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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).

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Warning: Not for the faint of heart!

February 2023

As animal welfare activists, we are used to a lot. But sometimes even we are breathless when cases like this one are brought to our animal orphanages.
This Egyptian street cat had a big hole in her belly, from which a very bad stench emanated. Countless maggots had settled in the deep wound and were eating deeper and deeper into the flesh. The maggots had to be pulled out of the animal one by one by the veterinarian of the SUST Orphan Animal Hospital Hurghada (EG) before the treatment could begin. Nobody would have thought that a cat in such a bad condition could survive. But our team once again performed a miracle. After a week, when the cat was eating again on her own, it was clear that she was going to make it!
In fact, the pretty cat lady has fully recovered. And once the fur has grown back, it will no longer be noticeable that she has only just escaped a cruel fate.
Thank you very much, dear animal friends, that thanks to you and your donations we are able to witness such unbelievable happy endings again and again!

Country:
  • Egypt
5 Pillars:
  • Emergency Aid
Warning: Not for the faint of heart!
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