A trip to Tongatapu by a team of South Pacific Animal Welfare veterinarians produced outstanding results with 407 animals receiving care from a volunteer team of four veterinarians and four vet nurses from 19-23 August, SPAW chairman Dr Geoff Neal reported.
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Monday 23 September 2024
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Wednesday 14 July 2021
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongans can take their pet dogs for parvovirus inoculations, after 600 vaccines were recently provided to the animal care clinic in Tokomololo, Tongatapu.
Thursday 2 July 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Animal Welfare Society (TAWS) has been busy providing much needed animal care advice since opening to the community last month in Nuku’alofa.
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Wednesday 11 December 2019
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Many children brought their pets for attention at the busiest-ever South Pacific Animal Welfare (SPAW) clinics in Tongatapu last week, when 25 volunteers from New Zealand attended to 216 animal surgeries and 400 consultations.
Friday 4 October 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A pilot scientific population survey is being held in certain districts of Tongatapu, starting on October 2-6 that could help determine the dog population, now estimated to be around 20,000.
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Friday 10 May 2019
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Teams of veterinarians from New Zealand and Australia have treated hundreds of animals and performed dozens of surgeries during visits to Vava‘u in April and again in Tongatapu this week.
Thursday 6 December 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Dr Geoff Neal, lead veterinarian for South Pacific Animal Welfare (SPAW) is currently in Tongatapu with his team of volunteers offering much needed vet treatment for the island's animals. They say Tonga has the greatest need in the Pacific because vet care is not easily accessible here.
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Tuesday 7 August 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A volunteer group from the South Pacific Animal Welfare (SPAW) is offering free veterinary services on Tongatapu at the end of this month from August 27-31, 2018.
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Wednesday 23 February 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An eight -members group of volunteers from the South Pacific Animal Welfare SPAW are finishing off a month long animal care clinics that was launched after they arrived in Tonga on February 7.
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