ABSTRACT: Veterinary nursing can take you anywhere. In September 2019, I was lucky enough to work with Wildlife Vets International (WVI) and Painted Dog Conservation to provide a neutering and vaccination service to the local communities of Zimbabwe. Vaccinating local cats and dogs can help prevent the spread of diseases having devastating effects on the species. The aim of this article is to encourage all veterinary nurses to give their time to any animal welfare or conservation projects and to share my experiences of neutering projects of Zimbabwe and the plight of the African Painted Dogs.

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Lucy Toombs RVN BSc (Hons) Veterinary Nursing, Clinical coach, C+GVNES

Lucy qualified as Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) in 201 1 from the Royal Veterinary College, Middlesex University and The College of Animal Welfare, gaining a BSc (hons) in Veterinary Nursing. She currently works at Montgomery Veterinary Clinic in Kent as Head Nurse. Lucy is a clinical coach and completed her City and Guilds Veterinary Nursing of Exotic Species (C + G VNES) in 2017. Email: toombs-lucy@hotmail.com

Keywords: African Painted Dogs; Zimbabwe; volunteering; neutering

To cite this article:  Veterinary Nursing Journal • VOL 36 (06)• June 2021 pp191-194

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