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@Peter,
if you are honest you know it was not a friendly reminder and Laurie and Peter only have the $$ signs in there eyes.

Laurie was employed from SAGA. It's illegal take a customer database from your old job and start a new competition.

Otherwise every old Microsoft employee will start to sell his own Windows 7 because he was writing some code for it.

If Laurie had a some animals in a ongoing treatment, that contact is fine for me, but to call all the gringos and paying customers out of the SAGA database is a crime, that should be reported from SAGA to the police.

Peter Jones,

There is a nice article in today's paper about the spay and neuter clinic. If you take the time to read it, you will find your information about the generous and compassionate woman who sponsored this much needed free service to our island. The surgeries were performed by two licensed and qualified vets from the USA.

Why don't you take some of the time you spend here filling this thread with your drivel and do the research, call SAGA, read the paper..find out the facts.

You have so many questions, now here is one for you. What ever happened to your lovely dog, Max?

So let me get this right. I come to a developing country to work for a ..hmm let's say free school for needy children. I decide not to work for them anymore and set up a fee paying school nearby. I then argue to the education board that because there is now a fee paying school that there is no need for the free school, but what would be an excellent alternative would be for the free school to shut down and to pay me to educate the needy kids. That way I am guaranteed an income AND no competition. Priceless.

This week SAGA has two vets (with proper paperwork) here on the island doing pro-bono work spaying and neutering. Today is their last day. They spent one and a half days in Caye Caulker doing similar pro-bono work.

In the 4 1/2 days they worked here on the island they did almost 200 spays and neuters for stray or needy animals...quite a back log of operations caused by the fact that SAGA has not had a full time vet for some months now.

SAGA needs a vet, even if it's just for 3 or 4 days a week. Poorer people here on the island also need a vet they can afford.
Most of the spays and neuters were pets. I totally understand if Laurie the Vet can't do spays and neuters for next to nothing and neither should she be forced to do so.

The fact is that does leave a TON of spays and neuters that have to be done by SOMEONE.

Peter Jones, I disagree with you, I'm confident the on line petition will help SAGA and thus I've just signed it. I also made a donation of $300BZE to SAGA which I have just handed to a SAGA volunteer. I'm sure this will help too.......

I should add that if I was a dog owner (and I used to be for many years here) I would be using Laurie's services because I'm not poor and needy. But, folk ought to have the right to choose.

This post is on behalf of the full Saga board. We are opening a Saga account, but are awaiting confirmation, or something????

Peter Jones has never contacted SAGA or asked any of these questions to us directly and so we have not had the opportunity to respond to these unfounded allegations. SAGA has been noticeably quiet during these many months of slanders and harassment because we were trying to take the high road, behave professionally and not stoop to the level of others. Unfortunately, now we have been forced to defend ourselves due to the imminent threat of the closure of our veterinary clinic.

Dr. Laurie Droke was banned from entering the SAGA building and we were forced to call the police because she was screaming at, abusing, and intimidating staff.

The activities of the Veterinary Licensing Board are private and so we cannot comment on their activities. It would concern us if they were expressing dismay at the 'proliferation of humane societies' because Belize needs more humane societies. Licensed vets have been working with and providing subsidised and free assistance all over Belize and we hope that those relationships continue to prosper.

The SAGA vet cannot operate because she has not been given a permit to do so. This is directly as a result of repeated complaints about 'unfair competition'. She is not permitted in any way and continues to have to sit there. Meanwhile, when Dr. Laurie Droke is not available, there is no veterinary cover available to island animals.

SAGA was forced to remove Dr. Laurie Droke from their board because her behaviour was undermining their work at that time. This is a matter between SAGA and Dr. Laurie Droke. As a result of this, Dr. Laurie Droke left SAGA and started her own veterinary clinic. We wish her every success and know that the animals of San Pedro can only benefit from having two veterinary clinics.

Peter Jones has, in the past, asked to join the Board of SAGA but has been turned down. This was in part because Dr. Laurie Droke felt it necessary to remove a dog from him that he had adopted from SAGA. It is extremely rare for SAGA to have to take a dog from someone, but in this case Dr. Laurie Droke felt it was in the best interests of the dog.

If anyone has any further questions about the operations of SAGA, please contact us at [email protected].

honestly, there is so much 'he said she said' on this...it reminds me of my old union negotiating days. cant it just....simply....stop?

Both sides are on the record saying they want to work together.

both sides are on the record saying that they want to help animals

so....whats the f*(&^ing problem?

As i see it, from this moment forward, the next person that comes in with an emergency to SAGA, if there is no Vet at SAGA, SAGA can call Dr Laurie Droke at 610-DOGS. She will or will not see the animal, and decide if there is a charge or not based on need, just like SAGA. The proof is in the pudding.

Next time there is a Spay and Neuter drive, Laurie can volunteer to work along side the other volunteer vets that did such an amazing job last week, as she's promised to do if welcomed, and therefore help. Period.

Instant teamwork, instant solution, and all this ridiculous childishness, half truths, miscommunications, missing information etc. can simply.....stop.

and yes, it is that easy. Only way to stop a vicious cycle is for one side or the other to simply.....stop.

Way i see it, end of discussion.

Saga is not microsoft!!! No doubt when you work at microsoft you are required to sign a contract that prohibits you from taking proprietary data. This is beyond crazy - do you seriously think that Saga should ask the police to arrest Laurie because she reminded you that your pet needed its annual shots?

Yes to all the above.

There are a lot of folks jumping to a lot of conclusions on this thread. There are always three sides to every story. Maybe we could channel all of this energy over to THIS thread for a while. //ambergriscaye.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/378747/HELP_Baby_Daniel.html#Post378747

Yes Saga is not Microsoft, but you miss the point.

Is it right for you, wen a former employee using your real estate customer database and contact actively all of them?

Just because SAGA is a non profit organization, it's still ethical and business wise a not acceptable practice.