W hen did you begin to have an affinity towards animals? I always have – especially animals that were broken. For example, if there was a bird and a broken bird, I would always go to the broken bird, if that makes sense. Like a baby bird who had fallen out of the nest – I’d just always help. All my…
Emma: I believe that you were one of the pioneers of MASH, can you tell us how you got started? Consie : I was vacationing on the island of Bimini in 2000 and helping friends at their dive shop. For years there had been a problem with packs of feral dogs attacking both the community and the tourists…
Emma: Hi Dr. A, how did you get started in spay/neuter? Dr. Amanda: I graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2003. My first job was at a five doctor small animal practice in Northern Wisconsin. I had a supportive boss who gave me time off to participate in animal-related activities. My first…
“Dr. Diego Barrera – one of AB’s most inspiring, hard-working vets who took the MASH model and recreated it in Ambato, mainland Ecuador, with incredible life-saving results. His work is creating social change across Ecuador. It is my great honor to share Dr. Diego’s story.” (Emma) Emma: Hi Dr. Diego…
Emma: Aloha Dr. Katie! Thank you for taking the time away from your world to talk with me about your incredible story to save lives. When did you graduate from vet school and what was your first job? Dr. Katie: I graduated in 2010 and my first job was at Dakin Humane Society in Springfield, Massachu…
There are vegan hippopotami in Colombia! The cocaine drug lord, Pablo Escobar, bought them and placed them in his ‘Noah’s Ark’ style zoo. Escobar was shot by the Colombian National Police in 1993. The other animals were moved out to zoos and other places, the hippos stayed. They very slowly multipli…
On July 2 the AB family and the veterinary world lost one of the most compassionate, sweetest, most intelligent, skillful, amazing, kind, patient and inspiring humans, Dr. Eric Jayne. Eric and I had a drink together at the airport a few days ago. We had just finished a campaign serving the Ramah com…
“Just getting these animals fixed is such a big piece of the puzzle that we didn’t have before Animal Balance…without Animal Balance we would still be sending animals home that weren’t fixed… we really just can’t thank Animal Balance enough.” ~Mike Bricker, Executive Director, Palm Valley Animal She…
The Galapagos Islands are where it all began for Animal Balance! It’s been 15 years since Emma founded AB to introduce humane cat/dog population management to the Galapagos, in order to end the use of poison for this end. The community-based strategies we first used on Isabela Island have proven su…
Fix Kauai: 2019 Plans For Are Now Underway… Updated: Nov 28, 2018 We’ve got big plans for Kauai’s Community Cats, read on for details! Mama and kittens… Mega-MASH Animal Balance has been working on the island of Kauai since 2017, providing free and affordable spay/neuter for cats and dogs. Durin…
