WEB Vetnews May 2015

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Hermanus & Overberg CVC By Dr Sandy Waddingham

This new SAVA – Community Veterinary Clinic (SAVA-CVC) has been running for six months now. Dr Sandy Waddingham, the principal of this CVC, has worked in Hermanus for the past 28 years and started the CVC because she would like to give back to the town that has supported her business all these years. O ur focus is mainly on education and sterilisations. We have ongoing educatio­ nal classes about animal care, presented in collaboration with Hermanus Animal Welfare. We lecture at all the schools in the indigent communities, both at Grade 5 and Matric level. The Grade 5 learners receive basic education on handling, worms, mange, etc. With the Matrics we do a post-mortem and show them how the body works. To raise funds for the sterilisations, we had a cabaret show and dinner where we also ran a raffle. Together with donations, we raised R96 000.00. Since October 2014, we have spayed 160 animals. We run dipping and vaccination clinics in Hawston and are also actively involved with many wildlife sanctuaries and projects. v

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