WEBVTT 00:05.170 --> 00:07.809 I'm Captain James Stroup and I'm a 00:07.820 --> 00:10.840 veterinarian with the US Army . So with 00:10.850 --> 00:13.020 P Pacific Partnership this year , the 00:13.029 --> 00:15.760 veterinary team um worked with the Yaps 00:15.770 --> 00:18.979 Animal Protection Society to uh 00:20.079 --> 00:23.020 make a veterinary clinic um at the 00:23.030 --> 00:26.139 Catholic High School for three days . 00:26.170 --> 00:28.950 Um we worked Friday through Sunday , um 00:28.959 --> 00:31.979 and we spayed and neutered um any 00:31.989 --> 00:33.989 animals that the locals would bring 00:33.989 --> 00:36.970 through to us , mostly pets . Um and 00:36.979 --> 00:39.201 some of the strays that the locals were 00:39.201 --> 00:41.146 able to round up on their own , we 00:41.146 --> 00:43.970 spared in near the total of 46 dogs and 00:43.979 --> 00:46.099 cats during this specific partnership 00:46.110 --> 00:48.349 mission . Yes . So I'm uh Captain 00:48.360 --> 00:50.779 Katherine Hayward . Um I a reserve 00:50.790 --> 00:52.679 veterinarian with the New Zealand 00:52.679 --> 00:54.901 Defense Force . It was very interesting 00:54.901 --> 00:57.123 working with um a different , different 00:57.123 --> 00:59.889 country and certainly having uh working 00:59.900 --> 01:03.673 with the US Army vets as we don't have 01:03.682 --> 01:05.793 a veterinary corps within our defense 01:05.793 --> 01:07.960 force . So learning how they do things 01:07.960 --> 01:10.071 and how their unit works as well have 01:10.071 --> 01:12.293 been quite eye-opening overall though , 01:12.293 --> 01:14.293 they've been been very seamless and 01:14.293 --> 01:16.460 quite welcoming into working with them 01:16.460 --> 01:18.293 for the clinics . Uh So that was 01:18.293 --> 01:20.515 predominantly working in an environment 01:20.515 --> 01:22.583 that isn't a vet clinic . So we were 01:22.593 --> 01:24.426 working at a high school uh in a 01:24.426 --> 01:27.496 science lab , which made it um you know , 01:27.505 --> 01:29.449 quite different and difficult . So 01:29.449 --> 01:31.672 having to set up a makeshift vet clinic 01:31.672 --> 01:33.449 uh in an environment that's not 01:33.449 --> 01:35.496 designed to be a vet clinic . Um So 01:35.505 --> 01:37.672 having to basically establish one from 01:37.672 --> 01:39.894 scratch during the Spears and Nether is 01:39.894 --> 01:42.096 very valuable because there is a very 01:42.106 --> 01:45.636 large uh stray population of dogs and 01:45.646 --> 01:48.096 cats . Um , but it's been very 01:48.106 --> 01:50.989 uncontrolled . Um , Yaps hasn't been 01:51.000 --> 01:53.250 able to have a veterinary team come out 01:53.260 --> 01:55.316 to do spay and neuters in about five 01:55.316 --> 01:58.250 years . Um , so it's been very valuable 01:58.260 --> 02:00.959 to have this start up again and we hope 02:00.970 --> 02:03.192 that it can continue in the future more 02:03.192 --> 02:05.650 frequently . Um , just to help get 02:05.660 --> 02:07.980 their stray population under control .