Society of B.C. Veterinarians says the province needs about 100 new vets each year to keep up with retirements and a growing population.
With no B.C. vet school, the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatchewan has been training B.C. vets for five decades, along with students from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and, for many years until it opened its own college, Alberta.
Large farm animals can’t be transported to a vet clinic three hours away, requiring rural vets to spend hours on the road. In emergency cases, the long drive can take them away from a fully scheduled day of routine cases — or, if the emergency comes in the middle of the night, away from their homes and families.The rancher believes the quickest way to solve the problem, which isn’t unique to B.C., is adding seats in Saskatchewan.An economic impact study is underway to determine if B.C.
The issue has impacted all areas of B.C. and both large and small animal vets, she said, with people seeking care for livestock on Vancouver Island and northern B.C. hit the hardest.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.In cases of non-urgent procedures, a pet owner in the Lower Mainland might wait one or two weeks for an appointment. In the north, it might be six months.
At Thursday’s news conference announcing the funding, Adrian Walton, owner of Dewdney Animal Hospital in Maple Ridge, said that his family was vacationing without him because he’s the only vet in what should be a four-vet practice.Article content
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