The Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS for short) has a Crowdfunder to help animals around the world during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

They are asking for donations through Crowdfunder….. make a donation and see how your money could help animals…

Recently, 50kg of antibiotics and anti-inflammatory pain went to Italy, in response to an urgent request from local charities who needed help treating animals in their care in this pandemic hotspot.

Donate to the Worldwide Veterinary Service's Crowdfunder
and help send veterinary supplies to animals around the world

The WVS sends parcels to charities in need around the world and as such they are a lifeline.

• £3 can treat a cat with gastrointestinal worms
• £10 could buy ear cleaner to help prevent and treat infections in dogs  
• £30 can provide a wound care package for working donkeys
• £70 could allow 5 puppies to be tested for deadly parvovirus  
• £138 can purchase surgical clippers and blades to allow life-saving operations to take place
• £200 could allow the WVS to provide the surgical kit to safely spay cat

As a result of the current travel restrictions, it’s harder for the vet teams to directly support animals in places where veterinary resources are lacking.   But their global supply network is still in operation; so essential medical supplies can be sent to people looking after animals with very limited provisions. 

It is vital to keep these veterinary aid shipments moving.  Thanks to its supporters, in 2019 it sent 1,134 parcels of supplies worth £268,000 to 66 countries worldwide. 

In a usual month, WVS send nearly 100 parcels full of supplies to many charities working with limited provisions.  Aid parcels are sent to war zones and remote communities to end animal pain and suffering.

And the WVS runs three International Training Centres (ITCs) situated in India and Thailand. They give local aspiring veterinary professionals, along with those from overseas, the chance to develop practical surgery skills and learn best practice in animal welfare. 

So if you are able to, please contribute to this fundraiser.  It really will enable you to help animals elsewhere in the world whilst you’re in lockdown or wherever at home.

The Worldwide Veterinary Service provide free expert care to animals in need worldwide.  They send vets to where they are needed most, training them to increase the standard of care globally, and by sending urgent aid supplies around the world. 

Please donate to the WVS's Crowdfunder today

and help them help animals around the world

Don’t miss it!   Meet the Bears on Natural World

Tonight, (that’s BBC2 at 8pm UK time, 4 November 2019), Natural World takes a look at the habits of a family of bears in “Meet the Bears”. 

The programme looks at the skills they need to learn to survive, such as finding food, raising their cubs, facing rivals and habitat loss.

It introduces bears in all their different forms from the spectacled bear to the sloth bear, the polar bear and the grizzly bear.

The footage should be quite something to see and there are short clips to enjoy while we’re all waiting.

Hugh Bonneville is the narrator.  If you miss it, the programme should be available on IPlayer shortly after viewing, and there’s the most beautiful gallery of pictures you can take a look at here.

Visit Meet the Bears’ website here 

You’ll find a list of bear charities here.

PS The week after, on 11 November 2019, Natural World looks at Saving the Orangutan.

Urgent, Urgent, Urgent! 

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) takes place between August 17-28 and this is a very good chance to bring about a considerable change for the wildlife of Africa.  In short, they need our support and our voice.

They may not be able to use a computer to add their names to a petition – but each and every one of us can be their voice and add our own names.

The African Wildlife Foundation says that CITES is a treaty between governments.  It ensures that wild fauna and flora in international trade are not exploited in an unsustainable way.

The African Wildlife Foundation has submitted its own recommendations to 7 proposals – and these are based on findings from their own work across different contexts in Africa.

The Foundation is asking for enhanced conservation efforts for species such as giraffes and pancake tortoises.  Their populations are dwindling – the reasons being:

• Wildlife trafficking
• Habitat loss
• Poorly understood conservation efforts compared to other speicies

The Foundation rejects proposals for legalized international trade in species such as white rhinos and elephants.  It points out that any trade that’s legal sends mixed messages out into the world.  We need a single, very clear message to be sent out to the world that these wildlife need to be saved.

Please join 50,000 others and pledge your support to AWF’s recommendations.   Please give the wildlife of Africa a chance.

Please add your name now.