Vet School Veterinary Service in Thailand

The program gave me the opportunity to realize that working with wildlife is what i want to do in life! Each week was amazing and i learned a lot! Each week was completely different! With the elephants we gave them food, got to treat their wounds and got to do research! We also worked with the dogs from elephant nature park! The second week was at a dog clinic where i got to experience different techniques that would help in the field! We also got to explore the markets in thailand and eat delicious food! The staff and doctors there were pretty amazing and made sure that we were okay and that we learned! I would recommend this program to everybody interested in wildlife animals! Looking forward to participate again until i have been everywhere!

Going on this trip was an AMAZING experience! Being able to live/ understand a different culture was eye opening. I learned so much about elephants; the information I have now, I am able to relay to others and spread awareness. I am grateful to have gone on this trip, I recommend that anyone who is on the fence about going... JUST GO! The class was great. Working with the elephants was a fun time. We had so many opportunities to be hands on with the elephants. Once Dr. Erica taught us something, she let us have at it, which was great!

I had an amazing time while living in the backyard of more than twenty elephants. We were able to learn how to provide adequate veterinary services to these animals, a species we do not talk about very often in our classes at veterinary school. We were able to have hands-on time to treat wounds, take blood samples, deworm all of the elephants and more! It was not all work with no play either. We had time to float down the river, visit some of the local attractions, and spend an afternoon at a night market. I miss the elephants and Thailand very much and hope to go back to see them soon.