SPOTT ON!
April 2010
It has been a good year at the animal shelter. Click here to download a full report (432Kb PDF)
January 2010
Please click here to download our latest SPOTT project update (PDF format 214Kb)
November 2009
We are having the SPOTT programme again this year on 14th and 15th November. Free Clinics sponsored by the Humane International Society and TTSPCA Tobago. We will have 12 Vets working at the Clinics at HOPE FARM and The Shelter Clinic.
October 2009
We are excited at the Tobago SPCA to share with you the following news. You may also click here to download our latest report on the SPOTT project.
The Humane Society International (HSI) and Pegasus Foundation of the USA are assisting us with our problem of overpopulation of dogs in Tobago which leads to a large stray dog problem.
Together with Trinidad SPCA and Animal Welfare Network we are embarking on a 3 year Programme to set up Free Clinics in targeted communities to spay/neuter animals. The object is to spay at least 65 – 70% of the female dog population, which HSI advises, is the target percentage to keep dog population stable.
A field hospital will be set up in the chosen community (Crown Point-Lowlands has been chosen).
Apart from the free spays we intend to vaccinate, worm and provide other basic treatments and advice to the population.
We are also working on a Humane Education and other Public Awareness Programmes to make people more conscious of the advantages of the free clinics.
Our free clinic will be held on 16th, 17th and l8th October 2008.
Dr. Michael Downes, one of our vets, has had experience of co-coordinating a similar exercise in Goa, India and will be the main co-ordinator of this project with local assistance from the Tobago House of Assembly. A SPOTT project team has been formed to cover communications, education and veterinary services materials and equipment and manpower.
The HSI will be on the Island assisting physically and financially.
OTHER NEWS
Happy homes for Dogs!
One of our dogs Amber now lives happily in the UK. She had been at the Shelter for some time and was one of our yard dogs. We were very happy when Anne fell in love with her and brought her to the UK.
- Sox now called TOBI went to Canada where he lives happily with Nancy and Brian and their dog Buddy.
- Three of our dogs went to the USA, again adopted by tourists.
- We spayed two dogs from Pigeon Point Beach, both of whom had 8 puppies each, and put them back on the Beach, where they now run up and down the beach with the jet skis and are looked after by visitors to Pigeon Point and Kim From the Water Sports Shop.
Unfortunately the cost of sending Pets to the UK is prohibitive or we could send many more as tourists fall in love with our friendly ‘pot hounds’ all the time.
Shelter News
We struggle on at the Shelter but there have been improvements:
- We have seen the arrival of a full time Manager – Lesly Nurse
- The Building has been painted.
- The Kennels have had sleeping shelves installed and all kennels have been tiled.
- We have built a new puppy area.
- We have a new computer and a new van.
Day to day life at the Shelter is unpredictable and often we get boxes of cute pups or kittens dumped because people do not want them, or dogs that have been mistreated so all we can do is humanely euthanise them.
But at the end of the day we are here…. to make the world a better place for those who cannot speak for themselves.
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PLEASE think of the animals in need of OUR help!!!!
Send donations to: P.O. Box 373, Scarborough, Tobago
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