{"id":386489,"date":"2023-03-03T06:06:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T20:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=386489"},"modified":"2023-03-03T06:06:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T20:06:05","slug":"walk-in-veterinary-clinic-saturday-monday-at-mayors-animal-shelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/walk-in-veterinary-clinic-saturday-monday-at-mayors-animal-shelter\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk-in veterinary clinic Saturday, Monday at Mayor\u2019s Animal Shelter"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_386490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-386490\" style=\"width: 146px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Walk-in-pix-PW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-386490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Walk-in-pix-PW-146x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-386490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Whitney Collins, a visiting veterinarian, will be offering vaccines and health exams at the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Animal Shelter on Saturday and on Monday. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Whitney Collins, a visiting veterinarian, will be offering vaccines and health exams at the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Animal Shelter on Saturday, March 4, from 8am to 12pm, and on Monday, March 6, from 9am to 12pm, in partnership with Saipan Humane Society.<\/p>\n<p>Collins is interested in dog population management to support a healthy island ecosystem, and excited to help the islands\u2019 pets.\u00a0 She would like to extend her gratitude to Saipan Mayor Ramon \u201cRB\u201d Camacho for hosting her at the Animal Shelter and Clinic facility.<\/p>\n<p>Services available include rabies vaccines, which can only be given by a licensed veterinarian.\u00a0 Other services will also be offered, including parvovirus vaccines and kennel cough vaccines for dogs, cat vaccines, microchips, heartworm tests, and a limited supply of flea\/tick prevention medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Collins will also be available to address specific animal health concerns in 15-minute time slots.\u00a0 Costs per service range from $12 to $25.<\/p>\n<p>Appointments will be on a walk-in basis.\u00a0 If bringing a cat, ensure they are enclosed in a carrier or secure box.\u00a0 If bringing a dog, ensure they are wearing a well-fitting leash.<\/p>\n<p>This clinic will take place at the Mayor\u2019s Animal Shelter in As Perdido. The shelter can be reached at 234-3647.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in getting an animal on the waitlist for sterilization, vaccination, or other veterinary services, go to: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/saipanhumane<\/p>\n<p>The next spay\/neuter clinic will be April 10-14, and scheduling will begin soon.<\/p>\n<p>As always, if you are interested in adopting a dog or puppy, come visit the shelter!\u00a0\u00a0<em>(PR)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Whitney Collins, a visiting veterinarian, will be offering vaccines and health exams at the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":386491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-386489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}