Responsible Pet Care
Dog Boarding in Chile
I like a holiday as much as the next person, but nothing puts a damper on any kind of break like leaving your pets at a pet hotel or boarding kennel, when they clearly don’t Read more…
Homeless People & Pets Project
Homeless People & Pets: Chapulín
We met Chapulín through our Homeless People & Pets Project. Chapulín is a typical, Chilean street dog, with no outstanding features; he’s not especially handsome, he is a medium to large sized mutt, kind of Read more…
Rural Services
GAAP-Canada: Veterinary Services in Northern Canadian Indigenous Communities
It was the furthest north I’d ever been. Gorgeous golden birch trees quaking in the wind, husky mix dogs, and MUD. The GAAP-Canada team from Allandale Veterinary Hospital partnered with Northern Spay Neuter Program to Read more…
Capacity Building
Animal Health Care Worker: Andrés Finishes Training in Chile.
Located in in the Guatemalan highlands, Todos Santos is a remote Mayan community where veterinary services are non-existent. A few years ago, after canine rabies and stray dog aggression became a serious health hazard to Read more…
Veterinary Services
Siobhan Rickert’s Volunteer Experience: Week 2.
The following Monday was a regional holiday so GAAP wasn’t open. On Tuesday I worked some more on the para-vet project dividing up the information that the volunteers are going to give to Andrés. We Read more…
Homeless People & Pets Project
Homeless People & Pets Project.
For a long time now, I’ve wanted to get out into the streets and see how many animals are living with the homeless of our city. I just didn’t really know how to go about Read more…
Veterinary Services
Siobhan Rickert’s Volunteer Experience: Week 1.
My name is Siobhan Rickert and I am a student from College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine. I have always loved animals and have spent the last seven years working in a variety Read more…
Responsible Pet Care
World Rabies Day: What You Can Do.
Oscar was a surprise baby. His mum and dad hadn’t planned to have any more than the three children they already had, but as far as surprises go, Oscar was a very welcome one. Born Read more…
Disaster Response
Grief & Recovery: Edith, Rex and Dulce.
We talk a lot about enhancing the relationship between people and their animals, and how amazing it is to have a special connection, but we rarely talk about the emotional trauma when people’s animals die. Read more…
Disaster Response
Dulce’s Story
Dulce has come a long way from his days on the farm where he lived before the fire. Born on a farm in the south of Chile, Dulce was released into the hills of the Read more…