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SRI LANKA

Our veterinary hospital is in Sri Lanka and this is where most of the action takes place. Hit us up if you would like to make an appointment or report a sick or injured street animal to us.

THINGS TO REMEMBER

We are a veterinary hospital, not a shelter. We do not admit healthy animals.

We provide veterinary care for animals between Matara and Tangalle. There may be exceptions, see here for advice.

As one of the only veterinary hospitals on the island, we are often inundated. Please be mindful and patient.

Email or phone is the best method of contact for all animal-related enquiries.

Please read our FAQs to see if your question is answered there; it will help our tired and overworked brains a lot!

WECare Hospital, 179a Kuruduwaththa Rd, Matara, Sri Lanka

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Report an animal in need
help@wecareworldwide.org.uk

General Enquiries
info@wecareworldwide.org.uk

Call Us
+94 (0)41 225 9390

WECare Hospital,
179A Kurunduwatta Road,
Thekkawatta, Kapugama,
Devinuwara, Southern Province,
Sri Lanka

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United Kingdom

As a UK registered charity, our Head Office (that makes us sound posh- it’s only one person really, haha!) is in the North of England. Feel free to drop us a line with any fundraising ideas or if you would like to help in any way- we need as much support as possible!

 

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+44 (0)1697 351889

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This one’s a bit of a ⚠️GRAPHIC⚠️ one but it’s Friday so we thought you lot could handle it? Pete came in on Sunday after Jo, Jono and Magda spotted his crusty little self scuttling around with an injured right leg. On closer inspection, there were bones exposed and toes missing! Ouch! 😮 He’s also got a really bad case of mange and severe dermatitis on both front paws. (We think he was so itchy that he ended up chewing his own paws up!) Luckily, X-rays showed no fractures 🙏🏼 Our lovely new vet Rachel removed the bone that was hanging off and we popped a wet-to-dry dressing on overnight (maybe give the fifth slide a miss if you don't want to see that...). The next day it was time to change the dressing, and as you can see, nurse Pia made nervy Pete as comfortable as possible by giving him a few smooches – some of our patients are very nervous as they’re not used to much interaction with humans but our staff see this as a challenge, and they often become our friends. Pete’s already becoming less scared 🥰 However, we always respect boundaries – some street dogs really do just want to be street dogs, and have no desire whatsoever to hang out with humans 🙅🏼‍♂️ We’ve started Pete on medicated baths and supplements for his skin, as he’s really itchy - we’ll keep you updated! To donate to his care, head to wecareworldwide.org.uk/donate or sling some dosh our way via the 'donate' button on our Insta bio (Thank you 😭🙏) ~ ~ ~ ~ #vetstuff #vetting #vetsofinstagram #streetdogs #lankalife #puppiesinparadise #vet #vetmed #veterinary #vetsofIG #srilanka #streetvet #srilankanstreetdogs #vetschool #charity #animalcharity #dogcharity #animalngo #dogngo #srilankatoday #vetnurse #srilankancharity #veterinary #vetmedicine #veterinarymedicine
It's #TransformationTuesday and these slides do NOT do this long case justice! Chaminda & ACA Issy went to fetch Clara on 24th June after someone called to say a dog had been hit by a vehicle 3 days prior. She had a really badly contaminated degloving wound on her left leg, exposing bones and ligaments! 😲 We did our usual WECare welcome of vaccines and flea/tick/wormer, as well as sorting her out with pain relief, anti-inflammatories and antibiotics. A wet-to-dry bandage was applied (perfect for getting out all the muck) before getting Clara comfy in her kennel 😴 The next day, the bandage was removed under sedation (it’s really painful to take off) and while sedated, we X-rayed Clara and could see her leg was fractured, with a small fragment of bone floating about. The wound was clipped and cleaned, and we tried tacking down the skin edge to aid healing, before applying a honey dressing. (Manuka honey is lifesaver for us thanks to its antibacterial, healing magic!✨) Clara’s bandage was changed 5 days later and the wound looked good! We popped another one back on but her foot began swelling and didn’t respond to massage, so we changed it again 3 days later, earlier than scheduled. The skin at the back of her leg was sore and irritated, so we cleaned and popped some nappy rash cream on, before applying a fresh bandage, involving the foot this time to avoid swollen tootsies! 🙏🏼 We took Clara to surgery on 8th July to reduce the deficit of the wound, as well as sneaking in a neuter. Another dressing was applied, and we prayed for minimal wound breakdown🙏🏼 After a couple more dressing changes, sutures were removed on 24th July and then it was a looooooooong road to recovery with lots of (anticipated) wound breakdown, due to the size of the wound & its location. Clara had another wound closure surgery on 31st August, followed by more breakdown & dressing changes until FINALLY this month, the wound had healed and all she has left is a coupla teeny scabs 👏🏼 so now she’s in the garden with the resident dogs until we can find her a good home. This girl is full of beans and as you can see from the video of her running around, she’s back to her former glory😍
A little reminder now that tourists are starting to trickle in again (yay! So good to see you all!) that we don't take healthy puppies off the street. During tourist season, we always receive lots of calls and messages from worried foreigners about street puppies, asking us to come and scoop them up. However, while we understand – and appreciate – their concern, we have to explain that as a rule, we don’t take healthy puppies off the street. People are often shocked/appalled by this (and can sometimes be quite rude to us...), but hear us out. For a start, we’re not a shelter. With 1-3 million roaming dogs on the island, we believe the most sustainable way of looking after them is keeping them on the street. Yup, even puppies! Taking a puppy off the street deprives it of its only chance of learning how to survive as a roaming dog. So, we have to leave puppies to figure out their territory, food source and safe place to sleep – just like they’ve been doing for generations. (It really is possible!) That's it in in a nutshell - more info on our blog below: bit.ly/dumpedpups Obviously if you see a sick/injured dog, please do get in touch. We're still running on emergencies only but we will do our best to assist 😊 ~ ~ ~ ~ #puppy #puppylove #puppylife #puppydog #puppylover #puppyrescue #puppygram #puppyoftheday #puppyofinstagram #puppystagram #animalrescue #animalwelfare #vet #vetmed #veterinary #veterinarian #vetlife #veterinarymedicine #surfsrilanka #wecare #srilanka #streetvet #vetschool #charity #vetnurse #charitysrilanka
We've reached 1000 views on the first episode of our YouTube, but we'd love more 😉 Head to the link in our bio if you want a sneaky look at where your donations go here in Sri Lanka 🙏🏼 ~ ~ ~ ~ #youtube #youtuber #documentary #vetstuff #vetting #vetsofinstagram #streetdogs #lankalife #puppiesinparadise #vet #vetmed #veterinary #vetsofIG #srilanka #streetvet #srilankanstreetdogs #vetschool #charity #animalcharity #dogcharity #animalngo #dogngo #srilankatoday #vetnurse #srilankancharity #veterinary #vetmedicine #veterinarymedicine

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