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I read that to mean that there was a problem with the processor and the monies were automatically refunded - and nothing more. I would contact them directly for clarification.

Well the answer is pretty clear based on the above information

They dont like each other and dont want to work with each other by the sounds of it

either way the animals are the ones that are gonna suffer if SAGA is forced to shut down as it is not just a Vet service.

Gaz

I totally agree with everything you just said Gaz.

Can you elaborate please? Am I accused of doing something?

SAGA have repeatedly stated that they think it is great there is a private clinic and want to work together for the animals of San Pedro. I've seen them state this over and over. If there is any evidence to the contrary (real evidence, not stories and heresay), I for one would be very interested to see it. I couldn't support an organisation that didn't play nicely with others and have seen no evidence (in fact quite to the contrary) that SAGA has anything against the private vet clinic in San Pedro. Anyone here can call them or email them directly to find out their position on this and should. I think they will be pleasantly surprised (or disappointed in the case of the naysayers).

You may need to re read the post Peter she was reffering to the people that reported the people to immigration and not you

Gaz

I should out myself right now as someone who has been repeatedly libeled in this issue. I am not on the SAGA Board. I am a supporter, volunteer and I help with fund raisers through FOTHS. I have personally been accused in public on several occasions (along with other people who have even less to do with SAGA than I do) of being someone who called immigration on the vet clinic. I will state here categorically that I would not even know how to call immigration to report someone for anything, nor would I ever do such a thing. Even if I did I can't imagine they would pay a blind bit of notice to me anyway. That allegation has been one of the most bizarre things I've ever had to deal with since I've lived in Belize. It is rather unnerving to have friends call from the mainland and say 'So, I was at this cocktail party and 'so and so' was there telling people that you organised this immigration raid'.
So I hope this clears the air on that one, though I know that anyone who knows me thinks it is a joke and beyond ridiculous. I would think though that the sponsor of a work permit would be obliged to contact immigration when that person ceases to be their employee. I honestly don't know if that happened but it would seem to make sense.

I don't know what SAGA have said, but their behaviour runs to the contrary. When for clinical reasons Laurie tried to enter the SAGA building she was barred and told (by a director) that she would never be permitted to enter that building. Is that a sign of peaceful cohabitation?

I understand, and I am pretty hazy on the details here, that a dog died on Saturday after being given inappropriate and way out-of-date pills at SAGA. I also understand that Laurie believes the dog's condition was easily treatable and curable but that she was never consulted - she found out after the event. WHY does SAGA persist in illegally and unprofessionally providing "veterinary services" when there is not a qualified vet there, but there is 100 yards away?

I have found out (from another source, because SAGA doesn't seem to want to release all the information it has) that the Veterinary Licensing Board is concerned at the proliferation of humane societies around Belize (not here, of course) undermining the financial stability of many private vets, and that is why they are now taking a harder line. They have apparently offered SAGA (or the new vet, I don't know which) a limited operating license. I don't know how it's limited, but it seems it would be sufficient for SAGA's purposes. Yet it also seems SAGA is not satisfied with that.

I don't think there's any doubt that the vet is the most important person in SAGA. No vet, no SAGA (apparently). So why did the Board of SAGA decide that the vet must be treated as an employee, with no say on the direction SAGA takes or on the use of money, to the extent that having appointed Laurie to the Board (evidently without thinking it through) they then resorted to trickery to hold a meeting to remove her? Have they never read the story of Thomas � Beckett?

I'm sorry, these current events confirm my view that whilst San Pedro desperately needs an animal rescue and boarding facility it does not need SAGA as currently constituted.

Rather than pose those questions here and further undermine SAGA, why don't you do something constructive and call or email them and ask them directly? That is what I normally do when I want this sort of information and they have always been incredibly forthcoming and helpful.

Peter would make Hilda Ogden proud

Gaz