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UK Volunteer Here to Promote Animal
Welfare
Hundreds of school children in St. Lucia were given an
opportunity last week, to learn something new about the humane
treatment of animals.
Rachel Fensome, was one of the veterinary nurses from the UK who
volunteered her vacation time, and paid her own airfare to come to
St. Lucia to assist the St. Lucia Animal Protection Society (SLAPS)
in spreading the animal welfare message to schools around the
island.
Whilst Fensome and SLAPS volunteers Maria Grech and Pam Devaux
were visiting seven schools on the island, the other 7 IVA
volunteers were treating and spaying and neutering dogs and cats in
Anse la Raye and Gros Islet.
SLAPS volunteers and sponsors once again pulled out all the stops
to ensure the efficient running of the clinic, and in the short
space of 6-and-a-half working days, a record 123 animals were
treated.
The overseas volunteers were treated to luxurious accommodation
at the Royal St. Lucian Resort and Spa and Ti Kaye Village. They
experienced a whale and dolphin watch, courtesy of Captain Mike’s
and a wonderful sunset cruise on the Brig Unicorn.
Two more clinics are scheduled for 2003. To become a SLAPS
volunteer or for more information, please call 457-7527. | 
