Veterinary Global Aid

13/08/2024

Thank you so much Valley Veterinary Emergency & Referral Center for sharing our work AND actively helping our mission.

Valley’s nurse assistant Elaine and operations manager Christine attended our program in Greece this past July. They both worked tirelessly to help the stray cats we assisted and spayed/neutered in partnership with Animal Welfare Karpathos - Φιλοζωική Δράση Καρπάθου
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Dr. Anna Katogiritis is one of our beloved relief veterinarians. She founded a wonderful international program designed to help make a difference in the lives of many animals all over the world. We hope you’ll take a moment to share this info to help support her incredible cause:

Veterinary Global Aid, Inc (VGA), is a 501c3 registered non profit based in Washington DC. VGA was founded by Dr. Anna Katogiritis with the goal of providing pro-bono veterinary care to animals in need internationally, while also empowering kids and youth to take positive action for the animals within their communities. Dr. Anna's volunteer work has been featured in numerous media outlets over the years, including CNN Travel and has awarded her the "40 under 40" philanthropic award by the Greek America Foundation. Having worked closely with Dr. Jane Goodall (DBE, UN Messenger of Peace), Dr. Anna believes that if we want to achieve a long lasting positive impact for the animals we must include youth in the process and inspire and empower them to take action as well. For this reason, VGA invests heavily its time and resources to educate youth during each of its international campaigns.

In addition, VGA provides training opportunities for veterinarians and consultations for complex veterinary cases, as the organization recognizes that not all veterinarians across the globe have access to specialty care. VGA strives to provide excellence of care to domestic and wild animals and for this reason all veterinarians and nurses who participate as volunteers are required to have a minimum 2 years experience and undergo interviews to assess their knowledge and comfort level.

All donations are tax deductible and any help is appreciated and needed!

donation page:
www.VeterinaryGlobalAid.org/donate

CNN Travel article:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/vet-returns-to-greece-to-help-the-stray-cats/index.html

Facebook/ Instagram:
Veterinary Global Aid
Anna Katogiritis:

08/08/2024

🐱Happy International Cat Day ❤️

Millions of stray cats are in dire need of veterinary care, and a forever loving home. Help us provide much needed medical care to more cats in need around the globe by supporting our work.

This past month, our animal welfare program ended in Greece with more than 180 cats helped and provided with spay/neuters, vaccinations, deworming and other essential surgeries.

As we are getting ready for our next program this November we ask for your financial support so we can continue to reach more stray cats in need 🐱

Thank you so much on behalf of VGA,

Dr. Anna Katogiritis
Founder/ President, Veterinary Global Aid

📸 one of the many stray kitties we neutered and vaccinated this year in Greece🐾

Your donations help VGA provide care to animals in need around the globe. VGA is a 501(c)3 non profit organization based in the US.

19/07/2024

‼️Attention: the heat wave is affecting many animals.‼️
💦Please consider providing water for the strays and wildlife in need.

This video was sent to us by a friend in , where the temperature today especially is high.

📸Notice the 6 month old kitten is breathing with his mouth open due to the extreme heat.

Animals are suffering in the heat, especially in cities where it is more difficult to find water.

💦 please place small buckets of fresh water in accessible and safe spaces. It is the least we can do ❤️🙏🏻

19/07/2024

Our program this July would not have been possible without th hard work, love and compassion of all the volunteers who poured their hearts while helping hundreds of strays.
Thank you to our in country partners Animal Welfare Karpathos - Φιλοζωική Δράση Καρπάθου for making this program another success!

✈️VGA was able to sponsor the veterinarian from thanks to your donations, while the Greek Cat Welfare Society sponsored our 3 UK nurses.

🐱Stay tuned for our stats/ numbers 🐱

🐾✅Please follow and share our page as we would love to have support for upcoming programs.

🐾Support us by Donating by visiting:
www.VeterinaryGlobalAid.org/donate

📸video created by Haidee Pittas and Wasan

18/07/2024

Amazing collaborations, compassionate volunteers lead to amazing results! Thank you for joining us for our Summer 2024 program in Arkasa (Karpathos, Greece) in partnership with ❤️🐾🐱

17/07/2024

Thank you for hosting our program village! We are so happy we were able to help numerous cats along with . With the support of who helped with providing the space and rooms for our volunteers, the Greek Cat Welfare Society who sponsored our UK nurses, and so many others who contributed. Stay tuned for our stats - to be announced soon ❤️🙏🏻🐾

13/07/2024

🥰🐾 Going strong! Thank you to all the volunteers and donors!

03/07/2024

We can’t thank Dr. Andreas Palluch for donating FIV/FeLV tests for our upcoming program in Greece! ❤️🙏🏻

🇬🇷In just a short 11 days we will be starting another spay/neuter and education program with our partners

🌎🩺Our medical team has travelled from the U.S., UK, Germany and Cyprus.

Stay tuned as our volunteers will be sharing moments of the program on our social.

20/06/2024

☀️🌿 It looks like the plant isn't the only one feeling the heat!

Let's help out our furry and feathery friends by keeping them hydrated 💧

❤️Please consider placing clean water in buckets/bowls in shady spots outside your home or yard to help wildlife and domestic animals stay cool

🐾 Don't forget to refill regularly!

25/05/2024

✨We are getting ready for our next Spay/Neuter, Wellness & Youth Education program in 📍 ! ✨

This time we will be visiting the village of where another temporary clinic will be set up. We look forward to helping as many cats as we can from July 13-16.

Support our work by volunteering or donating. Links in bio ❤️ www.VeterinaryGlobalAid.org

✅Note: our medical team for this program is complete. Veterinary students are welcomed to attend but are not allowed to perform surgeries due to Greek regulations.

19/05/2024

✨ February 2024: Greece animal welfare program results are in ✨

✅Follow our page for more updates on our animal welfare programs across the globe 🫶🏻

We are delighted to share some important numbers with you today. Our program, in partnership with Animal Welfare Karpathos- Greece ( ) concluded successfully this past February.

🐱During a 4 day outreach we were able to complete:

👩🏻‍⚕️ 307 feline spays/ neuters
💉 312 vaccinations and dewormings (total animals treated)
🧔‍♂️👩🏻 47 volunteers worked tirelessly
🩺 5 licensed veterinarians
🩺 2 licensed nurses
👀 5 enucleation surgeries in cats with advanced ocular disease
👂🏻3 ear amputations in cats who had cancerous masses on their ear pinna
📚Over 40 kids (kindergarten and high school) reached for animal welfare education and awareness
📚 10 books donated to the local kindergarten school by VGA’s founders Dr. Katogiritis and Dr. Cotrone

🗓️Our next program in collaboration with Animal Welfare Karpathos will be held July 13-16th, 2024.

✨Stay tuned for more programs in Greece and around the world as we increase our partnerships.

🫶🏻If you would like to support our work please consider making a donation (links in bio)
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Your donations help VGA provide care to animals in need around the globe. VGA is a 501(c)3 non profit organization based in the US.

17/04/2024

✨How your donations are used: meet Pepper ✨

🐶Pepper was found emaciated and covered in ticks (second photo). Thanks to donations received by VGA of Bravecto, Milbemax and other anti parasitics, our partners were able to provide immediate anti parasitic therapy to their newest rescue.

We would like to thank the hospitals who collaborate with us and invite you to join our mission🙏🏻. Visit our website for more information or email us at [email protected] to discuss partnership options ❤️

15/04/2024

✨How your donations are used: meet Naomi ✨

We recently held a program in , and one of the many cats we treated and spayed was Naomi. This Kitty has had trouble defecating for months. After our program ended, she was sent to the mainland for radiographs and an ultrasound, and was found to have a narrow pelvic canal secondary to a traumatic injury. As a result she is developing megacolon (wide - stretched out- colon) leading to difficulty defecating. The spay surgery we provided was definitely life saving for this cat, as she would not have been able to pass kittens during a birthing process had she gotten pregnant.

💊VGA covered the costs for her medications thanks to your donations. They will be shipped to the island in one week ❤️

15/04/2024

These are just some of the donations that arrived to us today from a hospital in CA. Thank you SO much for the support!

✅All donations that reach VGA are used for animals in need globally. If you would like to support our mission please contact us via [email protected]

27/03/2024

Dr. Anna Katogiritis had the pleasure of speaking with high school students of Karpathos island, Greece during our latest animal welfare program (in collaboration with Animal Welfare Karpathos - Φιλοζωική Δράση Καρπάθου).

✨VGA’s mission is not only to improve animal welfare and veterinary practices across the globe, but to also inspire kids and youth to take action and become involved.✨

❤️We would like to extend our gratitude to ΓΕΛ Απερίου Καρπάθου for the invitation. 📚

27/02/2024

📚Youth education and outreach 📚

💡Did you know that part of VGA’s mission involves youth education? We believe that if we would like to improve animal welfare in the longterm, we must involve and inspire kids in the process.

👧🏻🧒🏾👦With all of our programs we ask to meet with kids and be given the opportunity to actively involve them as young volunteers when this is possible.

visits schools either a day before or the last day of our programs to connect with kids and youth. Their questions and enthusiasm always brings hope to the entire team. 🥰

✨During the last program in Greece- VGA co founders Dr. Anna Katogiritis and Dr. Thomas Cotrone donated a number of books 📚 to the local kindergarten. We were happy to see them used from tue first day ❤️

✅If you would like to support local schools in the areas we visit, either by donating relevant books or needed equipment please reach out to us. We would love to collaborate! 📧[email protected]

26/02/2024

✨Spay/ neuter awareness month ✨

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The importance of having a healthy population of strays cannot be over emphasised. Animals in the streets suffer from a number of diseases. To name a few: pneumonias, debilitating dental issues, ocular infections that often lead to blindness, and often times cancer.

🩺The purpose of a spay/ neuter and wellness program is not only to control the population of strays, but to also provide necessary and life saving therapies.

❌There is a myth we often hear: if you spay/ neuter animals… they will go extinct. There are billions of stray cats and dogs around the world. So the word “extinction” cannot be applied here- scientifically speaking. No one (unfortunately) will ever be able to sterilise the entire population of cats and dogs around the globe. And we say “unfortunately”, because animals in the streets do suffer.

🐱Domesticated cats and dogs rely on people. They were domesticated by people. Let’s not confuse them with lions and wolves. Our sensitivities should be directed at keeping the domesticated animals inside the house where they belong.

🦅🦜Let’s also consider that an overpopulation of stray cats does not help the environment as they have a direct negative impact on biodiversity (i.e migratory birds and so on).

❤️Our goal is to provide high quality veterinary care to the animals who need it the most, and to that end, we hope that you will join our cause and support us.

📸 Fotini Lagonikos

20/02/2024

moments: April Bowen, a licensed veterinary nurse who joined our program, enjoyed a friendly encounter during her lunch break with a kitty who was already spayed, vaccinated and treated for parasites.
I guess if cats keep coming back to our temporary clinic even after their surgery, we must be doing something right, right? ❤️❤️

18/02/2024

🐱Can you help? 🐱

This little stray guy had a double enucleation surgery today during our wellness/ spay-neuter program with Veterinary Global Aid and Animal Welfare Karpathos - Φιλοζωική Δράση Καρπάθου

He is as sweet as can be, in spite of his rough life.

❤️Please help us name this little one, and even better: please help us find him a home by sharing and tagging friends and family 🙏🏻🙏🏻
He is currently in .

Your donations help VGA provide care to animals in need around the globe. VGA is a 501(c)3 non profit organization based in the US.

17/02/2024

Dr. Anna Katogiritis ( ) and Dr. Andreas Palluch use a portable electrosurgery device during some of the spays to expedite the procedure safely and minimise the use of suture (ultimately better for the animal). Thank you Dr. Palluch for bringing the equipment to our program and sharing your knowledge with our team 🐱

✨Dr. Andreas shares the same values as VGA: we treat the stray animals as if they were our own beloved pets. ✨

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17/02/2024

Our founder, Dr. Anna Katogiritis, was recently featured via Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and Virginia Tech. Learn more about our efforts through VGA and how our organisation was inspired via the link below.

Thank you to everyone who has supported our efforts, including our pro-Bono legal partners Animal Defense Partnership!

Dr. Jane Goodall

Anna Katogiritis transformed a chance email from Jane Goodall into a career championing animal welfare and environmental education globally.

16/02/2024

16/02/2024

✨Volunteers worked hard to prepare the temporary clinic yesterday! The program officially starts today February 16th! ✨
🐱First day is always a get to know the team, and find our flow day- so we are excited to get started! VGA sets high standards for spay/ neuter programs no matter the location. It is our core belief that every animal deserves the best care possible ❤️

15/02/2024

🐱Good morning from island, ! 🐱

The cats are excited to have our team on the island. Our spay neuter programs starts tomorrow with our partners- Animal Welfare Karpathos.

📹Lovely morning video by ☀️

06/02/2024

❤️More donations for animals in need ❤️

Antiparasitic products worth approximately 1460 dollars were donated to VGA for our international programs. Some of these will be transferred to in one week to help our partner organization with the stray they assist with. THANK YOU!

✅ if you would like to make a donation to VGA please email us at [email protected] for our wish list.
✅Monetary donations can be made via our donation section on our website www.VeterinaryGlobalAid.org/donate
All donations are tax deductible. VGA is a 501(c)3 non profit organization registered in the US🐱

02/02/2024

❤️Thank you for your in kind donation! ❤️
We can’t thank enough a veterinary clinic in California who collected donations for Veterinary Global Aid’s programs. Some of these donations will be transported to and used by our partner organisation , while others will be used in other parts of the world.

✅If you work for a veterinary practice and would like to donate supplies please email us ([email protected]) or direct message us on Facebook or Instagram.

✅ If you are a shelter or sanctuary in need of supplies please contact us. We would love to discuss partnership options. Part of VGA’s mission is to support your meaningful work and help you save more lives.

18/12/2023

🎨1,80mΧ1,80m, mandrill2, acrylic on canvas

We are extremely proud of our board member, artist Danae Meggreli, ( ) who recently donated this amazing painting for a fundraising event to benefit animals in ( ). The gallery is hosting a number of very respected artists as part of this effort.

Thank you Danae for always caring for the voiceless and actively showing your love with every opportunity. We are lucky to have you on the team 💚🙏🏻

16/12/2023

💚This program is FULL. Thank you for your interest 💚

📣🇬🇷PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT

✨Veterinary Global Aid, Inc is announcing its 2024 Greece programs in collaboration with Animal Welfare Karpathos.

📌please apply via the link here:
www.linktr.ee/veterinaryglobalaid

🐱Veterinarians: Please note that within Greece only EU licensed veterinarians can perform surgeries. All other veterinarians are welcomed to volunteer, but will not be able to performed spay/neuters. However, we welcome their help for anaesthesia monitoring and patient monitoring and care pre and post op.

🐱Veterinary students and assistants are welcomed to apply! Please note that students are not allowed to perform surgeries in . VGA and AWK abide by all Greek regulations. However, there are so many tasks you can help with and so much to learn during our field programs.

🐱Veterinary nurses: We are currently calling for all licensed veterinary nurses to apply for either programs as we have positions available for 3-4 veterinary nurse volunteers.

✨What is awesome about these programs?
✅Accommodations (limited spots!), breakfast and lunch are covered!
✅No program participation fees. VGA’s mission is to make volunteering easy for anyone who would like to make a difference.

🫶🏻If you would like to donate to support our programs please visit
www.VeterinaryGlobalAid.org/donate

VGA is a 501c3 US based non profit. All donations are tax deductible 💚

16/12/2023

📣🇬🇷PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT

✨Veterinary Global Aid, Inc is announcing its 2024 Greece programs in collaboration with Animal Welfare Karpathos.

📌The exact July dates will be announced by April 2024, but please apply if you are interested.
www.linktr.ee/veterinaryglobalaid

🐱Veterinarians: Please note that within Greece only EU licensed veterinarians can perform surgeries. All other veterinarians are welcomed to volunteer, but will not be able to performed spay/neuters. However, we welcome their help for anaesthesia monitoring and patient monitoring and care pre and post op.

🐱Veterinary students and assistants are welcomed to apply! Please note that students are not allowed to perform surgeries in . VGA and AWK abide by all Greek regulations. However, there are so many tasks you can help with and so much to learn during our field programs.

🐱Veterinary nurses: We are currently calling for all licensed veterinary nurses to apply for either programs as we have positions available for 3-4 veterinary nurse volunteers.

✨What is awesome about these programs?
✅Accommodations (limited spots!), breakfast and lunch are covered!
✅No program participation fees. VGA’s mission is to make volunteering easy for anyone who would like to make a difference.

🫶🏻If you would like to donate to support our programs please visit
www.VeterinaryGlobalAid.org/donate

VGA is a 501c3 US based non profit. All donations are tax deductible 💚