Volunteer vets needed for wildlife charity
The Wildlife Aid Foundation (WAF) is calling for more volunteer veterinarians and students to work at its veterinary hospital based near Leatherhead, Surrey.
The charity deals with more than 20,000 wildlife incidents a year, and aims to give injured and ill wildlife a second chance. With a strict ethos of returning animals to the wild whenever possible, WAF has a 70% success rate.
Veterinary students are only required to spend a small amount of time on wildlife or exotic pets during their courses, and volunteering for a wildlife charity is one of the best ways to gain work experience.
Luck Kells, hospital manager and vet nurse, said: "Working with a wildlife charity like ours gives you insights into a side of veterinary medicine that, either as a student or in a commercial veterinary clinic, you just wouldn't normally see. For students in particular this is a great way to put what you've learned into practice."
For more information, visit the charity's website or email lucy@wildlifeaid.org.uk.
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