Education and Training

Education and training of specialists

The Susy Utzinger Animal Welfare Foundation's guiding principle is "Let's tackle the root of the problem". In addition to the optimisation of animal shelters and neutering campaigns in Switzerland and many other countries, the training and further education of veterinarians and animal protectionists is an important pillar of this philosophy: The SUST veterinary training courses are known for their quality and efficiency.

Animal welfare activists learn elementary principles for the handling and care of animals and for the management of animal shelters, veterinarians are brought up to date with the latest neutering techniques by internationally recognized colleagues and experience new and important things for the implementation of such campaigns.

This lays the foundation for further successful neutering campaigns to meet the quality standard demanded by SUST: This means that countless unwanted young animals do not have to be born and suffer in the first place. It has been proven that the overpopulation of dogs and cats can only be contained in the long term and animal-friendly by neutering campaigns.

This is what we have set ourselves the goal of our animal welfare work: the problem is being tackled at the root!

The pillar "basic and advanced training of specialists" includes

- Courses at the SUST Academy
- Veterinary training in different countries
- Animal welfare seminars in different countries
- ERFA events in Switzerland
- Internships for veterinarians, students and veterinary assistants in different countries
- Trainee programme for young Swiss veterinarians of SUST and Kompanima
- personal training of experts during SUST operations
- Co-financing of training centres

If you'd like to find out more about other the Specialist Education & Training projects of SUST, please access the German version of the website using your browser's translation extension.

The activities of the Susy Utzinger Animal Welfare Foundation are financed exclusively by donations and legacies (no public support).

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SUST-Tierschutzhelfer Weiterbildung

Februar 2013

Einen intensiven Samstag-Nachmittag lang wurden die SUST-Tierschutzhelferinnen und -Helfer von Tierärztin und SUST-Stiftungsrätin Dr. Janina Werner Heer, TPA Lexi Wagner und Susy Utzinger auf ihre kommenden Tierschutzeinsätze vorbereitet.

Inhalt der theoretischen und praktischen Lektionen waren:
- gängigste Endo- und Ektoparasiten bei Hunden und Katzen (und deren Behandlung)
- Vitalparameter
- gängigste Hunde- und Katzenkrankheiten (Erkennung, Ansteckung, Auswirkungen)
- Desinfektion / sauberes Arbeiten
- Reisekrankheiten von Hunden und Katzen (Problematik / Verbreitung)
- Fixation von Hunden und Katzen
- Umgang mit Medikamenten und Spritzen
- Vorbereiten von Infusionen - Vorbereiten von Operationen
- Verhalten im Tierschutzeinsatz

Diese Weiterbildung wurde unterstützt mit wertvollen Unterlagen der Firma Provet AG in Lyssach. Vielen herzlichen Dank an alle SUST-Tierschutzhelfer, die für diese Weiterbildung ihre Freizeit geopfert haben und ebenso grossen Dank an die Dozentinnen für die intensive und professionelle Vorbereitung und Durchführung dieser wertvollen Weiterbildung!

Country:

Switzerland

5 Pillars:

Education and Training