Our 22 members and 7 global vets 2015 teams have officially returned from their volunteer trips of a lifetime! We hope everyone enjoyed following our experiences this past summer on our blog, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. We are forever grateful for the mentorship and fundraising support we have received through friends, families, the OVC community, and all our wonderful sponsors!…
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CKC grand finale: week #2 at Elephant Nature Park.
… And we’re back! Our final project continues as we spend our second week at Elephant Nature Park, working with the Elephants. This placement is one that our group has looked forward to since first planning our Global Vets trip last year. Elephant Nature Park is founded by an incredibly sweet and courageous Thai lady…
VHS: Greetings earthlings – from beautiful Belize!
Well, we made it! We have arrived at our first destination and survived – even flourished – our first week in this beautiful country. I met up with Sarah at the Miami airport on our layover to Belize city, where we joined our last group mate Diana, who had been doing some personal travelling in…
AFRICA: 2nd and final week in South Africa
Totsiens Suid-afrika! That’s ‘good-bye South Africa in Afrikaans. As I write this we are on our way back to Dr. Burger’s home from our last appointment as Global Vets volunteers. We just finished up with the elephant cow that we have been working on for the past 2 weeks. We are happy to report that…
SHEA: Animal AWARE
For our second project, our team chose to volunteer at Animal AWARE in Sumpango, Guatemala. This shelter was recommended to us by one of the 2013 Global Vets teams. We spent two weeks with the director, Xenii, and her team, and we are so thankful to have had the opportunity to play a role in…
CKC: Elephant Nature Park Part 1 – dogs!
Our third project takes place at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand. As the name suggests, ENP is home to over 60 rescued elephants from across Thailand. However, since the Bangkok Flood of 2011, it has also opened a separate clinic for rescued dogs. Initially, the ENP staff traveled to Bangkok with the…
AFRICA: 1st week in South Africa!
Another week is over and we are (once again) in awe about how fortunate we have been with our Global Vets experience. As we mentioned in our previous blog, we arrived on Monday of this week and began working with African wildlife immediately. After arriving at Dr. Burger’s house on Monday we did fecal floats…
JMS: Laos Wildlife Rescue Centre
After finishing our two weeks at Elephant Nature Park, Michelle, Jenna and I headed off for 3 weeks of independent travel in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. After adventuring and relaxing, we headed back to Laos ready to get back to work! We flew into Vientiane, Laos and were picked up by a taxi to travel…
CKC: Stop #2 Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand
Our second project for Global Vets was at Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand located in Phetchaburi. This organization works with several different types of wild species, both native and foreign to Thailand. Most of the animals here have been rescued or surrendered to the facility. Thailand has a large pet industry, with a high demand for…
DRJ: A Week with the Shelter Dogs of Koh Samui
Immediately after finishing up our week with the dogs and cats at Elephant Nature Park, we moved onto our next volunteering adventure at the Koh Samui Cat and Dog rescue. Located on the beautiful island of Koh Samui in the south of Thailand, the centre has been rescuing dogs and cats for 16 years. The…
AFRICA: Our 2nd week in Tanzania
Week two of our Global Vets trip has just come to an end and we have been loving every minute of it! If you are following our blog, you know that we started the week with a half day. You would also know that we have been observing and participating in quite a few spays…
DRJ: A Week in the Dog House
This week we volunteered at the dog and cat shelter at Elephant Nature Park. ENP is not only a sanctuary for rescued elephants, it also has many other animals including water buffalo, cows, ponies, goats, birds, monkeys, cats and over 400 dogs. During our time at the centre we were able to be involved with…
DRJ: A Week with the Elephants
After 3 weeks of independent travel through South East Asia, our team was excited to begin our first week of volunteering at Elephant Nature Park. Elephant Nature Park, sometimes called Elephant Heaven, is located in Chiang Mai Province in northern Thailand. ENP is a sanctuary for 44 elephants mainly rescued from the logging and tourism…
CKC: Our Time at Koh Samui Dog and Cat Rescue
We began our Global Vets adventure the day after arriving in Koh Samui. The shelter we worked at is called Koh Samui Dog and Cat Rescue which houses approximately 300 dogs and 100 cats. The centre runs mostly off of donations and provides services to local pet owners at discounted rates to encourage sterilization and preventive medicine as the island has a…
AFRICA: First Week Volunteering in Arusha, Tanzania
Our first week with the Better Harvest Organization (BHO) is just coming to an end and we are already so grateful for the experiences we have had and the people we have met. On Saturday June 20th we returned from our climb of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest mountain and the tallest freestanding mountain in the…
SHEA: Our time with the Hopkins Belize Humane Society
Hola from Lanquin, Guatemala! We are en route to our second Global Vets project in Sumpango after leaving Hopkins, Belize two days ago. Our first project at the Hopkins Belize Humane Society was a surreal learning opportunity. Within an hour of arriving in Hopkins, we were greeted by Kelli, one of the fantastic volunteers at…
JMS: Elephants at Elephant Nature Park
We began our journey a week and a half ago flying from Toronto to Chiang Mai, Thailand. We took a few days to adjust to the time change and experience some Thai culture before we were picked up to head to Elephant Nature Park. They picked us up in an air conditioned van (I was…
Global Vets 2015 Ready To Roll!
The Global Vets Team has completed another successful fundraising year through memorable events such as the Dinner Gala, Silent Auction and Discover Vet School. We are forever grateful to our mentors, our friends and family, the OVC community, and especially to all our wonderful sponsors! Your ongoing support is truly appreciated as it enables us…
Dinner Gala 2015
A big thank you to those who helped or attended our Around the World Dinner Gala! It was a wonderful night of fine dining courtesy of the university’s Hospitality Services, followed by speeches, presentations, and raffles. We could not have done it without all our hardworking GV members, alumni, faculty, sponsors, and lovely friends and family….
Global Vets 2015
The new group of Global Vets for 2015 have been selected! Keep posted as we update you on our exciting travel plans, fundraising and more. To learn more about the teams, click here.
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