Education and Training

Education and training of specialists

The Susy Utzinger Animal Welfare Foundation's guiding principle is "Let's tackle the root of the problem". In addition to the optimisation of animal shelters and neutering campaigns in Switzerland and many other countries, the training and further education of veterinarians and animal protectionists is an important pillar of this philosophy: The SUST veterinary training courses are known for their quality and efficiency.

Animal welfare activists learn elementary principles for the handling and care of animals and for the management of animal shelters, veterinarians are brought up to date with the latest neutering techniques by internationally recognized colleagues and experience new and important things for the implementation of such campaigns.

This lays the foundation for further successful neutering campaigns to meet the quality standard demanded by SUST: This means that countless unwanted young animals do not have to be born and suffer in the first place. It has been proven that the overpopulation of dogs and cats can only be contained in the long term and animal-friendly by neutering campaigns.

This is what we have set ourselves the goal of our animal welfare work: the problem is being tackled at the root!

The pillar "basic and advanced training of specialists" includes

- Courses at the SUST Academy
- Veterinary training in different countries
- Animal welfare seminars in different countries
- ERFA events in Switzerland
- Internships for veterinarians, students and veterinary assistants in different countries
- Trainee programme for young Swiss veterinarians of SUST and Kompanima
- personal training of experts during SUST operations
- Co-financing of training centres

If you'd like to find out more about other the Specialist Education & Training projects of SUST, please access the German version of the website using your browser's translation extension.

The activities of the Susy Utzinger Animal Welfare Foundation are financed exclusively by donations and legacies (no public support).

Activities

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SUST-Einsatz in Hurghada, Ägypten

Oktober 2018

Im Oktober wurden unsere Kollegen vor Ort unterstützt von Dr. Nina Waldern (Tierärztin Grosstiere), Nina Gysel (TPA), Kea Lock (TPA), Simone Maurer (SUST-Tierschutzhelferin) und Susy Utzinger. Dieses Team wurde begleitet vom erfahrenen Kleintierarzt Dr. Antonio Rios Perez aus unserer Partnerklinik in Mexico (Planned Pethood Mexiko). Während einer Woche arbeiteten diese Fachleute hier in Ägypten zusammen, optimierten Abläufe, kastrierten Strassenhunde und -katzen, behandelten verletzte Tiere. Auch die Grosstiere erhielten wichtige Behandlungen: Zähne schleifen, Tränenkanäle spülen, Hengste kastrieren, Hufe raspeln und verschiedene Verletzungen behandeln standen in diesen Tagen auf dem Programm. Daneben tauschten die Fachleute viel Fachwissen und Erfahrungen aus, besprachen spezielle Fälle und schmiedeten weitere Tierschutzpläne für die Zukunft.

Country:

Egypt

5 Pillars:

Emergency Aid
Neutering Campaigns
Education and Training