Charity connects pet owners in remote B.C. communities with vet care [Video]

A Vancouver charity is working to connect pet owners in rural and remote communities with veterinarians.

Paws For Hope, an animal welfare foundation, says that inadequate access to veterinary care is the number one animal welfare issue in the province.

In the Vancouver Island village of Anacla, the nearest veterinarian is a four-hour round-trip but recently, but with the help of community liaison Jacquie Dennis, Paws For Hope made a stop there on a road trip and helped more than 80 pets, free of charge.

“They get fixed, they get their vaccines, they get their flea medications,” Dennis told Global News.

During the visit, her dog Bebe was diagnosed with a torn cruciate ligament.

“And it was $7,933 and that’s just for his left leg,” Dennis said. “He will need to get his right leg done eventually.”

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