An Islington vet has spoken of the satisfaction he felt working with a charity to assist canine in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Charlie Matthias, a Senior Veterinary Surgeon from Islington, visited Bosnia to assist Canine Belief’s work, sharing his experience with native vets who’re working to enhance the welfare of avenue canine.
For the final 10 years, the charity has been working a neutering, vaccination and training programme designed to scale back the variety of canine dwelling on the streets of Bosnia and enhance the general welfare of the animals.
Throughout his journey, Charlie supplied assist and coaching to Bosnian vets on a variety of strategies, together with surgical procedure and anaesthesia, which concerned exhibiting the vets totally different dealing with strategies and making certain the proper treatment was given.
Charlie stated: “It was an extremely worthwhile and pleasing journey. I used to be very impressed with the dedication of the Canine Belief crew in Bosnia and the native vets made us really feel so welcome.
“It was fantastic to witness the Canine Belief programme in motion and to see that after a canine enters the system, they’re very properly cared for. Not all the avenue canine that got here in have been appropriate for surgical procedure with some being underweight. These canine have been properly taken care of till they have been prepared for an operation.
“Through the week we neutered round 20 canine and all six of the Bosnian vets efficiently accomplished the vet coaching programme.
“It was wonderful to see the impression Canine Belief has had in 10 years of working within the nation. A lot has been achieved enhancing canine welfare and decreasing the stray canine inhabitants. I really feel proud to be working for a charity that’s contributing to such important vet care in Bosnia.”
One of many canine helped (Picture: Canine Belief)
When Canine Belief began working in Bosnia in 2012, there greater than 12,000 stray canine have been surveyed on the streets of Sarajevo. Pre-covid in 2019, when the charity final surveyed, there have been simply over 3,000 canine.
With the assist of Canine Belief vets, greater than 450 native vets have been skilled to supply humane and efficient providers and round 102,000 canine have subsequently been neutered throughout Bosnia.
The crew works to vaccinate the canine on the identical time to make sure they continue to be match and wholesome.
