OUR WORK
Whilst our head office is registered near London in the UK and Washington DC in the USA, our real work begins much further afield. Infact, on any given day, you will find the majority of our team out in the field, working hands on with animals.
This is what makes our charity unique and able to create such a huge impact with a small and dedicated team of animal lovers. We don't just talk the talk, we walk the walk, on the ground, in the field, and on the forefront of the missions that we run. Our work extends across 11 countries over 5 continents. At each location we either have our own a full-time veterinary team, or work with project partners who do. That means we are a permanent presence in the community, 24 hours a day, always there to support 4-legged patients.
Check out what we do and where
Worldwide Vets' work can be broken down into Long-term Support and Emergency Support initiatives.
Below you can discover more about the work we are doing around the world right now.
Long-term Support
We are dedicated to bringing sustainable change. No one pump chumps here! As a result, we look to truly integrate with the local community, to bring about long-term change for the good of animals. To do this, we employ a local vet (or a whole team) to be available to provide a vitally important service to the animals of that area.
1. Providing Veterinary Teams in Areas Needing Support
We send skilled veterinary professionals to locations where animals urgently need help and where local capacity is limited. These missions improve welfare, strengthen local systems, and create lasting impact.
Small Animal Veterinary Medicine:
We reduce suffering, disease risk, and population pressure. We carry out Trap-Neuter-Release initiatives, react to emergencies and medical cases. Right now: Egypt, India, Thailand, Tanzania, Ukraine and Zimbabwe.
Equine Veterinary Medicine
In order to help horses, we work with both working equines and pet horses to bring free veterinary care. This includes vaccinating dealing with cases such as colic, wounds, lameness, parasites, and humane euthanasia. Right now we do this in Egypt and Zimbabwe, and Ukraine.
Wildlife Rescue & Veterinary Support
We support wildlife veterinary clinics, rescue centers and sanctuaries, and conservation teams by sending veterinary experts out to provide care and medical support to animals in need, sponsoring treatments for individual animals, and helping to fund centers and clinics that work with wildlife species.
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We work with rescue centers RAREC in Peru, RESQ in India, ARCAS in Guatemala, STEF in Thailand, Free to be Wild in Zimbabwe, as well as working with locally registered vets in Namibia and South Africa.
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We run rhino dehorning missions in Namibia to protect endangered rhinos
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Our wildlife training courses, many of which are RACE accredited, directly support free veterinary work for wildlife species.
2. Sourcing and sending medications and equipment
Worldwide Vets sources, packages, and distributes essential supplies to partners globally, ensuring that veterinary teams can provide life-saving treatment where it is needed most.
Our shipments include essential medicines such as antibiotics, pain relief, and treatments for parasites, which allow teams to prevent disease and treat sick animals. We provide surgical equipment, from basic instruments like suture kits to specialized tools for wildlife rescues. Diagnostic tools, including x-ray units, ultrasound machines, stethoscopes, and blood testing kits, help teams accurately identify health issues and provide appropriate treatment.
Our Tack for Good scheme, provides well fitted tack for working equines along with education of owners.
Our Equine Grants Scheme helps vets and rescuers working with horses get the support they need to make a difference.
3. Educating Local Vets, Technicians & Communities
The Gemma Campling WildVet Award and our Wildlife Scholarships allow vets and nurses to improve skills in underserved countries and provides local capacity building, ensuring education is accessible.
Veterinary & Nursing Training
We strive to provide practical mentorship and clinical instruction to vets in a number of locations. We do this by having local vets, nurses, paraprofessionals and students join us for either a short period of work experience or by running longer more structured courses.
Lecturing & Academic Support
Delivering guest lectures and skills-based teaching at universities and colleges, to help strengthen the future veterinary workforce. We do this yearly in Ukraine. We also regularly speak at English and American universities to encourage young professionals to become involved with charity work around the world.
4.Offering volunteer programs and courses
See our volunteer projects here
Giving people the chance to learn, contribute, and support animals in need while strengthening our projects worldwide.
Domestic Animal Veterinary Projects
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Surgery, anaesthesia, and medicine
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Zoonotic disease management
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Population control and community outreach
Wildlife Veterinary Projects
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Rhino dehorning missions in Namibia
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Wildlife capture, monitoring, treatment, and rehabilitation
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Field training courses for students and professionals
Animal Husbandry Volunteer Programs
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Daily care
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Enrichment
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Physical and Behavioral Rehabilitation
Equine Volunteer Programs
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Antipoaching initiatives
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Wildlife monitoring and management
Emergency Support
Since 2010, Worldwide Vets has been at the forefront of disaster response, saving animals around the globe. From wildfires to floods, hurricanes to warzones, our mission is clear: to provide immediate, life-saving care and support to animals in need. Our comprehensive disaster response includes:
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Emergency Evacuation: Safely transporting animals out of danger zones to secure locations.
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Free Veterinary Care: Providing medical treatment to injured, sick, or traumatized animals at no cost.
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Feeding and Supplies: Delivering essential food and resources to shelters, rescue centers, and local caregivers. Running grants so that owners in challenged areas can feed and care for their animals during a disaster situation
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Collaboration with Local Teams: Working hand-in-hand with local organizations to ensure a coordinated and effective response.
We provide rapid response efforts to places hit by natural disasters, political upheaval, human conflict, and full-scale war. With a dedicated team of veterinarians and rescuers, we are ready to assist at a moment's notice, bringing years of experience and military training to provide support. At present we have ongoing disaster response initiatives in Ukraine, and have worked to support local teams in Gaza.
How You Can Help
Your support enables us to respond quickly and effectively during disasters, providing vital care when and where it is needed most. Whether it is a flood, wildfire, conflict, or other emergency, animals often suffer first and most. With your help, we can deploy veterinary teams, deliver essential medications, provide emergency feeding, and even evacuate animals from life-threatening situations. Every contribution helps us save lives and offer hope to animals and communities in crisis.
Donate Today
Your generosity ensures that we have the resources to act without delay. Donations directly fund free veterinary care, emergency evacuations, food, and medical supplies for animals affected by disasters. Even a small gift can make a huge difference, for example, providing life-saving vaccinations, surgical interventions, or emergency feeding for dozens of animals in a single mission. By donating, you become a crucial part of our rapid-response efforts and a lifeline for animals when they need it most.
Spread the Word
Awareness is as important as resources. By sharing our mission with your network, you help raise visibility for the critical work we do in disaster zones and beyond. Every share increases our reach, brings in new supporters, and helps animals that otherwise might not receive care. Your voice amplifies our impact and inspires others to join the cause.
You can do this by sharing our news through social media, reading and sharing our blogs and newsletters, or joining forces with friends and colleagues to do something special for animals in need.
If you want to run a fundraiser you can run your own fundraiser for us you can either collect funds and send them through the donate page, or you can fund us as a registered charity, by searching for "Worldwide Vets" on
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Facebook
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Just Giving
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Donor Box
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Benevity
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Download our special QR code and use it during your fundraising to link your peers straight to our Donate Page
Volunteer Your Skills
Hands-on support is invaluable. By joining our team, volunteering on the ground, or offering professional skills, you can make a real difference in animal welfare during emergencies.
From assisting with veterinary care, shelter management, and rescue operations to helping with logistics, training, or communications, volunteers play a vital role in every mission. Partner with us to use your skills to save lives, strengthen local communities, and be part of meaningful, life-changing work.
Together, We Can Save Lives
In these trying times, when hardship and disaster strike, it is the kindness and compassion of people like you that bring hope—not only to the animals in need but also to the people who depend on them.
For every struggling horse, every overworked donkey, every abandoned mule, there is a caretaker fighting just as hard to keep them safe. But they cannot do it alone.
By donating to our work, you become their safety net. You provide a starving horse with a meal. You give an injured donkey the medicine it needs to heal. You restore dignity to an owner who simply wants to care for their animal but lacks the resources to do so.
