The mobile veterinary clinic donated by the Human Society of Antigua and Barbuda finally arrived in Port au Prince, after more than a week dealing with red tape to bring it in from the Dominican Republic. It crossed the border around five o’clock in the morning with a WSPA team directed by Sergio Vasquez, our disaster management officer from Costa Rica.
Today was also the first day of work for the local vet team hired by ARCH. We treated 189 animals in Lilavois in Port au Prince; mainly dogs and goats, but also pigs, chickens, cows, ducks and cats. They focused on deworming, vaccination and vitamin supplies.
People are coming from everywhere, bringing their animals. It’s clear that a lot of these animals have never been treated by vets before.
