James Florence
Managing Director
About WVSBased in Cranborne, Dorset,
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We work all over the world
Our aim
To assist animal welfare charities and sanctuaries around the world with a sustainable veterinary resource:
What WVS provides
• Free veterinary drugs, supplies and equipment
• Vet and non-vet volunteers, both long and short-term
• Disaster Emergency Response Teams
• Veterinary training
WVS Stats
• Over 500 associated charities
• In 2012 we: Sent 63 veterinary teams
Treated over 15,593 animals
Sent 600 veterinary aid parcels
Helped 214 charities
• Supported by pharmaceutical companies and vet practices
• Tick & flea treatment is normally top of the list
Veterinary Supplies
• Wish list - the more you tell us, the more we can help
WVS Volunteers
WVS Volunteers• Planned one-off trip
• Ongoing placements
• Vets / vet nurses / non vets
• Type of trip:
Neutering campaigns
Mobile clinics
Combined trip
Education
WVS Volunteers
• What they will pay for:
Flights
Travel Insurance
Vaccinations
• WVS helps the volunteers with travel arrangements
• WVS forwards on the applications to you. You decide if they are successful
WVS Volunteers• What you need to consider:
Permissions
Facilities
Supplies
Accommodation
Transportation
Equipment (Trapping)
Example trips:
Example trips: SamosNeutering at a dog shelter + other cases
Last trip (1 week) 1 vet, 1 vet nurse, 1 vet student Neutered 50 dogs/cats
Example trips: MalawiSpay / Neuter Campaigns Community Farm Clinics Wildlife Health Checks
1,598 birds vaccinated against Newcastle’s disease
1,072 dogs vaccinated against Rabies
Disaster Emergency Response:
Disaster / Emergency Response
• Haiti earthquake
• Hungary toxic spill
• Egypt - civil unrest
• Thailand - floods
Disaster / Emergency Response - Floods
Disaster / Emergency Response
• Kenya - IDP camps
First WVS emergency response team
Mission - To vaccinate, to worm and treat as many animals as possible
“Animal welfare to help human welfare”
International Training Centre
International Training Centre
• Training facility in southern India
• Training vets and charity workers
• On-site clinic, kennels, classrooms, library and accommodation
• Regular ABC (TNR) courses
International Training Centre
• Regular ABC courses
– Veterinary neutering techniques
– Dog catching
– Setting up a neutering campaign
– Effective anti rabies campaigns
International Training Centre
• Specialist courses
– Farm animal diagnostics
– Small animal anaesthesia
– Small animal infectious diseases
– Wildlife and exotic animals
International Training Centre
• Launched in Sept 2010
– 20 ABC courses per year
– Training over 200 vets/assistants
– Neutering 3,000 dogs per year
– Vaccinating over 5,000 dogs against rabies per year
ITC Partners
A child dies of rabies in India every single hour
• Launching with 50,000 rabies vaccinations in just 1 month
• Working with local organisations in 10 rabies hotspots
• Recording rabies vaccination data
• Providing training and equipment
• Trialling ‘Door to door’ campaigns
– Include education on rabies
– 400 in 3 days – resident ITC Vet
– Minimal costs for charities, as no need for dog catching teams
• Around 50% of all rabies bites in India are from domestic dogs
What next ?
• Visit www.wvs.org.uk
• Fill in a charity registration form
• Give as much detail as possible
• We will give you a free membership login• We will set up a charity page
Keep in contact !!
Want to know more about WVS?
www.wvs.org.uk The official WVS website
www.wvsitc.org The official ITC website
Sign up online to receive our email updates.
@wvscharity
@jamesflorence
Thank you
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