WSAVA Urges Veterinary Professionals To Volunteer For Outreach Opportunities In Asia
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Following the success of its first Global Outreach Initiative in 2014, the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has unveiled a program of unique volunteering opportunities in Asia around WSAVA World Congress 2015, set for Bangkok, Thailand, from 15-8 May. They include working in a Thai Elephant Conservation Centre and supporting communities in Tacloban City in the Philippines.
WSAVA Global Outreach aims to share the knowledge and experience of its veterinarian members around the world and to provide an avenue for them to contribute to social development globally. This year's volunteer schemes include:1380 views
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22nd January, 2015 18h59
- Four projects developed by the WSAVA with the Veterinary Practitioners' Association of Thailand (VPAT). They are:
- Box Turtles in Temples: This involves caring for the many turtles which are released in temples in Bangkok by Bhuddists
- Elephant camp: This involves helping to care for elephants in the Thai Elephant Conversation Centre in Lampang Province
- Vets Guard Temple Dogs: This involves providing care, including neutering, vaccination and general health care to the large populations of stray dogs and cats which live in Thailand's temples
- Winged Vets: This involves helping to neuter stray dogs and cats on Samed Island, one of Thailand's most popular tourist attractions.
- A project from the WSAVA's Animal Wellness and Welfare Committee (AWWC) to support communities around Tacloban City in the Philippines, many of which are still recovering from Hurricane Haiyan. Volunteers will assist at neutering clinics; run outpatient clinics and participate in the on-going campaign to raise awareness of responsible pet ownership, rabies eradication and animal welfare and disaster.
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