for community support in the final stages but they are $150,000 short in the more than 1.9 million needed to bring the project to fruition. let s talk about the bigger picture. besides pet overpopulation, there s another growing crisis. there are fewer and fewer vets available to handle caseloads and it s a nationwide problem. i spent some time with one east bay vet who works at the new surgery center to get a sense of her challenging work. you so cold right now so i will put you back in, but she looks good. she is recovering well. reporter: dr. watanabe has been a veterinarian for close to 20 years. there is a highly emotional aspect taking taking care of animals but reporter: she says pets are like family. think about it, her job at times is to keep someone s fragile family member alive. s budget can be very taxing. does that take a toll on you, sometimes? it really does. i think that s are the hardest on themselves, you know? we are very hard on ourselves becau