TESTIMONIALS

VET WILDLIFE:

“I enjoyed every second of my Vets and Wildlife experience in South-Africa. It was far beyond my expectations. We had the pleasure to work with all kinds of wild animals, such as rhinos, cheetahs, lions, buffalos and al lot of antelope species. We did quite a lot antipoaching work with the rhinos, treated a lot of wounds and translocated animals. Besides, we visited several beautiful game reserves, a rhino orphanage and a conservation and research centre. It was an experience that I will never forget. Thank you so much for arranging this amazing trip!”
Sanne (Utrecht)

VET WILDLIFE:

“I absolutely loved my time over there and can honestly not think of anything I would change about it. It was amazing.”
Nicolla (Queensland)

SELATI:

“I had a great time, it was beyond amazing! Lots of hands on work, something different everyday and plenty of down time.”
Katherine (Sydney)

VET WILDLIFE:

“I had such a good time, I didn’t want to come back home 😉 My host family were the nicest people ever.  I always felt safe around them.  The work we did and the animals we worked with, were fascinating.  The vets we worked with were informative and open to us.  Communication was always really good. Thank you so much!”
Emilie (Ghent)

SELATI:

“The trip was absolutely amazing and one of the best experiences of my life. I really didn’t want to come back to rainy Britain after all that beautiful sunshine.”
Kirsten (RVC)

BPT:

“My time with the blue paws trust was amazing! Such a great experience and I learned even more that I thought possible!!”
Ailsa

JIVDAYA:

“It was the most amazing trip of my life !  The food was very good at Jivdaya. People were very friendly! We made friends for life. We got along with them very well and it was an important part of this trip as well as the clinical experience. Surgeries were during the afternoons, it was so amazing. Within the first week we were already able to do the surgery by ourselves. We learnt so much.”
Morgane (Dublin)

BPT & DR ROHAN:

“I have had a wonderful time in Sri Lanka. Everything went smoothly, all the people were fantastic and I have learnt so much. Both working at BPT and at Dr Rohan’s were thoroughly enjoyable, and I felt so welcome (even going with Dr Rohan for dinner with his family on the final night!). Thank you so much for helping me to organise this trip. You were always so quick to sort out any problems or queries I had, and made it all very stress free!”
Charlie (Bristol)

JIVDAYA:

“I absolutely loved my time at Jivdaya.  I found the vets and staff very easy to work with and the hospitality was exceptional.The experience was excellent and the staff were very focused on making sure we saw and did as much of the clinics work as possible. I was also impressed with their surgical standards of care in relation to the location and non profit status.”
Brianna (Edinburgh)

BPT:

“I would like to take this opportunity to say how amazing it was, I am now confident in performing castrations and spays on my own and I would not have the confidence or the skills without my time with the Blue Paw Trust. Everyone was extremely friendly and keen to help in anyway possible. I would recommend it to all final year vet students.”
Hannah (Bristol)

MOHOLOHOLO: 

“I wanted to thank you very much for your help and support during my choices and stay in Moholoholo. Sorry to write to you so late but we had no internet in Moholoholo (because of the storm we had there).  I had a wonderful time and did a beautiful experience! I miss it already!  I will never forget this adventure and hope I could do it again in the future! Thank you so much for everything!”
Claire-Lise (Bern University, Switzerland)

VET WILDLIFE & MOHOLOHOLO:

“I thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of my trip, working with Dr Muller (Hein) was a fantastic experience and I hope I was helpful to him.  It really opened my eyes to an aspect of veterinary work I had never experienced in England.  Moholoholo is a great centre and it was amazing to get up so close to the wildlife and care for them.  It was great fun living and working with all the other students and the centre employees.”
Helen  (Qualified vet)

LION PARK:

“Thank you for making THIS happen! I wouldn’t have had the best time of my life if it wasn’t for you, VetsandWildlife. You do a fantastic job and I cannot repay you for your guidance and support on my first ever trip. THANK YOU”
Shareen (Nottingham University)

VET WILDLIFE:

“The project itself was even better than I imagined. The first day we were already injecting buffalo’s, sable antelope’s and wildebeest. And from  there on it was only getting better! We treated a black rhino and flew in a helicopter! The vet also challenged us by letting us think about what the diagnosis could be. That was very nice as well because we could practice our knowledge we have gained over the past 5 years. We also had to look up some drugs we were using so we could understand better why he was using some drugs in one case and other drugs in other cases. I think it is quite clear we learned a lot! And I am very thankful to Dr. Michiel van Wyk  for these two weeks of experience!”
Amanda (Ghent Uni, Belgium)

HAAAW:

“The trip was so good and everyone working on the project so friendly that it was truly sad to leave.  I wish I could have been there for a much longer period of time…  The work the team is doing is hugely valuable to the local community and I would defnitely recommend it to other students.”  (HAAAW Project Sri Lanka)
Myvanwy (Edinburgh Uni)

VET WILDLIFE:

“Everything was great!  Wildebees Lapa was fantastic! Janetta treated us like family..I think I put on a few extra pounds staying there.  Fantastic experience and one I hope to repeat!”
Sarah (Edinburgh Uni)

VET WILDLIFE:

“The project was really very interesting. The vets and the other employees were very nice. They always arrange us to see the most interesting cases.  Thank you for giving us the opportunity to have such an amazing experience!”
Tania (Bern Uni, Switzerland)

BPT & DR ROHAN:

“I had an amazing time with BPT and Dr Rohan!  The first week at BPT was great for surgery and I managed 3 every day.  The people were lovely and relaxed.  It was great that they trusted me enough to let me get on with the surgeries on my won by the end of the week.

Dr Rohan has to be one of the nicest vets I have worked with on placement!  He really cares about his students as well as helping me plan activities for my free time.  There was less surgery in the second week and more medical cases to see which I expected and I reckon I averaged 1 – 2 surgeries a day.  Thank you for ensuring the trip went so smoothly, it is definitely a trip that I will never forget and the experience gained was second to none!”
Z.W. (Edinburgh Uni)

INDIA:

“I didn’t realise how much I learned until I returned home.  I now recommending fellow students to the project.”
Katrina (Glasgow Uni)

BPT:

“I would highly recommend this experience.  We got amazing surgical experience which we wouldn’t have to in the UK especially of bitch spays.  This was the main surgery that was performed.  Ended up doing about 23 bitch spays altogether with constant supervision from a vet.”
Rebecca (Cambridge Uni)

INDIA:

“I just wanted to send you a little email to say thank you for organising the trip to Asha. It was amazing! I had such a good experience and learnt more than I ever had on any other EMS placements!  I hope we managed to help in some way and provide some care for the animals, all of which we fell in love with! Thank you giving us the opportunity!”
Rebecca (Liverpool)

VET WILDLIFE: 

“We learned a lot from the Dr van Wyk about medication, diseases, the typical kinds of animals and how to do injections and taking blood.  Thanks to San-Mare and Marcel, they made our dreams come true.”
Marie & Julia (Hanover, Germany)

BPT & DR ROHAN:

“We had an absolutely wonderful time at BPT and Dr. Rohan… at Dr. Rohan we could question the owners and do the examination of the patient. He let us think about what the problem might be and what the possible treatments could be. Very nice to learn about some more exotic diseases.  Helen and myself took away a skin tumor from a dog…  we did another quite complicated operation under Dr Rohan’s supervision, but also all by ourselves.”
Maya & Helen (Ghent, Belgium)

EGYPT:

“I had an amazing time and already want to go back!  The placement was also superb, and everyone there made us so welcome. We had a really fun time and learnt a lot.  Thanks so much for helping us arrange the project, it has been a trip of a lifetime and I would highly recommend it to other vet students!”
Suzanne (Bristol Uni)

BPT & DR ROHAN:

“We really enjoyed both the projects. The first week was very interesting, as you know that was the first time we had the opportunity to do surgeries and to know how to do it for real.  The second week was also really useful. We had the opportunity to practice what we learnt on the first week and to see diseases we’ll never see here in Europe.  Dr Rohan is a really nice and enjoyable person.  He explained us everything but he also asked our opinions. He let us doing a lot of things and also tried to schedule as many surgeries he could on that week for us.”
Chiara & Claudio (Milan, Italy)

EGYPT:

“The project was really good overall. We worked with a large range of species and it was interesting to see how much of a difference could be made with relatively little resources. Dr Girgis was absolutely brilliant. He knows a huge amount and is still keen to learn new techniques from other countries ( we demonstrated the flank cat spay they do in England). He also taught us his technique of doing bitch spays through tiny incisions!”
Nicola (Nottingham Uni)

EGYPT:

“I had a fantastic time in Egypt. Was very busy and carried out at least 4 operations absolutely solo with only Girgis observing.  I was able to learn and then practise my techniques over the 2 weeks so I actually did a lot considering I’d never operated on a living animal before I went.”
Gemma (Glasgow Uni)

DR ROHAN & BPT:

“I told Dr R, I had an amazing time with them and he was quite taken aback .. I think it just adds to the charm and humbleness of him, he’s a very well respected man …..He’s a great teacher, very calm, patient and methodical, the other vet at the clinic was just the same (Nelum). They made me feel very welcome and involved….
In comparison BPT has more surgical experience and Dr R has more medicine, clinical opportunities in tropical diseases with less surgery (the mix I guess varies week to week just depends on what comes in).  I’ve been so fortunate to be able to afford to go and am so very grateful.
Cheryl (Bristol Uni)