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Friday, June 17, 2011

Day Seven - Tamshiyacu

On our seventh day we returned to the center of Tamshiyacu.


Harri administering anesthesia.

Bruno applying topical parasite treatment.

Harri wrangling another street dog.

A crowd watches as Justin preps a dog for surgery.



Betty performing a flank spay.

Donna recovering a family of kitties after surgery.


After wrapping up the mobile clinic, it was time to head back to Iquitos.




We always got plenty of exercise hauling all of our equipment up and down stairs at every village and town.

Loading the boat.

Betty, Anthony, Justin, Luis, Shannon, and Harri

A very full boat!

The kids at the gas station found us very entertaining.




Back in Iquitos we had our first real tour of the Amazon CARES clinic.

The examination and retail area.

The office

Laboratory

Surgery

Luis and Justin cleaning surgery instruments from earlier in the day.

Cleaning surgery drapes.

Sonia, a sweetheart that is up for adoption.


Adoptees

Momma and babies

That night we headed to our new home outside of the city in an area called Cabo Lopez.