Yap Animal Protection Society

Recovery: A pup from the sterilization clinic recovers after surgery

Pigs: Livestock workshop

May 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd

9 AM- 5 PM

Walk-ins are available after 1 PM, but appointments will be given priority.

Vaccinations, Flea and Tick Treatments offered.

YAPS clinic will be held at the Community Center Conference Room

LIVESTOCK WORKSHOP

May 4^th

Farm walk-through and workshop with visiting Veterinarian Eileen Wronski.  Come

and learn techniques and best practices for the maintenance of your livestock!

Location: TBA

To make an appointment for the YAPS Sterilization Clinic or to register for the Livestock Workshop

 email yapsinfo@gmail.com

Dexter and Friends

Dexter was born in January 2012.  She was the runt out of her litter..  Through YAPS help she was given to a new family.  In fact, all of her brothers and sisters found new homes.  Sadly, because there is no vet on Yap to administer or provide immunizations Dexter died in March.  Many of her brothers and sisters died from an unidentified sickness that has been killing many of Yap’s puppies.

YAPS previously held a vet clinic in 2009.  Another story that came our way was a story about Orkie the dog.  Orkie is a female dog that was fixed at the clinic in 2009.  She was also given vaccinations at the clinic.  Spaying female dogs is important on Yap as it decreases the already over populated numbers.  In addition, spaying improves the animal’s quality of life.  With the support of AusAID we are planning a spay and neuter clinic for this year.  We will announce the dates soon.

YAPS is happy to announce that we have been awarded a grant from AusAid for the implementation of a Spay and Neuter clinic. 

Please stay tuned for more details. 

If you have puppies or kittens you would like to give up for adoption, please email us at yapsinfo@gmail.com and we will help you find a home for them. 

If you are looking to adopt a pet please also contact us.

White Chocolate had her 9 puppies early in December. 

Since YAP does not have a Vet or medical supplies for animals, all of these puppies will not recieve vaccinations and many of them will come into contact with contagious dieseases such as the Canine Parvovirus Infection.   

Additionally, there is an over population of dogs in Yap because there is no Vet to perform spay and neutering services. 

Please help us bring a Veterinarian to Yap to help the animals of Yap including White Chocolate and her puppies. 

Donations can be made payable to Yap Animal Protection Society.

Thank you, and Happy Holidays.

WechWech means white in Yapese.  We got three kittens from under a
crumbling foundation near the ocean.  The kittens were small,
undernourished and scared.  It didn’t take long and all three brothers
became friendly, feisty additions to our family.  WechWech was the
baby of the family.  He had to have attention and would crawl into
your lap, in the crook of your neck and anywhere close to you.  He
followed us around when we did our chores.  He would go to the taro
patches, he would climb the trees while we racked leaves.  He was a
good cat.

WechWech went missing for one week while I was off island.  No one had
seen him.  Like most male cats, we figured he just decided to leave
home.  I called him every night to see if he would come back for
dinner.  Finally, after a week we found him.  Starving, Dehydrated,
and badly wounded he had his head stuck in a peanut jar for the last
week.  Trying to make his way home, he had been attacked by some wild
dogs.  Unable to see, defend himself or clean himself,  he had maggots
growing in his wounds.  We took the jar off his head, cleaned his eyes
that were crusted shut, gave him water and a little milk.  He was so
happy to be home.  Despite his condition he was purring.  It didn’t
look good for Wechwech.  We could see some of his bones, and there
were just so many maggots.  The next day, I stayed home with him,
feeding him with a syringe and trying to make him feel loved.  I
e-mailed a friend in Palau that is a vet and administered medication.
Desperate, we took him to the ocean to wash out the maggots that were
eating away at his flesh.

That night, he woke me up by constant meowing.  When I went
downstairs, he was having what looked like a seizure.  He died that
night in my arms.  What happened with WechWech was a tragedy.  It was
horrible to see a cat that had suffered so much.  All he had wanted to
do was try to find his way home to safety.  We couldn’t have heard his
cries with the jar stuck on his head.  Yap is without a veterinarian.
I’m not sure if a veterinarian could have saved our little white cat,
but perhaps they could have kept him from suffering so much.

Our second hand sale was a great success! Thank you for all of you who came out to support us.  We will be having another sale soon, stay tuned!

Come Support YAPS this Friday December 2nd!  We will be holding a second hand sale at Bus Park across from O’Keefe’s.

10 AM to 2 PM

Come check out used clothes, Magazines, Books, Household goods and more!!

*All proceeds go towards YAPS’
Veterinary clinic coming in 2012