Dear Team Member,
600's mission - to end the dog and cat overpopulation
through science - has taken us into new territory for an animal protection
organization. We must work
with veterinary pharmaceutical formulas and drugs which are heavily regulated
in the U.S. The veterinary pharmaceutical industry is dominated by
multi-billion dollar drug companies, and to succeed, 600 must take on the role
normally taken on by a large drug company. This means paying for and ensuring that the many steps and processes
which a veterinary drug has to go through, are gone through properly.
As usual we've been extremely busy in many
important arenas, and everything 600 is doing for animals is made possible by
your support – which I deeply appreciate – and I take seriously my obligation to keep you
informed of our progress.
There have been many developments, and today I'd like to update you on exciting activity in our Science
Department.
Science
Department Update
We are pleased to have entered a new and
exciting, strategic partnership with none other than the world famous
veterinary non-profit organization, Planned Pethood International.
A key reason we've formed an alliance with Planned Pethood
International, is to speed up the process of accomplishing our mission to
introduce the world to long lasting scientific formulas that can end the world's stray dog and cat
overpopulation, and end the
horrible suffering that comes with it.
Planned Pethood International was founded by the
world renowned
veterinarian Jeffrey Young, D.V.M.
Not only is Dr. Young a world class veterinarian, he also has an
incredible track record of helping many animals in many different ways.
As just one example, he has personally
surgically sterilized perhaps more dogs and cats than any other person in the
world. At last count, he has
personally performed approximately
one-hundred-and-sixty-five-thousand-dog-and-cat-sterilization-surgeries.
Think of it: this means he has personally
spayed and neutered more dogs and cats with his own two hands, than many entire
organizations. This alone,
would place Dr. Young
in the Humanitarian Hall of Fame, if there was one. And there should be.
Furthermore, Dr. Young has also developed from
the ground up, veterinary training and animal treatment facilities in poverty
stricken counties. This feat
alone, again puts him
in the top 1% of the animal protection community. He's established these
special veterinary care facilities in impoverished countries because they have
a critical, humanitarian need for more, and better trained veterinarians. Making sure this happens, is just one
more aspect of what Dr. Young does.
In addition, he is an expert in efficiently and
effectively coordinating the work of multiple scientists, veterinarians and
experts, towards a single goal. Why
is this important? Because our
work at 600 requires a strong team approach. To accomplish the mission of 600,
having this type of skill set in a Chief Scientific Director is extremely
valuable.
Most importantly, with Dr. Young as our Chief
Scientific Director, the scientists we're working with will be better able
to fast-track the development of the formulas that will end the worldwide stray overpopulation problem,
and save millions of lives.
We cannot thank Dr. Young enough.
600 is
PATENT FREE and PROFIT FREE
Because 600 is working with potentially
patentable scientific formulas, some of which can be classified as veterinary
pharmaceutical ingredients, there is an added layer of legal and regulatory
paper work, especially in the United States, the most heavily regulated and
bureaucratic country that we're working in. What effect does this have on 600?
Sadly, it raises our costs.
We are also in "drug company"
territory, and it's not news that some drug companies have been know, to put
their desire for profits, above the safety of the public. As can be expected, some
of the drug companies don't like us. Why? One reason is because ... we will be making our formulas
available to the world, for free.
Because of all of the legalities, patents,
confidentiality agreements, licenses, sub-licenses, contracts, permits, etc.,
involved in the American veterinary drug industry, coupled with billion dollar
drug companies who don't like us, we have to proceed with caution.
We don't want to make any miss-steps that might
give our adversaries, something to use against us in any way. For example, many of our written
communications are reviewed by counsel before we send them out. In the past 30 years of my doing
"regular" animal protection work all across this country, I very
rarely had to do this.
In addition, for the same bureaucratic type reasons,
we have to control and limit what we disclose and when
we disclose it.
So, please accept my apology for not disclosing
more details in this update.
Suffice it to say there are people out there who
would love to get their hands on the details of what we are developing – and
then quietly patent it without our knowledge, and legally "lock it
up" to prevent others from using it - and then use it for their personal profit.
That is the exact
opposite of 600’s mission!
Our
goal is clear:
To prevent the suffering and deaths
of vast numbers of innocent animals
and never allow
a drug company's "craving for profit" to interfere.
When 600's scientists
develop, find, finalize or discover the final formulas,
we will make our formulas available to the entire world.
600 will publish these on the internet,
including the ingredients and details of how to make them,
for all the world to use.
This, is 600's policy of being Profit Free and
Patent Free.
An interesting fact: In general, after someone like 600 makes their
formulas publicly available to the world, those very formulas cannot be
patented by anyone!
Rest assured, any and all scientific discoveries
by 600 will be shared with the world for the benefit of all in need.
So please, join me in helping Dr. Young and his
scientists, by providing them with the financial support they need to end the
suffering of strays around the world.
This work is expensive, and it's normally done
by drug companies. Today, it's up
to us to do it, because the drug companies are NOT doing it.
We need donations to cover the basics ~ such as
special diagnostic equipment to do things such as analyze multiple compounds,
as well as the slightest variations of a multitude of ingredients.
Picture in our mind: the different kinds of
equipment you'd find in an Intensive Care room in a hospital, or in crime labs
in TV shows like Law and Order or NCIS.
We need to use the best equipment we can get our
hands on, to speed up the process as much as humanly possible, and to make sure
that we get the right data, the correct data, the first time around.
And of course, rest assured that No Animal is harmed
in any way, shape or form.
In fact, just the opposite is true!
It's the lucky animals, who become part of our
program.
For
example, the animals in our program:
1) Are strays, fortunate enough to be rescued
from the streets, and
2) Get lifetime medical care, and live in
pre-approved adopted homes for life!
They become the "children" of 600 and 600 will always take care of
them.
Equipment
As for the equipment we need, unfortunately it's
like today's hospital equipment: high tech and expensive.
For example, we need a special centrifuge with
special rotors (over $90,000), a special refrigerated centrifuge (over $4,000),
a special freezer (over $17,000), a special tissue incubator (over $6,000) ~
not to mention an estimated $28,000 for a one year supply of a long list of
high grade special ingredients (enzymes, buffers, peptides, and so on).
Sadly, we can't get these things off the shelf
in our local hardware store.
Of course we're doing everything we can to cut these costs ... we are
begging, borrowing, substituting and renting as much as possible ~ if you know anyone who has access to
this type of equipment, please let us know.
The real life differences between the make-believe
Law and Order facilities and ours
is:
Instead of "searching for facts to solve
the crime", we are ...
"searching for facts to solve the animal
overpopulation".
So please, join us in welcoming Dr. Young and
Planned Pethood International. The best way each of us can welcome them, is by
making as generous a donation as you can, so that we can get our hands on the
equipment and supplies that we need.
What stands in between
the suffering of a billion stray puppies a year,
and ending that suffering,
is the right scientific formula ....
What that stands in between us,
and finding the right scientific formula,
is adequate funding.
Simply put, the more you can contribute,
the faster we'll finish the development of these
formulas,
which means the sooner we can end the suffering
of the strays.
Please, make your donation today, and share this
letter with your friends.
I cannot thank you enough, for your generosity.
Most Sincerely,
Alex Pacheco
Founder
600 Million Stray Dogs Need You
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