We are often getting messages from our supporters outside the rescue world saying that all animal rescues and animal advocacy...
Author: Catherine (Catherine Besch)
Why the Largest “Animal Advocacy” Organizations Are Avoiding the Subject of Livestock-Based Zoonoses During a Global Pandemic
We cannot continue to ignore the threat to human health from diseases originating in animal exploitation. If you are reading...
Spring Update: Living with Uncertainty
We are all looking at the inevitable effects of Covid-19 for ourselves, our families, our jobs, and our businesses no...
Missed our funding target but regrouping and marching on!
Since we did not hit our funding target in order to get the clinic building, we are having to regroup...
The Monkey Mommy: from Rescue to the Big Picture
In February, 2012, I moved to Nha Trang, Vietnam and arrived with stars in my eyes. After a frozen year...
Marching Ahead with our International Veterinary Training Center
We are moving forward today and are never looking back again. This is why the clinic is opening this month,...
Where Are All the Vegan Veterinarians?
To understand the importance of the work in the clinic we must open in March, we need to address the...
Lessons Learned: Stepping Up After Getting Burned
Opening a new vet clinic nearly 3 years after the failure of our last one is no small feat. For...
Not Your Average Rescue Shelter
What makes VAAR different from other animal advocacy organizations in Vietnam and globally? For one, we are a non-speciesist organization,...
Shelter Staff Salaries are NOT a luxury
We need to talk about staff and why organizations like ours are not capable of running without having full time,...