We've made it! 1000 sterilisations!
This morning Dogstar Foundation organised the sterilisation of our 1000th patient!! Even if I say it myself, what a fantastic achievement this is. I was approached last week by Mr. Mohan who lives in nearby Dimbulgamuwa about ARV for his pomeranian, Shaggy. This was organised with Dr. Prashashini, the new vet we are using a lot here. Mr. Mohan then asked about sterilisation and after discussion with Dr. P this was organised for today. Here's the clinic that Dr. P shares with her senior partner, Dr. Gunathilaka.

It's Good News Week!!!!!!
And it will be even better when we hit our 1000th sterilisation this coming Sunday!! But that's jumping the gun a bit - so here's a rundown of news from the past week. Following last weeks storm and flooding here at MEF, things have gradually got back to normal with the office and museum fully functional again. However, the roof of our deck area which was worst hit by the flooding was finally pulled down this week. The whole area will need rebuilding - we hope this is soon as it's a lovely area for visitors (and volunteers!) to sit and watch the elephants bathing in th

Boy, what a week!!
Hello again from Sri Lanka! You'll know from previous blogs that we're now well into the monsoon season - well, the big news this week was a major flood here at MEF in Randeniya. Last Thursday evening - in the space of just over an hour - the river rose over 20feet flooding our museum and offices and stranding the volunteers in the restaurant across the road. Our deck roof collapsed and all the chairs and tables there were washed away. We were all standing in about 2ft of water in our museum - see the photo below of the flooded museum!

More from Mo
You'll know from Sam's blog just how busy we've been since her return - and I certainly wasn't storing up work for her!! During the week before Sam arrived I took one of our local cats to Dr. Abeyratne for sterilisation. The photo below shows Chuuti ready for surgery.

Hurry back Sam - it's busy over here!!!!
Hello again from Sri Lanka. The past couple of weeks have flown past in a blur - looking at the diary, since my last blog following our clinic on 27 September I've made 11 visits to our local vet in Kegalle and done 13 'house' calls!! It will be good to have Sam out here again later this week as we plan to follow up on some requests for help from local temples.We had a very successful follow-up clinic on 10 October and almost all of the dogs we saw at the main clinic on 27 September came back for suture removal and many of them also received DHLP vaccination. Pictured below is Mr Ranga Kumara with his lovely do