By Jacqui Bloom
Press release re vet school event Aug 24
Last weekend the new independent vets in Peacehaven, The Mewes Vets, opened their doors in an event they titled ‘Vet School’. Families with even very small children were invited to have a look around their brand new facilities and try out some vetting and nursing skills.
Dr Marc Abraham OBE and Dr Julia Mewes were on hand to demonstrate cardiac massage, reading xrays, and placing sutures. And other team members held other mini workshops including bandaging and testing the steadiness of visitors’ hands.
Children from as young as two years old collected stickers on completion of each activity and won prizes and certificates.
Dr Julia Mewes said, “We were overwhelmed by the enthusiasm and number of visitors to our special event.
Many young people love animals and have an early affinity for caring for them. It was an absolute pleasure to share some of this love and show so many youngsters what we vets and veterinary nurses do for our four-legged friends.
I have taught pet first aid for a decade now, but never to children so young. I enjoyed watching them concentrating and then trying out cardiac massage on a small toy dog. It was a first for me.
It is a very promising sign for the future of our profession to see so many young people showing such excitement at the idea of being able to help animals in this way.”
Dr Marc Abraham frequently visits local schools to talk about animal welfare and kindness to all creatures. He said, “I had some wonderful discussions with the young people. They wanted to know all about whether we should operate when their dog swallows something it shouldn’t, or make them vomit, or wait for it to pass. We had some very lively discussions.”
‘Marc the Vet’ as he’s usually known, is a multi-award-winning veterinary surgeon, author, broadcaster, and animal welfare campaigner.
Marc is the founder of puppy farm awareness campaign ‘Pup Aid’ and led the successful ‘Lucy’s Law’ campaign in Westminster to ban commercial 3rd party puppy and kitten sellers, e.g. pet shops, making all UK dog and cat breeders accountable.
Marc was recently awarded the OBE for services to animal welfare by His Royal Highness King Charles III.
Dr Julia Mewes has run an independent multi-award winning vet clinic in Haywards Heath for nearly thirty years and has recently opened two new clinics in Rottingdean and Peacehaven to give local pet owners the choice of an independent vet clinic on the coast.
Her next first aid courses for pets will be available to book at themewesvets.co.uk/events
