Retired veterinarian volunteers to help prep pets for adoption

July 1, 2011 at 8:52 a.m. | Updated July 1, 2011 at 8:52 a.m.

(Right) Tim Rickey, of the ASPCA, holds a blind cat for inspection at the Joplin site set up for displaced animals. (Left) A veterinarian volunteer checks the animal. Rickey said more than 100 medical volunteers have helped the ASPCA in Joplin since the tornado hit.
(Right) Tim Rickey, of the ASPCA, holds a blind cat for inspection at the Joplin site set up for displaced animals. (Left) A veterinarian volunteer checks the animal. Rickey said more than 100 medical volunteers have helped the ASPCA in Joplin since the tornado hit.

A flood of volunteers poured into Joplin after a tornado ripped through the city on May 22, including many who came to help the displaced animals.

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Melissa Tucker

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Dr. Roy Davis, of Fulton, returned from Joplin late Tuesday after spending three days caring for homeless dogs and cats. Davis calls himself a "semi-retired" veterinarian, because he doesn't have his practice in Edina anymore but still works a couple days a week at Centralia Veterinary Clinic. The vet also teaches animal cruelty and neglect classes all over the country through the University of Missouri Extension's Law Enforcement Training Institute.

To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.