Our inaugural Run for Galapagos kicked off last weekend and we’ve got people running all over the world this week! Terasa Van Coppenolle did her “run” on rollerblades, blading 6 miles like a pro in Florida. Jane Taylor ran a 10K in the United Kingdom. Sandy Baily and her team, the “Sole Sisters,” ran in […]
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Saipan Care for Animals Celebrates 2nd Anniversary
Great news out of Saipan! Happy 2 Year anniversary to Saipan Cares for Animals !! It is amazing to see our past partners continuing to create change for animals on their islands!! http://www.mvariety.com/special-features/special-events/97020-two-years-of-caring-for-saipan-s-animals
Big Island Wrap Up
Hilo, Hawaii – The Animal Balance team is just wrapping up a 5-day campaign on the Big Island. We have been in Hilo all week, spaying and neutering as many cats as possible, raising awareness of the immense need for continued services on the island, and networking with the amazing members of the local community […]
Emma’s Hawaii Blog
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by way its animals are treated” Mahatma Gandhi. The Big Island of Hawaii is GREAT! I was helping registration and chatting to the community and was overwhelmed by the love and kindness that was being expressed by everyone. I was thanking them for […]
62 Cats Trapped on Night 1 !!!
Our amazing trapping team was out ALL night trapping cats in a local park. The final count was 62 cats waiting for the medical team on the first morning! Our lead trapper Jessica decided to take a quick cat nap after a looong night!
Galapagos 2016 …. and beyond!
Hola! We have just returned from the gorgeous island of Santa Cruz in Galapagos, Ecuador. You may not know it, but we have a long history of working in Galapagos, holding our first campaign there in 2004. Our most recent campaign, funded through the generosity of Alley Cat Allies, was amazing in so many ways. […]
One last clinic before we fly out!
We fly out tonight, but just couldn’t resist squeezing in one more mini-clinic before we go. We trapped these tiny kittens on our first day here and they’ve been in foster, fattening up over the last week and a half so they buy prednisone 5mg would be big enough to fix before we left. Dr. […]
American Samoa Day 6!
The final day of our clinic in American Samoa was amazing. As is typical, the last day ran the smoothest as the team has had 5 days to become comfortable working together. The trapping team had cats waiting for the team and the clinic was set up in an open air gymnasium at a local […]
American Samoa Day 4 & 5
The 4th and 5th days of our American Samoa campaign took place in the village of Leone, in the home of local resident Andrea Samoa. Like all of our hosts, Andrea welcomed us with open arms and gave us complete run of her home. We set up surgery, prep and recovery 1 in the living […]
American Samoa Day 3!
Day three of our clinic was really successful. We fixed about 53 cats and things are running really smoothly. It was our last day under the pavilion in town, tomorrow we move to the western side of the island to the village of Leone. Since things were running so smoothly at the clinic, I was able […]