Food delivery

Food delivery

Thanks to our amazing friends at Animals Australia, we today received a massive 900-kilogram drop of kangaroo pellets! Food is so scarce for these precious animals, with so much of their habitat burnt, and the local golf course not able to cope with the number of animals feeding on it. Getting roo food into Mallacoota via a light plane was the …

thank you

Thank you

A massive THANK YOU to our friends at Sheen Panel Service who have banded together to make a really significant donation to Vets for Compassion. We are truly humbled by all the support we have received from both organisations and members of the public. We will continue to keep you updated on the progress of our vets (like our Founder, Dr Elaine …

Mallacoota - Cute and Cuddly

Mallacoota – Cute and Cuddly

Another busy day in the field for our vets, treating mostly injured kangaroos and koalas – but also a beautiful lyrebird! These beautiful creatures are giving us the strength and support to keep searching for more of their furry friends. Your support is also giving us strength – the entire Vets for Compassion team has been blown away by your …

Mallacoota update

Mallacoota update

Our vets spent the evening tying gum leaves to the tall trees where there are koalas that are too high for them to reach. We also placed water buckets at the bottom. We hope this will entice them down, so we can catch and treat them, or, at the very least, give them something to eat and drink. We will …

Distressing images

WARNING: Distressing images

⚠️⚠️WARNING: distressing images ⚠️⚠️ Burnt paws, tails, mums and joeys. These are just some of the heartbreaking things our vets have encountered in East Gippsland today. We have treated as many animals as we could, and, sadly, euthanised some that we couldn’t save – at least they will no longer suffer. We have been blown away by your support for …

Departing for Mallacoota

Departing for Mallacoota

Bound for fire devastated Mallacoota and Tallangata, Dr Elaine Ong and Dr Chris Barton with medical supplies and drugs to join the local carers in assessing and treating injured wildlife and animals that have survived the fires so far…lets pray we can save some from the suffering. We will be bringing you more information over the coming days as we …

Gippsland Bushfires

Gippsland Bushfires

Our hearts are aching. Aching for this beautiful country we are watching turn to ash before our eyes. For the people who have lost their lives, and the families left behind. For the hundreds of millions of native animals who never stood a chance. For the countless other animals – the cattle, sheep, horses, chickens, goats… the sheer scale of …

Dog Baiting Confirmation

There has been a lot of talk about “dog baiting” over the last couple of years. This September (2019) we had two dogs bought into the clinic unwell and showing signs of some type of toxicity. After further investigation the owners found snail bait and meat filled with snail bait scattered through their front lawn (see photo). Thankfully the owners …

The Puppy Project Party

Since 2012 EBVC has been associated with the South Indian Kagyudpa Monastery in Bylakuppe to care for their puppies and live-in street dogs. Vaccinating, desexing and treating illness in the resident dogs has only been possible by the collaboration with our friend Ani Samten la. Ani is tibetan for nun. Ani has always been there to look after the dogs. …

EBVC back in India 2018

This year EBVC is focussing its support towards the work of Dr Sonia Thakur . Sonia has worked for EBVC as a locum vet after working for 10 years as a small animal vet in Brighton and Frankston. Lately Sonia has been been dividing her year between Melbourne and working as the veterinary consultant to Dharamsala Animal Rescue ( DAR), …