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Dr. Luis Tinoco—Public Health Repercussions
Dr. Luis Tinoco is an acknowledged expert in the area of Public Health concentrating on a number of communicable diseases, known as zoonoses, which can be transmitted from companion animals to humans. He is most noted for his research specializing in the study of the transmission, prevention and control of parasitic and bacterial diseases transmitted by ticks, and worms such as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Lyme disease, and roundworm infestation. As the animal health faculty researcher for the Institute for Research in Veterinary Science (IICV), he was instrumental in the collection, analysis and diagnosis relating to a human death caused by Rickettsi in Mexicalli BC, last year.
Dr. Luis Tinoco Gracia graduated with a degree in Veterinary Medicine in 1985 from the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California which was soon followed by a Masters in Veterinary Sciences and a Doctorate in the Sciences of Production and Animal Health. He has owned and managed a private small animal practice in the Mexicalli for the past 24 years. Dr. Tinoco is a member of the Committee of Certification in small species of the National Council of Veterinary Medicine Education and Zootechnics. He has been the President of the Mexican Federation of Associations of Veterinary Doctors in Small Species, and currently serves as President of the School of Veterinary Doctors Zootecnistas of Mexico and the President of the Scientific Committee of COMVEPE MEXICALI a Mexican association of doctors specializing in small animal care. Dr. Tinoco was also the coordinator for the International Congress of COMVEPE Baja California.
Dr. Jeff Young—Starting a Small clinic, Mobile or Fixed
Dr. Jeffrey Young graduated from the Colorado State University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1989. He established Planned Pethood Plus, Inc. (PPP) in 1990. PPP is best known for its low-cost mobile neutering services, Native American Reservation work, and training of Veterinarians from around the world in more efficient surgical techniques. Dr. Young has served on numerous Humane Society boards and has been an advisor for mobile surgical units all across America. He recently founded his own non-profit called Planned Pethood International. Planned Pethood International was established to help fund spay/neuter work and veterinary training from its new state -of -the –art veterinary hospital in Bratislava, Slovakia. Planned Pethood international is also actively working in Mexico and opened a full service Veterinary hospital in Merida, Mexico.
Dr. Young believes his humane ethic comes from being an Animal Control officer during his veterinary college training. He is most proud of having personally sterilized over 160,000 animals in the last 18 years and trained over a 100 veterinarians. He is an outspoken proponent of early age neutering for companion animal population control. Dr. Young is driven by a simple underlying mission “to significantly reduce companion animal overpopulation throughout the world”.
Dr. Marvin Mackie—Quick Spay Procedures
Dr. W. Marvin Mackie graduated in 1963 from Washington State University, majoring in veterinary medicine. After two years of small animal practice in Chicago, IL, he moved to southern California and served in many major animal clinics, building his reputation as an excellent relief veterinarian/surgeon and developing his spay/neuter techniques.
Realizing the critical need for humane control of pet overpopulation, in 1976 Dr. Mackie formed a partnership with a colleague which resulted in opening one spay/neuter clinic each year for the next six years. By setting new standards of safe, high-volume sterilization methods, he began to transform the image and elevate the status of spay/neuter clinics. At that time, less than 10% of all pet dogs in the U.S. and less than 1% of pet cats were sterilized. Today, Dr. Mackie is credited for his influence and training of other veterinarians all over the country in his methods, and statistics indicate that more than two-thirds of pet dogs and 80% of pet cats are sterilized.
In early 1988, Dr. Mackie focused on the feasibility of sterilizing companion animals before the age where they added to the burgeoning numbers of homeless pets and, inspired by the work of world-renown veterinarian Dr. Leo Lieberman, he perfected the technique which allows him to perform safe, high-volume surgical sterilization of dogs and cats as young as eight weeks. In 1989, he began promoting this procedure through a widely distributed film showing the ease of surgery and the rapid recovery of prepubescent patients. Since then, he has made personal appearances and taught hands-on training classes for veterinarians across the U.S. and in Europe, Japan, Australia and Brazil, and his film has been used in universities throughout the world. Dr. W. Marvin Mackie still operates a low-cost spay/neuter clinic in Lomita, where in addition to serving the public, he performs pre-release spays and neuters for Los Angeles City animal shelters, along with countless special events and Spay-a-thons for local animal-welfare organizations. It is estimated that Dr. Mackie and his staff have performed over one-half million total spays and neuters at his clinics.
Dr. Terry Paik
Dr. Terry Paik received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of California, Davis in 1974 since then he has traveled around the world to help animals. Through animal search and rescue and veterinary disaster deployments he has responded to the World Trade Center attacks of 9-11, spent weeks in Great Britain working to halt a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, and assisted with rescue efforts after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Ike. Dr. Paik is a member of the CVMA Disaster Committee and has been the CVMA Disaster Response Coordinator for the last eight years. He has also made trips to spay and neuter and take care of animals in impoverished towns in Mexico using a MASH style program utilizing minimal equipment and facilities. Dr. Paik led evacuation efforts to save hundreds of animals from threats posed by California firestorms in the San Diego area in 2003 and 2007. He coordinates volunteers to transport animals and provide housing, food, and medical attention during disasters. Although retired, Dr. Paik continues to work for animal shelters and humane societies, performing surgeries on feral cats and teaching RVT students. Dr. Paik has set a wonderful example of service for the veterinary profession. Recently, Dr. Terry Paik of the San Diego County VMA received the CVMA’s Outstanding Service Award. This award is given to individuals who have been excellent representatives of the profession through active community involvement and/or veterinary service.
Dr. Joaquin Villasenor– Campaign Module for your City
Joaquin Villasenor, MVZ – Lives in Rosarito Baja, California, Mexico: Graduated in 1982 as a Veterinarian (Medico Veterinary Zootecnista) from the Universidad de Guadalajata, Mexico. Dr. Villasenor started the Give Some Life Foundation after association with many animal rescue organizations in the USA as well as in Mexico with no answers to the problematics of pet overpopulation. In autumn of 2001 he decided to focus on spay and neuter and began a “Campaign.” As president of the Foundation – Dr. Villasenor with the team of Craig Neilson and Dr. Rebeca Serrano have grown the “Campaign” from its simple beginnings of one “Campaign” per month in Tijuana to multiple “Campaigns” per month in twelve cities throughout Baja and Sonora, Mexico. In the Spring 2007 Dr. Villasenor traveled to train under Dr. Marvin Mackie for rapid spay/neuter in Los Angeles. Currently Dr. Villasenor is operating a Give Some Life Foundation – supported “Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic in Rosarito. In 2009, Dr. Villasenor was awarded the directorship of the Rosarito Dog Pound where he has been given total control to provide “Humane Treatment” as well as “Humane Exit” – we are proud to say that Dr. Villasenor will be implementing a policy manual – that has the potential to expand to all the dog pounds in the Baja.
Doug Fakkema
Doug taught his first euthanasia-by-injection workshop in 1973. Since then, he has conducted over one thousand workshops and seminars for animal care and control agencies around the world traveling over one million air miles to do so. In 1987, he received the Rosemary Ames Award for excellence in teaching at American Humane sponsored training programs and for his outstanding promotion of a humane philosophy and objective. In 2008 he received the American Humane Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for “investing a career of time and talent to the betterment of the care and treatment of animals”.
Other subjects Doug teaches include: Compassion Fatigue, chemical capture, humane and safe animal handling, basic canine behavior and basic feline behavior.
Alex Pacheco
Founder of 600 Million Stray Dogs Need You. With animal overpopulation being the world's second leading cause of animal suffering and death, this organization is dedicated to advancing the development of "super" birth control pills -- to replace lethal and inhumane forms of animal population control. (600MillionStrayDogsNeedYou.org)
Co-Founder of the world's largest non-profit pet adoption website, Adopt-A-Pet.com. (2000)
Vice President for 10 years of the New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS), an animal protection lobbying related organization with $8 million in assets. (1986-1996)
Co-Founder and Chairman for 20 years of the world's largest animal rights organization, PETA. $35 million in current annual revenue, 2 million members. (1980-2000)
Voted into the U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame, 2001
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