WEBVTT

00:05.170 --> 00:07.809
I'm Captain James Stroup and I'm a

00:07.820 --> 00:10.840
veterinarian with the US Army . So with

00:10.850 --> 00:13.020
P Pacific Partnership this year , the

00:13.029 --> 00:15.760
veterinary team um worked with the Yaps

00:15.770 --> 00:18.979
Animal Protection Society to uh

00:20.079 --> 00:23.020
make a veterinary clinic um at the

00:23.030 --> 00:26.139
Catholic High School for three days .

00:26.170 --> 00:28.950
Um we worked Friday through Sunday , um

00:28.959 --> 00:31.979
and we spayed and neutered um any

00:31.989 --> 00:33.989
animals that the locals would bring

00:33.989 --> 00:36.970
through to us , mostly pets . Um and

00:36.979 --> 00:39.201
some of the strays that the locals were

00:39.201 --> 00:41.146
able to round up on their own , we

00:41.146 --> 00:43.970
spared in near the total of 46 dogs and

00:43.979 --> 00:46.099
cats during this specific partnership

00:46.110 --> 00:48.349
mission . Yes . So I'm uh Captain

00:48.360 --> 00:50.779
Katherine Hayward . Um I a reserve

00:50.790 --> 00:52.679
veterinarian with the New Zealand

00:52.679 --> 00:54.901
Defense Force . It was very interesting

00:54.901 --> 00:57.123
working with um a different , different

00:57.123 --> 00:59.889
country and certainly having uh working

00:59.900 --> 01:03.673
with the US Army vets as we don't have

01:03.682 --> 01:05.793
a veterinary corps within our defense

01:05.793 --> 01:07.960
force . So learning how they do things

01:07.960 --> 01:10.071
and how their unit works as well have

01:10.071 --> 01:12.293
been quite eye-opening overall though ,

01:12.293 --> 01:14.293
they've been been very seamless and

01:14.293 --> 01:16.460
quite welcoming into working with them

01:16.460 --> 01:18.293
for the clinics . Uh So that was

01:18.293 --> 01:20.515
predominantly working in an environment

01:20.515 --> 01:22.583
that isn't a vet clinic . So we were

01:22.593 --> 01:24.426
working at a high school uh in a

01:24.426 --> 01:27.496
science lab , which made it um you know ,

01:27.505 --> 01:29.449
quite different and difficult . So

01:29.449 --> 01:31.672
having to set up a makeshift vet clinic

01:31.672 --> 01:33.449
uh in an environment that's not

01:33.449 --> 01:35.496
designed to be a vet clinic . Um So

01:35.505 --> 01:37.672
having to basically establish one from

01:37.672 --> 01:39.894
scratch during the Spears and Nether is

01:39.894 --> 01:42.096
very valuable because there is a very

01:42.106 --> 01:45.636
large uh stray population of dogs and

01:45.646 --> 01:48.096
cats . Um , but it's been very

01:48.106 --> 01:50.989
uncontrolled . Um , Yaps hasn't been

01:51.000 --> 01:53.250
able to have a veterinary team come out

01:53.260 --> 01:55.316
to do spay and neuters in about five

01:55.316 --> 01:58.250
years . Um , so it's been very valuable

01:58.260 --> 02:00.959
to have this start up again and we hope

02:00.970 --> 02:03.192
that it can continue in the future more

02:03.192 --> 02:05.650
frequently . Um , just to help get

02:05.660 --> 02:07.980
their stray population under control .