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Krystal Balance came with her grandfather and his cat Frenchie.  She said,” My grandfather does not want kittens and there are too many cats out there.”

Tonya Feeder brought Cobbee a Yorkie to be neutered.  She said, “He is kind of crazy and is a loose wire.  I want no puppies and also want to save my house from his behavior.”

Tabatha Pacheco returns to her second clinic today with her dog Princess.  She does not want princess to have puppies as it will be “better for her and for me.”  (Tabatha brought her dog Clover to the last clinic.)

Kevin Morrow received a flier on his military housing unit.  He wants his cat Tinky to “live longer and not go into heat.”

In addition to thanking all of the people who brought their animal companions to the clinic, we want to thank a very flexible PETA clinic staff!  They took all the extra (not on the schedule) cats that arrived.  So, in total, 7 dogs and 16 cats were spayed/neutered.

Truman & Jessica

Jessica Garza brought her small black dog Truman to be neutered because she “Doesn’t want puppies.”  She learned about the s/n clinic from Craig’s list.  She then called and also found the spayhr.org website.

Myla

Dawn Burgess brought her 8 month old dog Myla to the s/n clinic to help “keep the

Riley, Machida, King Tut & Jessica

Jessica Arrington, who lives in Monticello Village, said, “I’ve always known it’s [spay/neuter] the right thing to do.”  She brought her 3 cats, Riley, Machida, and King Tut to the clinic.  Jessica learned about our clinic through her neighborhood newsletter and also said that her vet at Owl Creek mentioned the s/n clinic. She reported that her cats “don’t go outside but that you never know.”

Cash & Diane

Cash was brought to the clinic by his owner Diane Wright.  He is about 18 months old and Diane said that, “he is a jumper and I am afraid he will go out and have some fun.”  Diane learned about the clinic from one of our fliers.  She lives about 2 blocks from today’s clinic site.

Belle & Brittany

Brittany Carter brought her 2 year old cat Belle to be spayed.  She received one of our fliers and reports that being spayed will “keep her healthy.”

Lora Hicks also received our flier.  She brought in 2 feral cats and reported that “our neighborhood is overrun with ferals.”

Clover

Tabatha and Andrew Pacheco brought in 1 year old Clover.  They learned about the clinic from Freecycle and reported that Clover “gets out a lot and we don’t have the means to provide for puppies.”

Tricia Duncan lives in the neighborhood and learned about the clinic because a flier was left on her car.  She brought Chibi who is about 2 years old.  Chibi became hers after she agreed to watch him for an acquaintance for one week, so that the original owner could visit her spouse who was stationed in Guam.  When the owner did not return after one week, Tricia and her husband called Guam and learned that the original owner did not plan on returning.  So, Chibi officially joined Tricia’s family.   Tricia said that when she was younger she volunteered at an animal shelter and knows how many animals are there.

Thank you to all of the wonderful people and pets who joined us this morning!

Our awesome volunteers!

Interested in helping? Please email us at spayhr2010@gmail.com.

Volunteers for flyer distribution meet at 10:00am on Saturday mornings about two weeks before a clinic. We review which streets were covered by the last distribution and then head off for new territory in the target area: for May – Oakdale Farms, Denby Park, and Southern Shopping Center. We’ve had great turnouts for the past two distributions, so it doesn’t take much time at all (1 hr. or less).

With the good weather, flyer distribution is a nice way to get out for some fresh air and a little exercise. It’s also fun to meet new people. The residents in our target neighborhoods are overwhelmingly friendly, and it’s very interesting to learn about different sections of the city of Norfolk.