2009 International Companion Animal Welfare Conference
Dr. Young recently spoke at the International Companion Animal Welfare Conference in budapest Hungary (October 7th - 9th). He spoke on prepubertal spay/neuter (early age spay/neuter) and large volume spay/neuter campaigns.
On October 10th Dr. Young was also invited to speak to some Hungarian veterinarians at their university. He also conducted a wet lab where the Hungarian veterinarians learned first hand Dr. Young's quick spay/neuter technique. This was set up by Dr. Peter Kiraly an old friend and very active veterinarian in Hungary Animal Welfare. In Dr. Young's opinion Peter has done everything right over the last 15 years and with Kiraly setting the standard regarding animal welfare in Europe. Mr. Kiraly has established animals Island with an emphasis on Education, spay/neuter and training and dog behavior courses. Dr. Kiraly understands full well that you cannot adopt or warehouse your way out of overpopulation.
Before going to Budapest for the conference Dr. Young visited Dr. Karel Hudec who runs PPP's hospital in Bratislava, Slovakia. Dr. Karel Hudec who founded Planned Pethood Slovakia and
Cat Spay Day
March 4th
This is one of PPP's favorite annual events! Cat Spay Day always brings out the best in all of us here at PPP and we get to really do what we love to do the most and help the community that we love so dearly!
As you could imagine with $10 spays and neuters and $5 vaccinations this event brings people out of the woodwork. Not only do we help people in the community but we also open the event up to cat loving non-profit groups to help them get as many cats spayed and neutered as possible. This year Cat Spay Day ended with over 250 spays and neuters! Go PPP!!
September 2nd
PPP with the help of community support to offer another Cat Spay Day! What we found with the last spay day in March was that this event really does make a difference! Many of the clients and animal organizations were very excited to hear that we were going to do it again. Just as before we successfully spayed and neutered over 250 cats! Woo Hoo! Great job to all of the wonderful volunteers that day and especially to the great staff!
Mauii, Hawaii
February 12th - 15th
Even in the most beautiful places on earth we find that there are animals in need of help. Planned Pethood recently was introduced to 9th Life Hawaii a non-profit dedicated to reducing overpopulation in Hawaii. 9th Life Hawaii and PPP teamed up and held a three day spay/neuter event. The goal of the event was to spay and neuter over 500 cats during the three days. Unfortunately; however, only 459 cats were sterilized.
Attending the event were veterinarians from PPP Jeff Young, Jeff Fankhauser and technicians Janet and Melody. Also attending Dr. Leeth Harper and technician Rebecca Harper from the Village Pet Hospital in Bella Vista, AR.
PPP gives great thanks to 9th Life Hawaii and their wonderful volunteers for hosting a successful event. PPP appreciates all of the hard work and understands how difficult it is to coordinate an event of this magnitude.If you would like to read about the event in the Maui Weekly follow these links:
Planned Pethood goes to Brush, CO for a two day low-cost spay/neuter clinic. The clinic was sponsored by the hard working Pam "The Dog Lady" Steiner and her non-profit Steiner S.I.L.S., 168 animals were successfully spayed and neutered!
Dr. Nathalie Grossman and Dr. Jeffrey Young were the attending veterinarians from P.P.P. for the event. P.P.P. and Steiner S.I.L.S. have been working together to help reduce the suffering of our companion animal friends for 20 years! As collaboration is the key, P.P.P. and Steiner have tried with the best of their abilities and desire to reduce the euthanasia rate and overpopulation of our furry friends in Brush and surrounding areas..
This is always a fun and exciting clinic for volunteers and staff, which happens several times a year and proves to be successful every time. Volunteers for the event are always welcomed! If you cannot participate at the event and would like to help causes similar to this please contact: Christopher Aguiniga at Planned Pethood at 303-433-3291 and we can find a way for you to make a difference.
Follow this link to read an article in the Fort Morgan Times about the event:
Dr. Young working hard to train new veterinarians went to Mexico for a panel discussion on overpopulation and to demonstrate spay/neuter techniques. The panel did so while working with veterinary students at the University of Mexicali in the Baja. Dr. Young was joined by leading spay/neuter veterinarians from California Dr. Marvin Mackie, Dr. Terry Paik and Dr. Sharon Zito. Additionally, to round out the team of experts were two leading Mexican veterinarians Dr. Rebeca Serrano and Dr. Joaquin Villasenor who have been working in Baja, Mexico for the last 10 years. Both Dr. Serrano and Dr. Villasenor were trained by Dr. Mackie in quick spay techniques and represent a bright future for the area.
This trip represents the first of its kind at the veterinary school in Mexicali and with the overwhelming support by the students the event was a true success!
Much of the credit for the event has to be given to Craig Nelson founder of the Give Some Life Foundation as he was the primary sponsor of the event. P.P.P. plans to work closely with Mr. Nelson and his foundation as P.P.P., along with the University of Mexicali plan to help offer students internships at our training facilities in either our Denver clinic or our Merida, Mexico clinic for further training. The training will be provided with no cost to the students as we know that proper training is essential to a successful spay/neuter program.
Every spay or neuter represents the elimination of unwanted companion animals and untold cruelty and suffering that so often awaits our abandoned furry friends! If you would like to make a donation to our training program please contact Christopher Aguiniga at 303-433-3291. If you would like more information about the organizations that worked together to make this event possible please go the following link:
The Latino Advisory Council Award was awarded to Dr. Young in recognition of his 17 years of work at North High School. He was given the award for providing opportunity to kids to enjoy, achieve and broaden their interests during their education at North. Dr. Young has coached both Cross Country and Track at North High and can boast the overall most successful athletic program in the school's history. Dr. Young's summer training program provides many of the students with the opportunity to travel, stay productive and keep out of trouble. Many of the students are provided with the opportunity to volunteer and work in many of the mobile spay/neuter clinics around the state of Colorado and numerous Native American Reservations. The kids in the program are exposed to a variety of unique cultures, situations and opportunities that help to broaden their horizons and build character. The program emphasizes that success comes from within and you are in charge of your destiny.
North High Team Motto:
You are stronger than you think you are and you can do more than you think you can!
Gunnison, CO
May 16th and 17th
Planned Pethood and The Gunnison Valley Animal Welfare League have been working together to help control the unwanted companion animal population for nearly a year now and are beginning to really make a difference in Gunnison and the surrounding communities. For years many people in Gunnison wished to have their pets spayed and neutered; however, they could not afford to do so. This is no longer the case as GVAWL and PPP offer low-cost mobile spay/neuter clinics. Within the last year PPP and GVAWL together have spayed and neutered over 150 cats and dogs and the people that have come to these clinics have never been so thankful, according to GVAWL.
Fort Belknap and Fort Hayes, MT
July 25th and 26th
PPP worked along side with the Montana Spay Neuter Task Force to help spay and neuter dogs and cats in the Fort Belknap and Fort Hayes Native American Reservation areas. Historically PPP has gone to these events and helped spay and neuter over 300 animals in one trip!
Normally this occurs with teams of Veterinarians and technicians. This trip was a little different as there was only one other Veterinarian (Dr. Ritchey from Bear Paw Veterinary Clinic) to help. However, this trip was just as successful as ever even without all the other Veterinarians as PPP, Dr. Ritchey and the Task Force provided services for hundreds of families. In total there were over 250 animals spayed and neutered.
PPP has been working with Jean Atthowe and the Montana Spay Neuter Task Force for many years and together continue to put the "rubber to the road" successfully helping as many animals as possible! The Task Force has always used their money to be as efficient as possible and have provided funding and resources that have spayed and neutered thousands over the years.
Hawaii
September 17th through September 23rd
Planned Pethood and 9th Life Hawaii have provided another successful community event! With volunteer help PPP successfully spayed and neutered over 400 cats!
Upcoming Events
January 2010
Planned Pethood, Planned Pethood International, Planned Pethood Mexico and the University of the Yucatan are hosting a spay/neuter campaign with the goal of 1500 animals (300 per day for 5 days)! If you would like to participate you can donate any amount or sponsor the spay or neuter of a street dog for $10. Just click on the Donate Now button below!
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