RURAL AREA VETERINARY SERVICES
Rural Area Veterinary Services (RAVS), a program of The Humane Society of the United States and The Fund for Animals is a non-profit program combining community outreach and veterinary education to bring free veterinary services to underserved rural communities where poverty and geographic isolation make regular veterinary care inaccessible.
In 2007, the program's seven staff members and more than 700 volunteers provided veterinary care for animals in over 40 communities where no other animal services exist, including communities on Native American reservations throughout the United States, in rural Appalachian counties, remote villages in Guatemala, and island nations in the Caribbean and Pacific.
Each year RAVS provides over $1 million in free veterinary services to upwards of 8,000 animals, all at no cost to the clients or communities we serve. In addition the program provides valuable training and experience for hundreds of future veterinary professionals that goes far beyond anything they could learn in a classroom alone.
The success of our program depends on the generosity of volunteers and donors who support this important work. You can help us continue by volunteering your time or making a tax-deductible donation.
This website is primarily intended to provide information to prospective volunteers. If you would like to learn more about the RAVS program in general or would like to donate to the program please visit us at www.hsus.org/ravs
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR PROSPECTIVE VOLUNTEERS:
Check our new 'News & Updates' page
for information on the upcoming clinic schedule and other program news!
