Long Term Volunteer In Sikkim
When asked what keeps bringing her back to Sikkim, Kirsty said
"I like the challenge of being able to use my veterinary skills in a project which centres on animal welfare and has public health as one of its core motivations. Sikkim is one of the most beautiful parts of the world and the local staff are inspiring and motivated people. I enjoy volunteering with VBB because as an organisation it aims to maintain constant high standards regardless of the difficulties faced in the field. Animal welfare is always at the forefront of what we do."
Kirsty has recently applied for the Vodafone World Of Difference grant. If successful she will spend the next year in India devoting her time to developing an effective public education campaign. In particular, Kirsty will aim to raise awareness about zoonotic diseases, most notably rabies, and animal welfare with the hope of ultimately reducing unnecessary suffering in both humans and animals.
We wish Kirsty the best of luck as a campaign such as this will be instrumental in helping VBB promote and achieve its aims throughout India.
Kirsty has recently applied for the Vodafone World Of Difference grant. If successful she will spend the next year in India devoting her time to developing an effective public education campaign. In particular, Kirsty will aim to raise awareness about zoonotic diseases, most notably rabies, and animal welfare with the hope of ultimately reducing unnecessary suffering in both humans and animals.
We wish Kirsty the best of luck as a campaign such as this will be instrumental in helping VBB promote and achieve its aims throughout India.
Vets Beyond Borders in Bhutan
Collaboration between Vets Beyond Borders, the Government of Bhutan and local NGO’s should enable a well-structured programme to operate throughout the country, delivering veterinary services to the street-dogs and communities of Bhutan and controlling their numbers in a humane and sustainable manner.
This is a natural development from the state-wide model in Sikkim. We envisage this programme will serve as a country-wide model for this region of Asia. Target outcomes for the initial collaboration are to improve the surgical skill of the Government veterinarians, teach current techniques in surgical steralisation, improve dog catching methods and develop sound surgical protocols for all ABC field units.
This programme will demonstrate an effective alternative to methods currently employed to control the street dog population in Bhutan. The various stakeholders have already been consulted and steps undertaken to reduce the carrying capacity for strays eg refuse collection, pet dog registration, vaccination and sterilization, and community education. Vets Beyond Borders will also provide advice to the local NGO’s in shelter management and resource development.
This is a natural development from the state-wide model in Sikkim. We envisage this programme will serve as a country-wide model for this region of Asia. Target outcomes for the initial collaboration are to improve the surgical skill of the Government veterinarians, teach current techniques in surgical steralisation, improve dog catching methods and develop sound surgical protocols for all ABC field units.
This programme will demonstrate an effective alternative to methods currently employed to control the street dog population in Bhutan. The various stakeholders have already been consulted and steps undertaken to reduce the carrying capacity for strays eg refuse collection, pet dog registration, vaccination and sterilization, and community education. Vets Beyond Borders will also provide advice to the local NGO’s in shelter management and resource development.
