How do you plan to increase the number of spays and neuters in order to fight animal overpopulation?
Bruin: “The Mayor’s Ball this year is called ‘Let’s Fix The Problem.’ The proceeds from this fundraiser will be used for spay/neuter efforts. We want to increase our capacity to do spay/neuter surgery for the pets of low-income Albuquerque residents. When I started here, I inherited a list of 800 people who had signed up to have their animal spayed or neutered. We are working on cutting that list down. We are joining with other groups to accomplish this. AHA has space available for spay and neuter surgeries in their low-income clinic which we can use. Individual veterinarians and various rescue groups are working with us on this, too. Our spay/neuter van is parked at the Westside shelter where our veterinarian spends one day a week doing spays and neuters for outside animals. We cannot mix the outside animals with the shelter animals because of the possibility of disease.” PETroglyphs: Do the shelters need volunteers? If so, what do you need them to do? Bruin: “Dr. Vigil, one of our ve
