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Greetings!
Hopefully everyone had a great 4th of July! With summer in full swing, World Vets has veterinary teams heading in all directions. In the last month we have had groups in Mexico, Panama, Samoa and Nicaragua treating hundreds and hundreds of animals. These projects would not be possible without our dedicated volunteers and generous donors. Thank you to all of you for your continued support.
If you have always wanted to go on a World Vets trip, now is your chance! We currently have openings for veterinarians, technicians, students and assistants. A few of our positions require no prior veterinary experience. Help us help the animals!
Sincerely,
Cathy King DVM, MS, PhD
CEO, World Vets
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World Vets News 
Pacific Parternship 09, a humanitarian aid mission to Oceania onboard a US Navy Battleship is underway and World Vets is there. World Vets volunteer Dan Gildea of San Jose, California is pictured aboard the USS Amelia Aerhart awaiting helicopter transport to the USNS Richard Byrd somewhere in the south in late June.  The ship will make two week stops in Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands and the Solomon Islands to provide much needed medical, dental, veterinary and engineering aid. The group has just completed the Samoa leg of the project with 190 animals spayed and neuter. They are currently enroute to Tonga. World Vets is honored to be the only veterinary NGO particpating in this large scale partnership with the US Military, NGO's and partner nations.
Volunteers Needed!
Volunteers are needed for several trips in the coming months:
Panama July 21-28 - Two veterinarians with small animal spay/neuter experience are needed. click here
Granada, Nicaragua August 8-15- Four veterinarians and 2 technicians and/or veterinary students are needed for this equine and small animal project.  click here
Panama- September 8-15 Travel by duggout canoe to work with the dogs, cats and horses of the native Embera tribe of Panama. One veterinarian and one technician are still needed. click here
Romania October 17-25 One licensed veterinary technician (LVT) is needed for a spay/neuter and equine project in Romania. When the work is finished, the team will visit Dracula's castle in the Transylvanian Alps. click here |
Member Spotlight 
Dr. Leslie Ann Jones (Richmond, Virginia) had wanted to be a veterinarian since she was old enough to say the word. She was born and raised on the eastern end of Long Island, long before the Hamptons had become "The HAMPTONS". When she was 16, she moved to New Zealand for a year and her eyes were opened to an entirely new world. This conflicted (or so she thought) with the plan of being a veterinarian as she'd never known any vets who traveled. So off she went to Randolph-Macon Woman's College and got a degree in international business, thinking that the veterinary degree was a dream best left to her childhood. Something never quite fit with that plan, and she returned to school, got a degree in marine biology and moved to Ireland for 5 years to pursue her veterinary degree at University College- Dublin.
Once back in the US, it didn't take long for the travel-bug to bite again, and soon thereafter she found World Vets and realized that she could finally combine her two loves, veterinary medicine and travel, and it would enable her to give back and help in areas that help was most needed. The work that World Vets does and the benefit that World Vets affords to the communities it visits is invaluable. To be able to travel and practice veterinary medicine in areas that benefit most from those efforts makes the adventures that much more rewarding. In 2008, she went to Belize (Caye Caulker) and the experience confirmed in her that every year would include a trip with World Vets. Not only did she get to be a veterinarian and make a difference in the lives of the animals she met, she would also make a difference in the lives of the people that loved these animals. The week in Belize reminded her why she became a vet in the first place.
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About World Vets
World Vets is a non profit organization dedicated to providing veterinary services and knowledge to areas in need around the globe. We work with animal advocacy groups and other non-profits to coordinate veterinary projects and resources and match volunteers with projects needing assistance. We are always in need of volunteers. Join today!
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| Featured Trip |
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Loreto Mexico June 21-28 2009 Fourteen World Vets volunteers have just returned from a successful spay/neuter project in Loreto Mexico. The team, led by World Vets project leader Mikle Corcoran of Vancouver, Washington, spayed and neuter over 170 animals. This was the third time World Vets has traveled to this Baja fishing village to work with the Animalandia organization. As always, they showed our group great hospitality. Thanks to everyone involved, especially all of our hard working volunteers! Watch for future trips to this location and be a part of Team Baja.
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