RE proposed sterilization procedure will kill many dogs slowly

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>Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:42:37 -0800

> " K.santha " <santhak

>Merritt Clifton <anmlpepl

>Re: Fwd: proposed sterilization procedure will kill many

> dogs slowly

>

>

>Kala Santha wrote:

>

>>We learned that Dr Grant of HSI wants to sterilize the dogs in Ulle and/

>>Tsunami striken areas of Sri lanka and release them to the streets on the

>>same day...Releasing the dogs to the streets on the same day is not

>>a humane method to adopt by any body

>

> Same-day release is the global standard, and has been

>practiced successfully for many years in many parts of the world

>which pose all of the same climatic and sociological aspects as Sri

>Lanka--including Bali, where Sherry Grant works; Mexico, where I

>believe Eric Davis and some of his team have worked; and Costa

>Rica, where same-day release has enabled the nation to maintain a

>no-kill animal control policy with no conventional animal control

>shelters.

>

> Same-day release is facilitated by two essential veterinary

>skills: small-incision surgery, and maintenance of properly

>antiseptic surgical conditions.

>

> There is only one reason why same-day release fails: lack of

>the requisite skills on the part of the veterinarian and veterinary

>support team.

>

> This is why Sherry Grant's project is being organized as an

>instructional program: to teach Sri Lankan veterinarians the skills

>they need in order to do what thousands of surgeons in other nations

>have already been doing for 10-15 years, sterilizing tens of

>thousands of animals.

>

> (The FACE clinic in Indianapolis, for example, directed by

>human emergency surgeon Dr. Scott Robinson, had only one fatal

>surgical complication among the first 40,000 animals it sterilized,

>all of them on a same-day release basis. That fatality was a cat

>with an undetected pre-existing heart condition, who had a bad

>response to anesthesia.)

>

>

>>We request you to think about the welfare of the animals and change the

>>method of releasing them in the same day.

>

> Genuine thought about the welfare of the animals on your part

>would require you to get out there and learn what is necessary in

>order to do same-day release successfully.

>

>-- Merritt Clifton

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