World Vets is in Mauritius this week to celebrate World Animal Day. With the support of Fondation Brigitte Bardot and in partnership with PAWS Mauritius, we are providing an island wide free spay neuter campaign. We are also taking this opportunity to help raise awareness about animal welfare and to improve the animal health situation on the island. More news of our visit to follow!
In December 2011, World Vets held its grand opening of our Latin America Surgical Training Center located in Granada, Nicaragua. This center provides free surgical instruction and training opportunities for Latin American veterinarians and upper level veterinary students. We have since begun offering regular training sessions and have now launched its very own website! See Training Center Website
Throughout the year we also use the training center as a base of operations for our International Veterinary Medicine (IVM) Program. This program is geared towards North American, Austr
alian and European students, though all are welcome, who wish to learn more about practicing veterinary medicine in a foreign country while also giving back to the local animal community.
If you’re on Facebook, “LIKE” our Latin America Training Center page
This week World Vets has a team in Ecuador. They have been operating a spay/neuter and preventative health clinic for the benefit of animals in and around Otavalo. What’s more, they are also providing rabies vaccines in support of World Rabies Day!
This campaign has been made possible through the tireless efforts of our volunteer veterinary team and local partners as well as with the support of Fondation Brigitte Bardot. See PICTURES
Attention vet, pre-vet and tech students! We have just posted 2 winter break sessions of our International Veterinary Medicine program. For session 1, click HERE. For session 2, click HERE.
The WORLD VETS INTERNATIONAL VETERINARY MEDICINE PROGRAM held in Granada, Nicaragua, is a surgical training program for veterinary, pre-veterinary and technician students who wish to gain clinical and practical veterinary experience. In addition to surgical instruction, you will participate in a multi-disciplinary veterinary program and cultural experience that not only will enhance your education, but will also give you a broader understanding of international veterinary medicine.
World Vets 
is now offering its very own technical animal rescue course. This four day course will provide veterinarians, veterinary technicians, students and animal assistant volunteers with the skills to safely perform rescue procedures on animals while emphasizing the importance of rescuer safety.
Participants will receive a combination of both classroom and field training related to disaster situations, equipment, rescue techniques involving animals, as well as veterinary first response triage and common medical situations in disasters.
Current course offerings in Granada, Nicaragua:
Session1: November 10 – 17, 2012 READ MORE
Session 2: November 17 – 24, 2012 READ MORE
Flaco was just your ordinary street dog. His name says it all, Flaco, which is skinny in Spanish. When our veterinary volunteers found him, he was covered in mange and had several open sores with a large abscess. What’s more, he was full of intestinal parasites and had a ruptured ligament in his knee.
Fortunately for Flaco, he was nursed back to health by one of our teams during the International Veterinary Medicine Program operated in Nicaragua this summer. One of our veterinary volunteers, Jessica Harrison, even went a step further and gave him a new home and a new life with her in Florida.
Before After
After much anticipation, World Vets has launched its very own online store. Now available for purchase are World Vets branded items for everyday wear and use. If you have been waiting to get your hands on World Vet shirts, hoodies, bags and much more, check out the World Vets store
When you shop at the World Vets store, each purchase directly funds the care and treatment of animals worldwide.Thank you for shopping!
World Vets has successfully wrapped up its new training program – the International Veterinary Medicine (IVM) Program. It was operated for 3 long months in Nicaragua this summer. As part of this program we provided free veterinary care to over 3100 animals (including cats, dogs as well as horses.) Additionally, we had 146 students participate who gained invaluable skills and knowledge, particularly in relation to performing veterinary medicine in a foreign country. We would like to thank our local partners, the 31 volunteer veterinarians as well as the 12 volunteer veterinary technicians who helped make this program such a success.
Check out a short video of the IVM program HERE
A fire near Ellensburg, Washington has injured and burned hundreds of animals over the past week. Livestock and horses have been the hardest hit but many dogs and cats have also been impacted. World Vets has organized an online fundraiser to collect monetary donations that are urgently needed to support animal rescue efforts. 100% of the donations from this fundraiser will go directly to the local animal rescue efforts for this fire.
CHIP IN: Urgent Animal Rescue – Ellensburg Fire
