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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAnimal Welfare Minutes 2/17/2011RECEIVED TOWN CLERKS oFE1ce Town of Mansfield 2011 APR I I A 0; 28 Animal Welfare Committee MANSFIELD MASSACHUSETTS Minutes for February 17, 2011 Sharon Baker Ana Molina- Villella Mary Andrews Chuck MacKean Carol Kosel Chairman Vice - Chairman Clerk Member Member Lori Zola Vacancy Alternate Ahernate Present: AWC: Sharon Baker, Ana Villella, Mary Andrews, Chuck MacKean, Carol Kosel, Lori Zola ACO: Jeff Collins The Animal Welfare Committee meeting was called to order at 7:40 p.m. at Airport Building H. Approve Minutes Motion: To approve minutes from January 21, 2011. Passes. Vaccination and Spay/Neuter Report *Cats due for shr have appointments this week and next. Chunk Chunk needs to be rescheduled. Fester Kitten Report *Feisty — Fostered by Maria. Feisty had her litter of kittens on Valentine's Day. •Chunk - Chunk— Fostered by Emlie. Needs socializing and neutering. Doing well. *Tangerine — Fostered temporarily during his quarantine, by Sharon, who will swap him for Holmes. Medical • Peanut — The rescue is supposed to call Jeff soon about placing Peanut in a home. • Stan — Dr. Costillo will remove dead skin from Stan's ear if it is necessary again. Stan's ear medicine was topical. •Mojito — Vets determined that the knee dislocation was partially caused by a previous break in the leg, that didn't heal correctly. Mojito will need corrective leg surgery at the same time he is neutered. Page 1 of 2 Miscellaneous • Celebration of Animals — MMAS has reserved the South Common for Sept. 17— 18. We will need to select a date for the Celebration. *Fundraising Meeting —Scheduled for February 280i, at 7:30 p.m., at the airport meeting room. New Shelter Report Keys — Jeff will ask Mike Ahern about having more keys made to give to Emilie/Lori, who do vet runs, and Vanessa, who is a Saturday A.M. shift captain. Security Code — Members discussed if and when to start using the security system keypad to activate the alarm at night. Mary will check with Mike Ahern, who set up the system, to get details on how the system was set up. ACO Report House Fire Cats — Jeff reported that most of the cats rescued from the Mansfield house fire have medical issues requiring medication, and most have dental problems. Even if MSF pays for medical exams and treatment while the cats are at the shelter, he expects that the owner will have difficulty treating the cats consistently when they are returned to her. Lori offered to help the owner medicate the cats after they are returned to her, and Jeff cited another instance when volunteers helped an owner maintain a large number of cats in a home. For economy and convenience, Ana will try to get a vet to come to the shelter to examine all of the cats, and to prescribe treatment. She suggested getting the antibiotic shot ($13) for each cat rather than having an array of medicines that have to be administered daily to each cat. Jeff will try to isolate the sickest cats by putting them in the infirmary, and moving Holmes back to the quarantine room. Sharon brought lysine to the shelter to boost the immunity of the house fire cats, and to give prophylactically to our shelter cats. Jeff will wait until the house fire cats have been examined before giving them lysine. Adjournment Motion: To adjourn. Passes Adjourned: 8:45 p.m. Date of 3/ _?