Animal Balance and sit down to talk about another sterilization service this October and the continuing years. We understand that people were looking forward to this,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Dog control program manager Spencer Marchadesch said there would be no sterilization services today because they are overbooked.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re now focusing on the shelter animals and adoptions. We urge the community to avail of the adoption program in Lower Base,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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