The figure of $13.50 is not correct...I wish it was!

The agreement to approve
foreign vets to participate in Op Pot 2014 was reached at a VMAB meeting held while Dr Bizzell was President. After the new slate of officers was elected a special meeting of the VMAB was called and the original decision to approve participation of foreign vets was reversed. Dr. B was not at that meeting and did not and does not approve of the new decision

Ivy we all know that many Bahamian pet owners do not have the resources to pay even the cost of low cost spays. Hence Proud Paws, while asking for some kind of donation, always did the spays whether they paid anything or not. If we are to solve the dog overpopulation in New Providence we need to spay and neuter
20,000 animals ASAP. I don't think anyone knows where the funds to do this will come from.

Really?

Under my tenure as President of the VMAB I advocated for and obtained the approval of the majority of our members to approve the participation of foreign vets in Op Pot 2013 and again for Op Pot 2014. My term as President ended in October 2013. A special meeting of theVMAB was called after the new slate of officers was elected and the decision to approve the participation of foreign vets was overturned. I was not at that meeting, I did not and do not approve of this decision!

By "effective canine control" I mean an island wide outreach program headed by trained professionals and assisted by trained volunteers. Really that is what Op Pot did in2013. The work would include education basic veterinary care, spaying and neutering of course and in some instances humane euthanasia to end the suffering of the worst of the unwanted and diseased dogs and cats. I am most certainly not advocating the old model of "round them all and sleep 'em" dog catching.

The Animal Protection and Control. Act was drafted with this goal in mind.

So sorry I could not find the $350,000 to spay 7,000 animals from my own resources....of course it's the vets fault we have a dog overpopulation problem...we of course should take the time and foot the bill for the materials used for spaying every every dog and cat in The Bahamas...you think?

Jack for your information the VMAB approved the participation of foreign vets in Op Pot while I was the President .....at a special meeting held after the new slate of officers was elected this decision was reversed. I was not at that meeting and I did not, and do not approve of their decision! Perhaps you should be directing your considerable zeal and animus elsewhere!

The approval for foreign vets to participate was agreed at a meeting of the VMAB when Dr. Bizzell was President. That approval was reversed at a special meeting of the VMAB held after it's new slate of officers was elected. Dr. B was not at that meeting and did not, and does not approve of that decision.

Perhaps this has something to do with the recent change in the Presidency of the VMAB