Meet Dr John Skuja

An update on vets going to Nepal. Dr John Skuja will leave Darwin tomorrow for Nepal to assist a Humane Society International (HSI) team. HSI have back up teams moving in next week and trucks with medicines etc moving in now also. John has set up an Everyday hero page through https://give.everydayhero.com/…/emergency-veterinary-respon… so if people would like to support an …

Fundraising begins

Meet Dr Thinley ( left) and Dr Shams. Dr Thinley has earthquake experience after working throughout the 2011 Sikkim Earthquake. He is leaving the VBB/SARAH base veterinary hospital in Gangtok in the morning with 3 of his best paravets to start assess the needs in neighboring Nepal. They will need to be self-sufficient and carry their supplies in. Fortunately we …

Dr Farlie and Nurse Nicole off to India

During April and May Dr Farlie Lewis and Nurse Nicole Patterson will be in Sikkim, India!
 
They will be desexing  the street dog population and vaccinating them against Rabies .
 
They are working with Vets Beyond Borders and  VBB’s partner , the Sikkim Anti-Rabies Animal Health ( SARAH) programme.
 
Sikkim has been rabies free in the dog AND human population for the past …