Mobile spay and neuter clinic up on Peguis First Nation

Volunteers from a number of animal rescue shelters were busy Wednesday morning setting up a spay and neuter clinic for dogs on Peguis First Nation.

Lily Vianzan, adoption co-ordinator at Spirit of Hope Rescue, said Peguis is so overrun with strays, at one point animals were being shot.

"If we can try to alleviate that part of it and provide re-homing and a spay and neuter program, we're hoping to be a little more proactive on that part a bit, to help the community," Vianzan said.

The mobile clinic is taking appointmentsand Wednesday is all booked upuntil 10 p.m. Basic shots and a vaccine are $50 but the clinic may wave the fee in cases where there are financial barriers.

This is not Vianzan's first time on Peguis First Nation -- she was there in April to rescue strays.

"What we're trying to alleviate [with the mobile clinic] was the calls that we'll get in the middle of the night saying that they found a litter underneath the doorstep," she said.