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Vets Beyond Borders in India

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World Rabies Day 2008 in Sikkim

INDIA | Saturday, 11 Oct 2008 | Views [150]

World Rabies Day in Sikkim....a party with hundreds of happy children. The Sikkim Anti-Rabies & Animal Health (SARAH) programme celebrated WRD with a street party & awareness campaign at 'Friend's Corner' at the busy Sunday Lal market in Gangtok.... Read more >

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Vets Beyonds Borders do a Leopard Caesarian in India

INDIA | Sunday, 4 May 2008 | Views [363] | Comments [1]

The SARAH (Sikkim Anti Rabies & Animal Health) Programme in India usually focuses its attention on cats & dogs but when we were asked for assistance by the Himalayan Zoo veterinarian Dr Madan K.S.Shanker we were eager to help. ... Read more >

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Rehab in Gangtok

INDIA | Sunday, 4 May 2008 | Views [304] | Comments [1]

It’s a joke now that any veterinary volunteer who comes to help the SARAH (Sikkim Anti Rabies & Animal Health) Programme in Gangtok will also have to volunteer to piggyback me around. Since rupturing my achilles tendon playing cricket 6 weeks ... Read more >

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India on crutches

INDIA | Saturday, 22 Mar 2008 | Views [1489] | Comments [2]

Popped my achilles tendon while playing a game of cricket in Gangtok. Oz vs India - very competitive & controversial. I whacked the ball, snap went my achilles like a rubber band. It felt like I had broken a heel off my shoe & my foot was ... Read more >

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