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Make World Vets part of your end of year giving & Holiday gifts

Nov 28

There are many ways to contribute to the work that World Vets does around the globe. We not only rely on volunteers, but also on the generosity of animal lovers, veterinary professionals and the general public to achieve our mission. Moreover, it is our vision to live in a world where all animals have access to skilled veterinary care. Your donations contribute to this vision and enable us to one day make this a reality for all the animals in our world.

If you’re not able to travel and volunteer with us, or make a monthly pledge, we do have some great gift ideas for you this holiday season! World Vets official merchandise, sponsorships, and symbolic gifts are just a few. You can even benefit World Vets as you do your online shopping. Learn how you can do this, along with other ways to help.

Together we can make a diference in the lives of animals! Make World Vets part of your end of year giving and help us provide veterinary care to animals who otherwise would not receive it. Make a contribution

Hundreds of Animals Helped: Cambodia Field Service Project

Nov 16

World Vets recently had a team in Cambodia where we provided a free high volume spay/neuter and animal health campaign in Siem Reap. Many thanks are due to the members of our veterinary team as well as the local support and volunteers who made this campaign possible. Hundreds of animals were aided and can now live a better, healthier life as a result of your efforts!

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“Advanced” IVM Experience: Veterinary Student Opportunity

Nov 09

From February 25 – March 4, 2017 World Vets will be offering an “Advanced” IVM program session specifically for veterinary students. This session will be offered to veterinary students who have participated on a past IVM program session and/or senior veterinary students with significant surgical exposure.

The overall experience will be similar to a standard International Veterinary Medicine (IVM) Program but with more autonomy for individual students. This particular session will emphasize spay/neuter surgeries where veterinary students can expect to receive roughly 15 surgeries where they will act as a primary surgeon while having experienced DVMs available for consultation and guidance.

As part of this program we offer a high-quality, low-stress, hands on experience. The teaching facility is also equipped with up to date medical, surgical, anesthetic and monitoring equipment.

Registration is now open! Find out more and sign up

Successful Pilot Project Operated in St.Vincent & the Grenadines

Oct 27

A World Vets team has recently returned from St.Vincent & the Grenadines, a southern Caribbean nation. Together with local partners, including support from island government ministries and local volunteers, a very successful small animal pilot project* was executed. We are happy to report that our free services benefited many disadvantaged areas of St.Vincent and resulted in close to 200 sterilizations being performed!

We would like to thank our dedicated volunteers, the Vincentian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (VSPCA) and all those involved on the ground for making this a remarkable effort. We’d also like to give special thanks to Fondation Brigitte Bardot for their support of this initial project.

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*A pilot project is a location where World Vets has previously never worked and/or sent an official team.

How will you Travel for Good? Volunteer with World Vets!

Oct 04

In January we reported that World Vets was a beneficiary of Travelocity’s “Travel for Good” contest. Not only did World Vets receive a monetary donation, but contest winner Courtney Vaudreuil, and friend Carole Angelo, got the opportunity to travel to Nicaragua to take part in a World Vets small animal project. We’d like to thank Travelocity once again for visiting and supporting our program in Nicaragua and for sharing Courtney’s volunteer story!

We are lucky to have such amazing volunteers who come together to help animals in need. How will you travel for good? Start your journey with World Vets!

World Vets Thailand Elephant Experience

Aug 31

This summer World Vets had the opportunity to work at an elephant sanctuary located in northern Thailand. Our volunteers took part in routine daily tasks involving the general care, feeding and maintenance of elephants. They also provided ongoing veterinary attention that various elephants require due to injures suffered prior to their re-location to the sanctuary. What’s more, we also used this experience as a teaching opportunity for students to learn more about elephant anatomy, medicine and treatments.

A Successful Summer in the Balkans!

Aug 31

In August World Vets had two veterinary teams working in the Balkans region of Europe. Our teams provided high volume sterilization campaigns in Albania and Romania over a two week period. They also provided other needed veterinary services for animals, all of which were provided free of charge. Hundreds of animals benefited for these efforts where many came to us in baskets, bags and other forms of “transport” to receive attention and care.

We greatly appreciate and thank our dedicated volunteers and local partners for an outstanding job in making this a successful summer effort!

Small Animal Field Projects: More than Spay/Neuter

Aug 02

World Vets operates multiple international field service projects throughout the year. These veterinary field projects provide direct veterinary services and care to animals in need on a large scale over a short amount of time, and may target small animals, equines and/or livestock. To aid in the delivery of such assistance, we have volunteer opportunities that not only facilitate quality veterinary care but also enable individuals to be a part of the work that we do around the world.

One big misconception about small animal field projects is that spay/neuter is the only service or surgery provided. While sterilizations do make up the bulk of surgeries performed, our teams encounter a variety of patient cases, which often times require emergency or special procedures to be undertaken. On our most recent campaign held in Peru, we saw and treated a variety of such cases, including but not limited to tumor or mass removals, a perineal urethrostomy, eye nucleation, and a complicated pyometra.

With that being said, our small animal field projects help to control the small animal population. However, they also provide much relief for patients in unique circumstances and lend expertise in tackling such special cases.

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A World Vets First: Veterinary Pilot Project Held in India

Aug 02

During the month of July World Vets sent a veterinary team to India to carry out our first campaign ever held on the subcontinent. Over four days our team worked alongside local veterinarians to provide free sterilizations as well as health consultations for the small animal population of Mysuru (formerly known as Mysore).

We’d like to thank our local partners as well as our dedicated group of volunteers who made this pilot project a great one!

Summer Volunteer Opportunities in Europe!

Jul 21

World Vets operates multiple international field service projects throughout the year, many of which have volunteer opportunities for veterinarians, veterinary technicians, students and assistants (those with no previous veterinary experience).

We would like to highlight two European small animal projects that still have volunteer openings this summer: