FW: 4 days Free Veterinary Treatment Camp in Lahore

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WASEEM SHAUKAT [drwaseemshaukat]

16 December, 2008 3:43 AM

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4 days Free Veterinary Treatment Camp in Lahore

 

Dear All,

 

I hope that this email finds you in best of your health & faith.

 

Please find below the report and pictures of the recently held " 4 days Free

Veterinary Treatment Camp " by Vets Care Organization Pakistan at Bakkar Mandi

Lahore on December 03-06, 2008.

 

Your comments and suggestions in this regard will be warmly welcomed.

 

Thanking you in anticipation

 

Best Regards

 

Waseem Shaukat

 

(PS: Visit www.vetscare.org for more details)

 

Waseem Shaukat, DVM Scholar (UVAS)

Media Coordinator, UVAS

President, Vets Care Club UVAS

Editor, The Veterinary News & Views [weekly]

Address: Room # J-13, Jinnah Hall, University of Veterinary & Animal

Sciences Lahore (54000) Pakistan.

Tel: +92 42 7063044, Fax: +92 42 9211461, Cell: +92 334 9720758, +92 301 6532413

 

Four Days Free Veterinary Treatment Camp

 

December 03 - 06, 2008

Bakkar Mandi, Lahore

 

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.

This long distance transportation does not occur under any regulation and

hence badly disobeys animal rights. Animals are overloaded on the vehicles

and non stop transportation is practiced usually without feeding and

watering during traveling. The worst situation is seen when these animals

are loaded and unloaded from the vehicles. The long distance transportation

puts extreme stress to these animals. After reaching to their destination,

these animals are not provided with proper care and management usually due

to the lack of proper facilities and unawareness. Stress of transportation

and extreme weather conditions causes many diseases in the animals. One of

the major problems that appear in these animals is lameness. 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. They don't realize that the animals will again feel pain

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

they are treated properly. This is usually due to unawareness and financial

problems. 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, Vets Care Organization Pakistan and Vets Care Club

of University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences Lahore organized a four days

Free Veterinary Treatment Camp at Bakkar Mandi Lahore on December 03-06,

2008. About 42 veterinary doctors and veterinary students provided their

technical services to the animals from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM daily during this

camp. According to the official records, 689 animals were clinically

approached and provided with the free technical services and medicines in Bakkar

Mandi Lahore.

 

The camp was visited by Prof. Dr. Muhammad Nawaz (Vice Chancellor UVAS),

Prof. Dr. Talat Naseer Pasha (Patron, Vets Care Club UVAS; Dean, Faculty of

Life Sciences Business Management UVAS), Dr. Syed Sajjad Haider

(Patron-in-Chief, Vets Care Organization; Managing Director, Symans

Pharmaceuticals), Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf (Dean, Faculty of Bio-Sciences

UVAS), Dr. Ovais Omer (Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and

Toxicology UVAS), Dr. Muhammad Abdul Ahad (Associate Professor, Chattagong

Veterinary & Animal Sciences University Chattagong, Bangladesh) and Dr.

Muhammad Asad Ali (Senior Executive, Vets Care Club UVAS) on various days

during the four days camp. The visitors were briefed about the aims and

objectives of the camp. They observed the work and appreciated the

volunteers, working for this noble cause.

 

 

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

Sama TV, Aaj TV, FM 103, Radio Pakistan, Daily Jinnah and Daily The News.

 

 

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,

Eterna International (Pvt) Ltd, PDH Pharmaceuticals, and Pakistan Medicos

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. We are also thankful

to the visitors for encouraging the volunteers. Special thanks to the whole

team of our Medicine Bank, who worked day and night to make this camp

possible. 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.

 

 

Along with providing free treatment, we have been making the people aware of

the animal's rights and urging them to realize the importance of animals and

consider them as santient living beings. Over the years, things are now

changing and people are becoming more aware of needs of animals. That's why,

this year there were relatively less number of sick animals as compared to

previous years. People were a little bit more caring for their animals.

However, it is just a beginning and we have to do much more. Vets Care

Organization Pakistan commits to continue its efforts to make Pakistan an

ideal friendly and cruelty free environment for animals where humans respect all

earthlings.

 

Click here to see <http://vetscare.org/gallery/camp812.htm> pictures of this

event

 

Click here to read news of the camp on Daily " The

<http://thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=150157> News "

 

An overview of the camp <http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/1.jpg> An overview

of the medicine stall at the camp

<http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/2.JPG> Vets Care Club's President

Waseem Shaukat briefing Prof. Dr. Muhammad Nawaz (Vice Chancellor UVAS) and

Prof. Dr. Talat Naseer Pasha (Patron, Vets Care Club) about the camp

<http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/3.JPG> UVAS Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Nawaz and Vets Care Club's Patron Prof. Dr. Talat Naseer Pasha with

few volunteers during their visit at the camp

<http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/4.JPG> A buck being examined at the

camp <http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/5.JPG> Volunteers treating an

animal <http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/6.jpg> Treatment via i/v

injection <http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/7.jpg> Treatment

<http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/8.jpg> (Sitting Rt-Lt). Dr. Abdul Ahad,

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf, Dr. Ovais Omer, Mr. Waseem Shaukat

<http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/9.jpg> people getting their animals

examined and treated at camp <http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/10.jpg>

VCO volunteer team working <http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/11.jpg>

Surgical treatment to a buck <http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/12.JPG>

Owners are being advised for caring their animals

<http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/13.jpg> Volunteers examining the sick

animals <http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/14.JPG> Dr. Syed Sajjad Haider

talking with volunteers during his visit to the camp

<http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/15.JPG> A bull is being treated

<http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/16.JPG> A volunteer during work

<http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/17.JPG> An animal with severe edema on

knee joint was treated at the camp

<http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/18.JPG> A volunteer examining the hoof

of a goat which was suffering from lameness

<http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/19.jpg> Volunteers working

<http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/20.JPG> Volunteers working

<http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/21.JPG> People are getting their

animals treated <http://vetscare.org/images/camp812/22.JPG>