http://www.heska.com/Inspiration-Wall.aspx

At Heska, we created the Inspiration in Action contest to encourage innovation and to impact the human experience through our bond with animals. Many have explored new ways to enrich this bond and advance veterinary medicine with fresh ideas.

The finalists have been selected, and now it's your turn to vote!

Please register and vote for the Belize Wildlife and Referral Clinic.

The Belize Wildlife and Referral Clinic (BWRC) presents an opportunity to make a profound contribution to wildlife conservation, animal welfare and public health for an entire developing country. Belize, a country known for its biological diversity and environmental protection, has no facility to provide medical care for wildlife. Gas anesthesia, x-ray and many diagnostic tools are not available for most of the country's veterinarians. Capacity building is one of the missing links for many of Belize's sectors. As in many countries, wildlife pets are very common. Due to lack of owner education, the health and welfare of these animals is often extremely limited. Belize cannot fully enforce wildlife guidelines and laws because it lacks facilities to receive confiscated wildlife and provide necessary medical care as well as assistance in wildlife rescue.The BWRC addresses these and other national development goals.

In addition to establishing a state-of-the-art medical facility for wildlife, the prize money from the Inspiration in Action contest would be leveraged to provide essential and currently unavailable services to many of Belize's veterinarians.

The following is a vision summary for the Belize Wildlife & Referral Clinic:

  • Equip a medical facility that has the mission and to build veterinary capacity for Belize.
  • Provide key equipment for rescuing and treating injured, diseased, orphaned or confiscated wildlife.
  • Provide equipment and supplies for basic diagnostics.
  • Provide veterinary training for students and professionals through currently established courses, internships and continuing education opportunities.
  • Develop capacity to increase de-worming in domestic animals nationwide.
  • Educate the public about wildlife, human wildlife conflict, conservation, and issues pertaining to zoonotic diseases.
  • Collect data on prevalence of endo- and ecto-parasitic and zoonotic diseases in domestic animals and wildlife.
  • Support continuous wildlife research.

Learn more about this important project at: http://www.wildlifebelize.com/