Mobile vet visits Humane Society of Douglas County

121319.n.st.PurpleCat1.jpg — Veterinarian Angie Ruppel, of the Purple Cat Mobile Veterinary Clinic, spays a cat at the Douglas County Humane Society in Superior on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 11. The group spayed and neutered 53 cats on Wednesday including 11 cats that are available for adoption at the DCHS. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)

By Jed Carlson

December 16, 2019 at 9:26 AM

1/6: A kitten gets shaved by Jane Lauterbach, of the Purple Cat Mobile Veterinary Clinic, before getting spayed at the Douglas County Humane Society in Superior on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 11. The group spayed and neutered 53 cats on Wednesday including 11 cats that are available for adoption at the DCHS. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)

2/6: Dr. Angie Ruppel, right, spays a cat as Krissy Selent, center, and Jane Lauterbach, all of the Purple Cat Mobile Veterinary Clinic, prep more cats from the Douglas County Humane Society in Superior on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 11. The group spayed and neutered 53 cats on Wednesday including 11 cats that are available for adoption at the DCHS. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)

3/6: Dr. Angie Ruppel, of the Purple Cat Mobile Veterinary Clinic, spays a cat at the Douglas County Humane Society in Superior on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 11. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)

4/6: Jane Lauterbach, left, shaves a kitten as Dr. Angie Ruppel neuters a pair of cats at the Douglas County Humane Society in Superior on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 11. The Purple Cat Mobile Veterinary Clinic did 53 spays and neuters at the DCHS on Wednesday. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)

5/6: Baby Ruth, a kitten from the Douglas County Humane Society, looks out of her cage as she waits to get spayed by the Purple Cat Mobile Veterinary Clinic who were visiting the DCHS in Superior on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 11. The group did 53 spay and neuters, including 11 cats that are available to adopt at the humane society. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)

6/6: Jane Lauterbach, from the Purple Cat Mobile Veterinary Clinic, has a kind of pre-op assembly line of cats at the Douglas County Humane Society in Superior on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 11. The group did 53 spay and neuters, including 11 cats that are available to adopt at the humane society. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)

By Jed Carlson

Jed Carlson joined the Superior Telegram in February 2001 as a photographer. He grew up in Willmar, Minnesota. He graduated from Ridgewater Community College in Willmar, then from Minnesota State Moorhead with a major in mass communications with an emphasis in photojournalism.

Mobile vet visits Humane Society of Douglas County

The Purple Cat Mobile Veterinary Clinic, from Cumberland, visited the Douglas County of Humane Society in Superior on Wednesday, Dec. 11. The group spayed and neutered 53 cats, including 11 that were available for adoption at the Humane Society.