Spay-A-Thon

So this sunday we went to the SPAY-A-Thon at College Road Animal Hospital. Basically what they do is trap a bunch of feral cats around Wilmington and spay/neuter them, then release them back into the wild. Dr. Weeden heads it and lets his students practice the surgeries. There were probably 50 cats that they s/n. MANY of those were female cats and of the female cats, MOST of them were pregnant. The doctors don't know 100% that their pregnant until they open them up. At that point they abort the kitten fetuses and spay the cat. We got it all on camera, even the fetuses. I actually got to get on some gloves and use a scalpel to open the placenta to get out the fetuses and hold them. It was sad, but amazing, and relieving that those kittens won't grow up homeless and starving like most of their parents. We got B-roll of the facility and the tons of cages, traps, and cats/kittens. We focused on one cat, Tigger, in particular because he had a story to him. The trapper had been trying to trap him for months and finally got him. He had a large cut on his arm that the doctors were able to fix up. We followed him through the process and will be back for his post-Op and to see if he is any different when Jane releases him back into the wild. Tigger is the beginning of our "Story" animals. So overall this week was a HUGE success for us!