Saturday, 1 September 2018

Day 5 - Super Saturday at TUC


 
New location at the TUC garage

Dogs were collected on the back of a truck from villages
along South Tarawa

 

Another amazingly successful day – far beyond expectations, and particularly given it was a Saturday. Earlier in the week we had dropped in to see the clerk at our final council location, the TUC, to inquire if our suggested schedule was okay, and whether there would be a truck available. She assured us that a truck had been hired for all 4 days, even on the Saturday. We have worked here with staff for the previous 4 years, and there is now a good collaborative relationship present when we visit.

Surgery number 100!!
We were not disappointed – we arrived at about 8.20am, and a truck with over 10 dogs arrive at 8.30am while we were still setting up! The rest of the day was a blur of another 2 truckloads of dogs, and many walk ins, seeing us set a new record of 46 dogs and 10 cats in one day. Needless to say we were pretty tired by the end of the day. A good thing that tomorrow is a rest day.









Going home

Highlights for me were working again with our very helpful dog enforcement officer colleagues, in particular with our friend Bunaua. It is also a fun place with many children onlookers, helped by the parked truck where we were working.














Me with our old friend Bunaua and
kitten patients.
Leesa with her new young friend




















Grateful for a successful day, with a really excellent and competent team, with a lot of interest from local people.

1 comment:

  1. Wow!!!! Impressive. Hope you guys are resting well today! :)

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