World Vets Summer at Sea:
Pacific Partnership 2013
For three consecutive months World Vets had ten volunteer veterinary professionals deployed on the civil- military mission "Pacific Partnership." During the months of June, July and August our team traveled on board a US Navy ship and provided free veterinary and educational services alongside US Army veterinary personnel. Together we provided services in five South Pacific nations which include Samoa, Tonga, the Marshall Islands, Kiribati and the Solomon Islands.
As part of the veterinary program, over 6000 animal patients were treated, close to 1000 surgical procedures performed as well as 3000 teaching hours provided to host nation participants.
Pacific Partnership is an annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance mission designed to work by, with and through host and partner nations, non-government organizations and international agencies to build partnerships and a collective ability to respond to natural disasters. World Vets has been the veterinary NGO represented on this mission since 2009.
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Record Breaking Number of Surgeries Performed in Ecuador
This summer World Vets operated a large scale spay/neuter campaign in Otavalo, Ecuador, with local partners, PAE - Ibarra. We were also joined by a few veterinarians from PAE -Quito who aided our team. Together our efforts resulted in a record breaking number of surgeries being performed: 268 spay/neuter surgeries in just a few days. See pictures
We thank Fondation Brigitte Bardot for their ongoing support of our work in Ecuador. We also extend our many thanks to those who volunteered their time and energy on this campaign.
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