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 Hello All!
Its hard to believe another year is coming to a close. 2011 has been very busy for us as we have significantly expanded the reach of our programs and the number of animals we are able to help.
Our disaster response teams have also been working hard to respond to the ever-increasing number of disasters we are seeing worldwide. Your help is needed for us to continue! Please consider making an end of year donation or sign up for monthly giving so that we can be there to help when animals need us. DONATE
Thank you! And Happy Holidays!
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Fall Deployments
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We had quite a few teams deployed this fall. They provided not only sterilization campaigns for small animals but equine welfare as well as animal husbandry!
 We worked with the if Foundation in Haiti to provide veterinary as well as technical assistance for their animal husbandry projects. See pictures
 We provided a large scale sterilization campaign in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua where our team also made visits into rural areas to treat those who could not make it to our clinic in town. See pictures
 We operated a pilot project in a remote region of Tanzania for a donkey welfare project. Meanwhile we also had another team in Dar es Salaam for a sterilization campaign. See pictures
 Our campaign in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala was quite the adventure amid rain and mudslides! Nevertheless our team performed just over 100 surgeries despite conditions. See pictures
 We had another successful campaign in Ecuador where our team worked from dusk till dawn, performing up to 60 surgeries each day. See pictures
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Thailand Flood Response
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 World Vets personnel were actively involved in the water rescues taking place in Bangkok. They were on board rescue boats in search of dogs needing assistance and saw to their subsequent transfer to safe zones.
 Buddhist temples are being operated as temporary shelter areas for dogs. Our personnel visit these temples each day to deliver food for the many dogs seeking refuge. Aside from delivering food to the temporary shelter areas, we have assisted the delivery of food to pet owners throughout the city of Bangkok.
 World Vets also has provided five veterinarians for Soi Dog and Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand (WFFT). They have been providing direct veterinary aid to all animal types as well as spay/neuter surgeries. See pictures
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Stories from the Field
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Submitted by World Vets Field Service Veterinarian, Dr. Suzanne Coulson.
In September I led a rewarding World Vets trip to San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua. Our team was dedicated and compassionate, and everyone worked well together to get things done. On our second day of clinic, a young mixed breed dog named Tofi came in. She had had the misfortune of getting hit by a vehicle which resulted in an open fracture of her left hind leg. She was such a sweet dog and even with the obviously painful injury, she waited patiently for us to examine her.
 Dr. Barry Nichols, a practice owner in Alabama and a superb member of our team, agreed to help Tofi. The only option for her was an amputation. The challenge was that we did not have any orthopedic instruments. However, while not being fully equipped with such instruments, Dr. Nichols was able to perform the life saving surgery with hard work, sweat, skill and a little ingenuity.
Tofi did wonderfully and she was closely monitored by Noelle Rankin, a licensed technician from Spokane,Washington, who had worked for a number of years in a boarded surgical practice in Virginia.
When the surgery was completed, Tofi was able to wake up gradually with the benefit of pain medications and was later sent home with her owner with antibiotics and oral pain medications.
We have heard that she did great after her surgery and has recovered well thanks to the hard work, compassion and dedication of the members of our fantastic team!
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