Our FinnDomingo volunteer programme is always about supporting selected Chilean animal welfare organizations – but also about learning from each other and promoting mutual understanding.
At the end of October, veterinarian Aileen from Lower Saxony flew to Chile. As a FinnDomingo volunteer, she is currently accompanying a team of Chilean vets who are specialized in mobile castration campaigns.
To this end, they have founded the organization EMA (Enemigos del Maltrato Animal = Enemies of Animal Abuse), whose statutory purpose is to offer castrations at a reasonable price and –very importantly– with a good medical standard at the same time.
Thus, people from the poorer sections of society can afford to have their animals spayed or neutered without having to worry about their pet, because, unfortunately, it is not uncommon for such campaigns to be offered by charlatans, which naturally leads to mistrust among the population.
In contrast, EMA’s work is impeccable and deserves full recognition!