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Thanks so much to everyone who braved the bad roads and snowy weather to help with our Hobbema community spay and neuter clinic!

The Task Force Team spayed or neutered, vaccinated, tattooed, and treated for parasites

195 dogs and cats!  Our appreciation to the outstanding medical team of 15 veterinarians and 17 Animal Health Technicians who provided great

 care for the animals that came to the clinic.

Responsible Veterinarians: Dr. Audrey Remedios and Dr. Jagit Cheema

Medical Manager: Tammy Mazubert, RAHT

Volunteer Manager: Loralee Nisbet-Papp

Volunteer Caterers: Sheila and Dave Benbow and Carol and Wayne Tischer

Community Liaison: Doreen Johnson

Rescue Coordinators: Heather Potter and Deanna Thompson from Alberta Animal Rescue Crew (AARCS) and R.J. Bailot from the Task Force and Pound Rescue

Community Escorts: Arlene Gross, Bonnie Okeymaw, Glen Omeasoo and Shirley Crane

Funding was provided by: Maskwacis Health Services and Miyo Wahkohtowin Community Education Authority, Humane Animal Rescue Team (hart) and Pawsitive Match Rescue Foundation

Thanks to Chantelle Cardinal of First Nations Technical Services Advisory Group and Bev Kerr of Houndsense for providing education and volunteering.

Please check out the Global TV feature:

http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/video/reserve+dogs/video.html?v=2223002884#stories

Thanks to the following for their contributions:

 

Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)

Mieka Artz

Katie Ayres

Patricia Backer and Jeff Backer

Boehringer Ingleheim Animal Health

Calgary Humane Society

Bowdog Canine Specialists

Layne Dalgetty-Rouse

Sheila Gunston

Loft Industries

Katherine Olsen

Savanah Palmer

Sleep Rover Doggie Hotel and Day Care

Southern Scale

Kim Sutherland

Anne Story

Catherine Thistlewaite

Our sincere gratitude to the following rescue groups who accepted the 144 dogs and cats that will be re-homed:

Alberta Animal Rescue Crew (AARCS)

Animal Rescue Transport System (ARTS)

Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF)

Canine Second Chance Animal Rescue Society

Global Animal Lovers (GALS)

Hinton Humane Society

Humane Animal Rescue Team (hart)

Old MacDonald Kennels

Paws and Claws Animal Rescue

Pawsitive Match Rescue

Pitbulls For Life

Pound Rescue

Red Deer Humane Society

Rescue 4 Life

Second Chance Animal Rescue (SCARS)

Sundance Canine Rescue


OTHER NEWS: 

The Task Force is proud to say that we are the recipient of the 2011 Summit Award for Animal Wellness, sponsored by LetLynx.

We would also like to congratulate Tammy Mazubert, RAHT, our Medical Manager, for receiving the Alberta Veterinary Medical Association Technologist of the Year Award!

Special thanks to the Sherling Animal Welfare Fund for your support!

These are the tentative dates for our 2012 clinics:

May 25-27: Siksika First Nation
June 22-24: Wabasca (Bigstone Cree First Nation and the M.D. of Opportunity)
July 27-29: Hobbema
September 21-23: Wabasca (Bigstone Cree First Nation and the M.D. of Opportunity)
October 19-21: Piikani First Nation
November 2-4: Siksika First Nation

 

About Us:

The Alberta Spay Neuter Task Force (ASNTF) is a registered charity that works with First Nation communities in order to assist with their community approach to improve the health and well being of the dogs and cats in their community and to reduce human health issues that have resulted from pet overpopulation. Many of these communities do not have the resources that we have in our cities to assist with the care of their animals.  The problem of pet overpopulation exists all over the world!

 

  • Mailing address: 944 38 Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2T 2J2
  • Phone: 403-797-3647
  • Email: taskforce@telus.net

 

 

Member Society World Society for the Protection of Animals

 WSPA