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If you want to be Veterinarian one of the ways
to find out more about the career is to attend one of Placenica Humane’s
monthly Clinics – and that’s just what Johney Popper of Seine Bight did
this month. She worked with our regular volunteers and was able to
observe surgeries to get an idea of what this profession involved.
Dr. Edward Tesecum was the visiting Veterinary Surgeon and welcomed
Johney Popper to the Clinic – Dr. Tesecum is interested in supporting
young people who are interested in the profession. We’re looking
forward to seeing Johney again and again as the visit only served to
further her interest.
Dr. Tesecum attended to over 60 pets at the Clinic. He performed 10
surgeries and administered other treatments including 26 rabies shots –
a very important annual shot for your pets. He also made over 40 house
calls.
Emily Langille, a Veterinary Technician from San Pedro, also attended
the Clinic. Emily assisted the medical team and in addition adopted
two kittens from our kitten adoption program that is run by Pamela Keck.
Emily hopes to be a regular visitor to our Clinics and we’re looking
forward to working with her.
Administration volunteers were Mary Smith (Clinic Coordinator) Angie
Markham, Mary Ann Kay, Madalon Richardson, Shannon Romero and Marcia
Fox. The medical team this month included Pamela Keck, Elsie Elder and
Stella Matthews. The Doctor and his assistant were hosted by Mariposa
Beach Suites. Our thanks to everyone concerned – without you all our
Clinics would not be possible.
The next Clinic will be on Saturday/Sunday, October 21/22. If your pet
needs surgery please make an appointment. If you need a house call
these have to be booked too and there is an additional charge payable to
the Doctor for coming to your home. Also, no Promissory Notes can be
issued for house calls; the Doctor has to be paid at the time of the
visit. The number to call is 523-4306 for more information.
For more information about PHS. please visit our website:
www.placencia-pets.org And
if you are interested in volunteering please contact our Volunteer
Coordinator, Stella Matthews at 606-0754 – there are many programs that
need volunteers in addition to our Clinics. Stella can explain our
various programs to you and where we need help. Remember you can
volunteer for a one time event (like Halloween) or for ongoing programs
(like the Clinics) – whatever time or skill you have to offer would be
very much appreciated – and if you don’t have the time to spare, you can
support us by becoming a member of PHS.
Marcia Fox ~ President
Placencia Humane Society
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Chapter 1
 In
the beginning……All I remember is I was always cold and hungry. I don’t
really know how I got there – there was a cold, dark place where we were
all huddled together around lots of trash.
I could sense there were others around me in this cold dark place – I
thought of them as my family and we all snuggled up together to keep
warm – I had yet to learn what they were.
Eventually the darkness lifted – what had really happened that my eyes
had opened and I was surprised to see that there six others like me in
my family.
At first we were looked after by a much bigger copy of me (I since
learned that was Mama Cat). She fed us and kept us as warm as it was
possible in that cold dark place, but one day Mama Cat didn’t return.
We all became very anxious when Mama Cat didn’t return. We all became
very hungry too – and when it started to rain we were all very cold.
Left alone we didn’t know how to get our food and drink – we were all
really anxious when two of the family died and we just didn’t know what
was going to happen to us. We still snuggled up together but somehow we
couldn’t get warm while we were so hungry.
It seemed it was in the middle of the night, but actually it was the
middle of the day but it had been raining hard and the sky was dark –
but suddenly we heard a sound of someone or something coming into our
dark, cold space. We had no-one to protect us so we all huddled together
in a very dark corner and under some trash.
The next thing I remember was being lifted out of the corner with my
family and all of us being put into a box. This was a miracle to us –
the box was clean and comfortable and for the very first time we felt
secure. Little did we all know but our life was about to change.
By - PeeWee (Next month: The awakening)
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Placencia
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