FW: (PK) 3 Days Free Veterinary Treatment Camp at Lahore

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Hello!

I Hope to find you in best of your health & your faith. Vets Care

Organization Pakistan (VCO) arranged a 3 days free veterinary treatment camp in

Lahore. Please see the report and pictures.

Looking forward to hear your valuable comments and suggestions.

Thanks and Very Warm Regards,

Sincerely,

Waseem Shaukat

 

 

3 DAYS FREE VETERINARY TREATMENT CAMP

Every year on the eve of Eid-ul-Adha, a huge number of animals are

transported to the provincial capital from far away areas of the Punjab.

Transportation laws are not followed due to which the animals undergo

extreme stress during transportation. Stress of transportation and extreme

weather conditions causes many diseases in the animals. Most of the animals

are suffering from lameness due to severe arthritis which is extremely

painful conditions for these animals. Instead of removing the cause of

arthritis with proper veterinary treatment, people tend to use local

anesthetic agents for de-sensitizing the animals for sometime in order to

sell them without caring the fact that the animals will again feel pain

(after gaining the senses when the affect of anesthetics is finished) until

they are treated properly. One of the major reasons of such behavior of

people is financial problems i.e. the poor farmers can't afford to get their

animals treated. It is not only a threat to the health of animals but is

also responsible for economical loss to the farmers. This is an alarming

condition for the animal welfare NGO's in Pakistan.

Taking notice of these circumstances, Vets Care Organization Pakistan (VCO)

has been arranging free veterinary treatment camps at different localities

of Lahore on the eve of Eid-ul-Adha regularly every year since 2001.

Likewise previous years, under the auspices of Vets Care Organization, the

Vets Care Club of University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences Lahore

organized a 3 Days Free Veterinary Treatment Camp at Bakkar Mandi Lahore on

December 15-17, 2007. About 38 veterinary doctors and veterinary students

provided their technical services to the animals from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

daily during this camp. According to the official records, 734 animals were

clinically approached and provided with the free technical services and

medicines in Bakkar Mandi. An additional 53 animals were also treated in

" Shahdra Town Mandi " .

This animal welfare activity was provided with the media coverage by PTV

News, HAQ TV, FM 103, Daily Dawn, Daily The News and Daily The Post.

VCO is thankful to Star Laboratories (Pvt) Ltd, Symans Pharmaceuticals (Pvt)

Ltd, Selmore Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Ltd, Sana Laboratories (Pvt) Ltd, Marush

(Pvt) Ltd, Zaidi's International, Medi-Vet (Pvt) Ltd, Prix Pharmaceuticals

and Pakistan Medicose for providing medicines for this free veterinary

treatment camp. VCO is also thankful to the University of Veterinary &

Animal Sciences, Lahore for providing transport facility to the camp

participants. Last but not the least, VCO extends its heartiest gratitude to

all those volunteers who participated in the camp and provided their

technicalities for this noble cause.

VCO commits to continue its efforts to create a cruelty free environment for

animals in Pakistan.

 

 

WASEEM SHAUKAT, D.V.M Scholor (UVAS)

Media Coordinator,

Vets Care Organization, Pakistan (VCO)

Assistant Editor,

The Veterinary News & Views [weekly]

Correspondent (in Pakistan),

European Vegetarian & Animal News Agency (EVANA)

ADDRESS:- Room # C-4, Iqbal Hall, University of Veterinary & Animal

Sciences, Lahore (54000) Pakistan.

Cell: +92 334 972 0758, e-mail: drwaseemshaukat , web:

www.vetscare.org