works there. While at the humane society, I saw something totally unexpected! The humane society here in Cozumel has one central building. The main entrance to this building leads into a small room with lots happening in it. When I entered the small room to ask for Mary, I saw five small cats lying on a table. Not moving, except for their breathing. Some had freshly shaved bellies. Yep! They were still sedated from their spay/neuter operations. It was really weird! Most had their eyes partially open. But they were definitely still VERY sleepy! I was allowed to pet them. Which I did. But they
didn't budge, even a inch! 
Then I looked into another small room. The exam/operating room. There were two people in operating room clothes and masks, working on a dog who was mostly covered by pink sheets. Only one part of the dog was really visible. Her ovaries and fallopian tubes!!!! That was even weirder than seeing the sleepy cats! I'd never seen anybody's ovaries or fallopian tubes before. But there they were! Pink. And bigger than I would have expected. She seemed like a medium size dog. Each of her ovaries was almost as big as a walnut. Each tube was about 1cm wide and 4 inches long, flattened against the pink sheet.The vet explained to me that they used to remove only the ovaries when they spayed. But the fallopian tubes were susceptible to infection. Now they remove them, the ovaries, and the uterus too.
When I saw Mary, she took me upstairs into her office / a little store. She introduced me to Garfield, a beautiful and very affectionate cat. She was happy because Garfield will go to his new forever home in a week. But she was also very sad because she's become attached to Garfield and will miss him very much.
Photos:
#1- me with one of the puppies
#2 - Mary with Garfield
#3 - me with Garfield
#4 - a painting I made for Mary
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