PET OF THE WEEK

Snoozy Olive

By The Bahamas Humane Society

Lovely grey calico

Olive is just looking for a quiet space to have a snooze, and another snooze, and maybe one more after that.

She’s a mature lady (four and a half years old) who’d love to have a human to cuddle up with. Olive would also like you to know that if you’d prefer a younger bouncier cat, the Bahamas Humane Society has many other cats and kittens available for adoption! our presence in some of the concentrated areas of animal over-population will actually lead to a better understanding of the problem with the owners of the actual animals. The very same people who complain about overturned bins are invariably the very people who contribute to the problem. Their dogs are not spayed or neutered, their gate is never closed, and their female dogs are always pregnant. They are the same folks who gather up the pups in a box and unceremoniously dump them at the Bahamas Humane Society’s doorstep. They are the ones who complain that their female is always getting in the family way.

Please come in to meet everyone or call 323-5138 for more information.

• Operation Potcake is back! Well, it will be, in January 2024. Volunteers are needed at four spay and neuter clinics across the island between January 18 and 27. Please contact operationpotcake242@gmail.com if you’d like to assist.

Allow me a moment here for some private reflection. Are you kidding me? I feel like screaming when I see and hear this. Humans have the wherewithal to kindly stop the breeding of unwanted animals by getting their animals spayed and neutered.

Back to business…. (after I scream into a pillow)

Animal Balance is the organisation that assisted in the first Operation Potcake in 2013. They specialise in spay and neuter clinics for island nations. With their assistance, we will welcome highly skilled medical teams who will come to the Bahamas to assist us in getting the number of animals “fixed” that we need to in order to make a difference.

How can you help, I imagine some of you may be thinking.

There will be many ways that the general public can assist and help to make OP ‘24 a success. We will need volunteers to help us with providing refreshments daily for all four teams, transportation of people and animals to and from clinics, help in the clinics, laundry, publicity, registrations, and many other tasks.

We need to collect various supplies: a copious amount of paper towels, newspapers, five-gallon bottles of water, Sharpie pens, duct tape, snacks, old towels, and so many more items.

Schools and service groups can take on certain projects to provide necessary help to assist us in making this a successful endeavour. If you want to be part of making a difference, please get in touch with us at the email address below. We would be happy to talk to you or meet with you to figure what the best project would be for you to embrace.

So, getting back to basics: If you are interested in being part of the solution and wish to help Operation Potcake please contact operationpotcake242@ gmail.com And together we can decide what is best suited to your time and skills.

It made an enormous difference 10 years ago and we made the mistake to allow things to gradually slide back to how they were before. I would like to think that we are smarter now….your support is essential, no matter how big or small, hands on, or monetary.

January will be upon us in no time and we want to make sure everybody who wants to participate and is able to can sign up with us, so please get in touch now!