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Local vets can provide spay, neuter services too
Published Sunday, November 29, 2009
For lack of a better term, I was flabbergasted to read that Mrs. Ginna Holyoak plans to bring in an outside source to perform veterinary surgeries.
With five veterinary clinics in Natchez and two in Vidalia, I ask why? Not only that, she is soliciting free space to park a trailer and corporate sponsors.
This could easily be done, in a similar manner to the bank clearinghouse for advertising. Not to mention that money will leave town and not be spent here to generate sales tax revenue for us in Natchez.
I cannot speak for the other veterinarians in the Natchez area, but I was never offered the opportunity to see a proposal to spay or neuter 70 animals a month at any fee rate.
I would be more than happy to entertain a proposal, and I would not require a donated lot nor corporate sponsors.
After all, I am currently doing low-cost spays and neuters for the Humane Society and currently participating in SPAN’s voucher program.
This would not create any problem for me, I would not require them all on the same weekend, and I would spend the money locally for Natchez to earn the sales tax.
W. Byron Garrity Jr. D.V.M.
Natchez resident and veterinarian
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Posted by Hardcorps (anonymous) on November 29, 2009 at 12:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Byron politics and cronies is how Natchez rollz.
Posted by abc747 (anonymous) on November 29, 2009 at 7:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm sure there are many rural Miss. counties that have no veterinarian at all. This proposed mobile clinic would be a godsend for residents of those counties. The Miss-Lou area is fortunate to have a good many well-qualified vets, who will be on hand if there are any complications from the spay/neuters and for the pets' health care on into the future. I like Dr. Garrity's idea of a vet clearinghouse. Perhaps they could all cooperate in a voucher program to provide spay/neuters at low cost, first come-first served. "Natchez First" should apply to professional services as well as general shopping.
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