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The Chinook Project Returns to Labrador
The Chinook Project at the Atlantic Veterinary College of the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), Canada was founded in 2005 by Dr. Lisa Miller and Dr. Jane Magrath. Thanks to generous support from Pfizer Canada, Iams Eukanuba, Boehringer-Ingelheim, the Rathlyn Foundation, Ann McCain Evans and other donors, we are able to travel annually to isolated areas in Nunavut and Northern Labrador to provide veterinary services these regions do not commonly have.
In June, the Chinook Project returns to Labrador when two separate teams involving a total of fourteen veterinarians, coordinators and senior veterinary students fly north to two remote communities. The first team will visit Hopedale, population approx. 600, thanks to support from the local community council and the Hopedale Dog Society. The second team will visit Nain, population approx. 1200, the northernmost settlement in Labrador. The Nain Animal Wellness Clinic is an organization that has hosted veterinarians before, and is helping us to arrange accommodations and the mobile clinic site.
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Members
of the Chinook Team set up a clinic
in the fire hall at Natuashish, Labrador
(2011). Three dogs are monitored as they
recover post-operatively, while another dog
(on the table) is prepped under
anesthesia before having surgery.
Photo
courtesy of The Chinook Project |
Financial support is always appreciated, and charitable receipts will be issued.
The Chinook Project
c/o Dr. Alice Crook
Coordinator, Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre
Atlantic Veterinary College
University of Prince Edward Island
550 University Avenue,
Charlottetown, PEI
C1A 4P3