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 THANK YOU New Zealand Donors, Volunteers & Partners for your support! If not for the ongoing and long-term partnerships between EHF and our supporters, the more than 31, 000 animals we have treated, including more than 12,600 spayed/neutered, would not have received care. We look forward to your continued support because simply put: we could not do it without you. Thanks, as always, for your generous support, Cathy Sue Ragan-Anunsen, Founder & CEO |
| Ever wonder what goes on 'behind the scenes" in the US office that enables the EHF Animal Clinic and Cook Islands EHF VET TREKS to provide service? ►READ |
 STATESMAN JOURNAL TARAH CAMPI's feature article Foundation improves lives of animals "Cathy Sue Ragan-Anunsen spends a lot of time in front of her computer. But it's not leisure time. Ragan-Anunsen is the founder and CEO of the Esther Honey Foundation, which brings veterinary care to animals on the Cook Islands in the South Pacific. Back in Oregon, Ragan-Anunsen is busy sending e-mail, making phone calls and handling finances about 10 hours each day, seven days per week. That's what it takes to direct a nonprofit from thousands of miles away."... |
| INTERNATIONAL NEWS |
 World Society for the Protection of Animals Oceania Newsletter 2011: Esther Honey Foundation reaches desexing target “…there has been some amazing achievements in the region, particularly the Esther Honey Foundation in the Cook Islands reaching their target of desexing 70 percent of Rarotonga's dog population. A fantastic result and testament to their commitment to the islands animals.” Cate Edwards Member Society Development Manager  Before the Foundation came to the Cook Islands, they were advised that there were 6,000 dogs and 8,000 cats on Rarotonga. In 2010, 26 Esther Honey Foundation volunteers spent 93 days going door to door island-wide counting all dogs, recording the number who were desexed, were intact or were of indeterminate status. EHF's census confirmed that the Foundation’s spay/neuter program has reduced the number of dogs on Rarotonga to 2,000 with 78% of that number desexed. Sterilizing 70% will stabilize street dog populations and sterilizing more than 70% brings a steep reduction with numbers continuing to decline as long as the desexing program remains available. “One of the most rewarding aspects,” said President and CEO, Cathy Sue Ragan-Anunsen, “is that we were able to achieve this goal without killing healthy animals.”  Read this and related articles: "TNR Suceeds in Cook Islands." Animal People July/Aug 2011 "Drop in dog numbers." Cook Islands Herald 8 Aug 2011 ► Click Here ___________________________________________________________________ ►Healthy island animals = Happy tourists  TVNZ (TVNZ NewsOne) Style Blog: Chilling out in Raro "They are so friendly and lovely so be sure to help them out and donate to The Esther Honey Foundation which helps all animals on Rarotonga..." TVNZ Style Blog  |
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THANK YOU NEW ZEALANDERS |
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Thank you NZ veterinarian Jacqueline Pryce |
 Veterinarian Jacqueline Lorena Pryce, Cambridge Veterinary Services New Zealand, and her husband, Gareth, were enjoying a Cook Islands holiday when they stopped by the EHF Animal Clinic where Jacqueline’s Cambridge colleague, Dr. Richard Willis, volunteered for several months last year.  Their arrival could not have come at a better time for Rip, a sweet injured dog in need of immediate orthopedic surgery. Flight schedules resulted in a weekend gap between the departing experienced vet and the arriving veterinarian. Doctor Pryce, assisted by vet nurse Kelly Clayden, filled that gap perfectly by providing skilled care for the darling Rip! |
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Thank you Kumeu Veterinary Service |
 The Esther Honey Foundation Thanks Kumeu Veterinary Service for their donation of a microscope to the Foundation. This new addition to the clinic equipment replaces our older model and improves our diagnostic capabilities. EHF is also grateful to volunteer Kerry Lukies for working with the US office to transport this donation and additional supplies needed for the new scope! |
| Thank you vet Alex |
 It was Christmas in the islands for vet Alex Alex Elson has dealt with most of the health problems that afflict small animals, but this summer, the Whitianga vet is likely to encounter a  new one. Ms Elson is spending three weeks over Christmas and New Year as a volunteer vet in the Cook Islands. She expects there will be the usual cases, such as skin problems, accidents and neutering, but has been told there could also be a problem with fish poisoning. In certain conditions, a disturbance on the reef at Rarotonga causes toxic plankton to get into the food chain. Ms Elson has just finished a two-year stint as a part-time vet in Whitianga and left for the Cook Islands on Sunday. “I’ve decided that I’ll do volunteer work from now on,” she says. She began her career in England and has been a vet for about 35 years. After settling in Whitianga eight years ago, she initially worked part-time in Thames. The idea of going to the Cook Islands came when she read about the Esther Honey Foundation in a vet magazine. The organisation was founded by American animal advocate Cathy Sue Ragan-Anunsen in 1994 after a holiday in the Cook Islands. While she was in Rarotonga, Ms Ragan-Anunsen befriended a dog named Honey and learned that there were no veterinary services in the country for its thousands of cats and dogs. In 1995, the foundation opened a clinic in Nikao. It’s staffed by volunteer vets from around the world and caters for animals in Rarotonga and outlying islands. “I’ve never been to the Cook Islands and I thought it sounded like me,” Ms Elson says. She hopes to do some diving and possibly some horse-riding. Back home, a house-sitter will look after her pregnant horse Charity, her cats Roland and Rupert and her chickens. Her three pugs, Milly, Stanley and Lenny, will go into kennels. |
| Thank you NZ rescuers |
 ... for taking these lovely Raro dogs into your homes and into your hearts! |
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| Thanks Pio Terei for dropping by |
  NZ's Pio Terei was on Rarotonga to film for Maori television and graciously came by the EHF Animal Clinic to visit with EHF Volunteers. |
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