Unfortunately Marty has muzzled Peter so he can't post here and I presume Laurie (the previous vet) can't either, but wasn't there a concerted effort by SAGA shortly after she left SAGA (having been driven out after she asked for financial information they weren't prepared to give her, apparently) to get her expelled from the country? Didn't they report her to the Immigration authorities as no longer having a work permit to work in Belize (untrue), and to the Licensing Board as not having a practising certificate in her own right (also untrue)? In fact, didn't they resort to every underhand trick in the book to ensure the Animal Hospital never got off the ground? Partly to ensure no competition for SAGA, but largely motivated by spite against Laurie?
I'm sorry if none of the above is true, but it is what was widely circulated at the time and it has never been plausibly denied by the people suspected of having instigated it. I do know at least part of it is true, because I saw a posse of police and other officials visit the hospital, and judging by the fact that they didn't take her away in handcuffs and the hospital continued to operate they found nothing untoward.
People are right in saying now that this is absurd childish behaviour and everyone should learn to get on for the benefit of the animals. I'm not really concerned with who did what when. I have long been concerned about the secrecy surrounding SAGA, mainly concerning financials, and have wanted major management changes there that haven't happened. However, I totally support the ethos of SAGA and contrary to what many people would have you believe, so do Laurie and Peter. He has after all raised a great deal of money for SAGA over the years.
Peter may have quite a lot of influence here, but I wasn't aware that he controlled the Veterinary Licensing Board. They have clearly come to some decision that we haven't been told, based on whatever facts were available to them. Do we really think Peter is behind that, because that is what someone (Marty?) has said above. In any case, do we really think their decision is so ill-founded that a petition asking them to reverse it will succeed? I am sure they considered the operations of SAGA in the context of the SPAH being nearby, an animal hospital that is now in many respects the best equipped in the entire country, and decided that the two organisations could work together. They clearly decided that there wasn't enough work for two full-time vets on the island.
So, WHY can't SAGA negotiate with SPAH to find a satisfactory working arrangement?
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