The spaying surgical procedure includes the elimination of the uterus and ovaries to eradicate the reproductive hormones.
A canine named “Bellah” lies unconscious on a theatre desk as Dr Desmond Tutu nips off its ovaries.
Dr Tutu, a veterinarian is at his clinic, Yaya Vet Clinic in Nairobi. He has been caring for “fur babies”, a typical time period that pet lovers use for his or her cats and dogs, for 12 years now.
“I wanted to be a civil engineer but once I got to vet school, it was a whole adventure and I gained interest through the right mentorship. Then I fell in love with the practice,” he says.
The 37-year-old says the commonest surgical procedures that he does on the clinic are the castration of male animals and the spraying of feminine ones.
The spaying surgical procedure includes the elimination of the uterus and ovaries to eradicate the reproductive hormones, making certain {that a} pet can’t be on warmth.