World Vets - chance to volunteer

[MelissaFlipski]

Pretty cool. I found this on the web via Craig's List. You can volunteer and travel the world and work alongside vets.

http://www.worldvets.org./

[slartibartfast]

I saw that on CL too, and it looked amazing. My vet and I were actually talking last year about doing something similar, but just don't have the wherewithal to pull it off unaided. The trip logs made it look like a wonderful experience.

My problem with it is that I've looked and looked for other references to them on the web, and can't find any. They say they've been doing this for several years, so you would think more info would be available.

Also, you have to purchase a $40 "membership" before you can even be considered for a position on one of the trips.

They are listed as a 501(c)3, so I suppose they are probably legit, but it kinda raised some red flags.

Plus, they are spamming the snot out of Craigslist, and don't really appear anywhere else. It just seemed...iffy.

[littleindiangirl]

Were you able to find any info on the DVM's that participate?

[littleindiangirl]

http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/people-vcs/faculty/memon.aspx

http://www.hometownvet.com/doctor.htm

Well, of the two I searched, they do infact seem to be real people. But kinda weird that they just cropped the pics from their own website to use for this world vet's website.
No mention of world vets on their own pages, except the Memon guy does do abroad studies...

[MelissaFlipski]

Hmmm.... interesting. Maybe it is a scam cooked up by vets? No idea. I'll do some research, too.