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 five continents. Our core management team move between the Worldwide Vets projects, providing veterinary care, training, and research. Additionally, in each of the countries where we work, we either have our own a full-time veterinary team, or work with project partners who have a full-time veterinary team, who are on hand throughout the year to provide treatment for animals in need. That means we and our partners are a trusted permanent presence in the community, day and night, always there to support 4-legged patients.
Our passionate team works tirelessly year-round to provide the highest standard of care to animals in need. Across four continents, our daily missions are as varied as the animals we serve. Whether rescuing snared wildlife, relocating endangered species like lions, rhinos, elephants, pangolins, turtles, and sloths, or delivering life-saving treatment in impoverished communities, our work is dedicated to protecting and improving the lives of animals everywhere.
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. These are our "Ground Team" and they are supported by our core management team and our volunteers. Having a set base where people can bring animals in need of care allows us to maximize our impact, building the trust of the community and thus enabling us to better provide not just emergency medicine, but also preventative health care, and welfare advice. You can discover more and support our initiatives below. At these places we work with the community over many years to improve welfare, animal care and animal rights education and of course to provide free veterinary care to either domestic or wild animals.
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 by running humane, high-volume sterilisation work across several countries. We also provide free treatment for dogs and cats in these areas, including reacting to emergencies, hospitalising sick animals, treating wounds, healing fractures, diagnosing and treating internal medical diseases. We offer humane euthanasia to animals who may otherwise be left to suffer. Right now, we support this service in 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 for diseases like rabies, flu and tetanus, dealing with cases such as colic, lameness, and providing humane euthanasia for animals who are too ill to recover. In developing countries, we treat a great number of sores and wounds from badly fitting harnesses and saddles and strive to provide better tack and education to owners. Right now we offer this support in Egypt and Zimbabwe, as well as through our disaster response work in Ukraine.
Wildlife Rescue & Veterinary Support
We support wildlife veterinary clinics, rescue centers and sanctuaries, and conservation teams who ensure the future of wildlife by managing wildlife reserves. We do this 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
Access to medical resources is a cornerstone of effective animal welfare work, and in many parts of the world, access is limited or inconsistent. Worldwide Vets sources, packages, and distributes these essential supplies to partners globally, ensuring that veterinary teams can provide life-saving treatment where it is needed most. By bridging this gap, we enable vets and animal caregivers to act quickly and effectively, saving lives.
Our shipments include essential medicines such as antibiotics, pain relief, and treatments for parasites, which allow teams to prevent disease and treat sick animals before conditions become fatal. 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.
Through our Tack for Good scheme, we provide 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
Strengthening local knowledge is key to creating sustainable, long-term change. We invest in training, mentorship, and professional development across the globe.
Educational Scholarships
Many of our courses offer Scholarships for local vets and nurses, to improve skills in underserved countries and provide local capacity building. We do this in conjunction with our own courses and our partner organisations Jivdaya Charitable Trust in India, RESQ Wildlife Internship in India, Safari Vet Internship in South Africa, RAREC Wildlife Center in the Peruvian Amazon.
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. In the past our courses have covered topics of internal medicine, surgery, diagnosis of tropical disease, hoof care, harness fitting, saddle fitting and more. We do this in both Ukraine and Egypt, with the hope to soon support Guatemala and Zimbabwe.
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
Our volunteer programs and professional courses give people the chance to learn, contribute, and support animals in need while strengthening our projects worldwide.
Domestic Animal Veterinary Projects
For vets, nurses, and students wanting hands-on clinical experience:
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Surgery, anaesthesia, and medicine
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Zoonotic disease management
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Tropical disease care
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Population control and community outreach
Wildlife Veterinary Projects
For those seeking experience with wildlife conservation and field medicine:
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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
Supporting shelters, sanctuaries, and rescue centers:
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Daily care
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Enrichment
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Physical Rehabilitation for domestic and wild species
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Behavioural support for domestic species
Equine Volunteer Programs
Focused on supporting conservation and preservation of the wild, using horses:
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Antipoaching initiatives
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Wildlife monitoring and management
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Through our Tack for Good and Equine Grants schemes, we also provide tack, resources, and financial support to help horses in developing countries.
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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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.
Every act of generosity, no matter how small, creates ripples of change. A donated bridle can ease a horse’s suffering. A bag of feed can mean survival for a family’s only working mule. A single vet visit can spare an animal from a lifetime of pain.
Your support is more than just aid—it is hope, relief, and a second chance at life. Together, we can stand up for the most vulnerable. Together, we can ensure that no horse, no donkey, and no hardworking caretaker is left to struggle alone.
