Leeds veterinary practice donates equipment to worthy cause

Linnaeus-owned Abbey House Veterinary Hospital in Morley is giving Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS) more than 200 endotracheal tubes, which can be used during operations.

The goodwill gesture comes as Abbey House is changing over to a new type of endotracheal tube and saw it as an ideal opportunity to support a good cause while also helping its own sustainability efforts by reducing waste.

Daisy Roe, lead clinical director at Abbey House Veterinary Hospital, said: “We’re delighted to donate these endotracheal tubes to Worldwide Veterinary Service and a special thanks goes to Vicky Lewis at Abbey House for organising this.

“Worldwide Veterinary Service does a fantastic job working tirelessly to ensure that no animal goes uncared for. We hope the equipment we’ve donated will help many patients, wherever they might be around the world.”

Lyndsey Wildman, charity liaison officer at WVS, said: “Thank you so much for this generous donation of ET tubes. We have already started sending them out to animal welfare organisations around the world, and they will ensure more animals can receive life-saving surgery, whether it is pangolins in Malawi, dogs in India, or cats in Thailand.

“In 2023, we sent more than 800 parcels with veterinary aid to organisations helping animals in 66 different countries, and this would not be possible without kind donations like this. We are so grateful for your support!”

Worldwide Veterinary Service sends vets where they are needed most, provides veterinary training to increase the standard of care globally and ships urgent aid supplies worldwide, every week of the year.

In 2023 its vets treated more than 70,000 animals, trained more than 3,000 vets and vaccinated more than 3,000,000 animals against rabies through its Mission Rabies project.

For more information about Worldwide Veterinary Service, visit wvs.org.uk.

Abbey House Veterinary Hospital is open 24 hours a day and is based in Morley, Leeds. It also has practices in Rothwell, Cleckheaton, Batley, Kippax and Halton. For more information visit www.abbeyvetspets.co.uk.