St. Vincent
…our most sustainable project!
From the very beginnings the Association for Aid and Support of the Creole Dogs has had a concept that combines spay neuter and humane education for the utmost effectiveness of animal welfare work and a real improvement of the quality of animals‘ life.
Up to now we could always realize only aspects of this concept in our projects; spay neuter in the Dominican Republic and on other islands and a school project on Barbados. On St. Vincent this is different! 2025 the Association for Aid and Support of the Creole Dogs celebrates its twentieth anniversary; a great occasion to partner up with the VSPCA! Our cooperation started already in summer 2024 with a summer camp for the children of St. Vincent in August; for children who won’t travel, whose parents will have to work also during school holidays and who will be happy knowing their kids are taken care off and are having a lot of fun.
The president of the VSPCA / Vincention Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Jhanice Nelson, is the driving force at the VSPCA.
She goes herself into the schools and teaches. All products and items future pet keepers should know she brings along. She will be supported by our volunteers from 2025 on. 4 During her lessons she focuses on the 5 freedoms every animal should be guaranteed: Freedom from hunger and thirst, freedom from discomfort, freedom from pain, injury and disease, freedom to express normal behaviour and freedom from fear and distress.
And of course the importance of spay neuter is being explained, not only to control overpopulation but also its effects on animal behaviour.6 The children are colouring a drawing showing a spayed/neutered cat which sits contently on its owner’s lap instead of roaming around getting into danger.
The little toy dog is a very important item in each lesson. The children practice with it how to handle dogs properly later on.
For the VSPCA – Vincentian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals the combination of spay neuter and humane education is a matter of course! We have the same goal concerning sustainable animal welfare that will lead to lasting changes. Here Dr. Natalie Toney at work…
Different than on some other Caribbean islands volunteering vets are welcome on St. Vincent;
In April 2024 Dr. Kimberly and her team from the United States spayed neutered in several villages. The operative was sponsorde by the Sandals foundation. Sandals Resorts had shortly before opened the Sandals St. Vincent.
Starting 2025 Claudia Bretthauer will spay neuter about 300 animals on St. Vincent.