HOW A GERMAN VET SAVED HUNDREDS OF STRAY ANIMALS IN GAMBIA

HOW A GERMAN VET SAVED HUNDREDS OF STRAY ANIMALS IN GAMBIA
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Every year thousands of animals all over the world are the victims of human cruelty. People need to be educated and animals need to be protected. Since a lot of people are insensitive about the plight of animals. In today’s video, I’m gonna show you an incredible man who saved thousands if not hundreds of animals in Gambia. So, sit back and grab your snack as we jump right into the video.
Gambia is a small country in Western Africa and a former British colony. It has a high level of poverty, and there are many stray animals roaming the streets.
After having vacationed in the Gambia and noticing that there was not a single veterinary clinic for small animals and pets in there, Dr. Michael Meyer decided to take a risk and loaded up his van with used equipment and drove to the Gambia where he and local veterinarian Dr. Bakary Touray co-founded their clinic in 2009.
Dr. Michael Meyer, is a German vet from Berlin, he is a volunteer in South Africa, by then you can already foresee his passion and dedication with animals. But something made him stay a little longer coz Gambian animals need someone like them. He and his partner built a charity vet clinic to help local stray animals.
Parallel to providing services to the local population, the clinic offers free spaying and neutering of stray dogs and cats in an effort to reduce their numbers. Hurt, sickly and mistreated animals receive additional care and are often placed into foster homes until they are well. All animals are deserving of a life free from fear and pain. Many efforts are made to stop the spread of disease.
To raise awareness for the clinic’s efforts, Dr. Michael Meyer, known affectionately as “Micha” records videos of his patients, the procedures and of life in the Gambia and it's very awesome. These videos can be viewed on the Youtube channels, Vetclinicgambia and Cordylobia Anthropophaga. The most popular videos involve the removal of ticks and Cordylobia Anthropophaga, referred to more commonly as mango worms. Wherein many youtubers use it as a reference too, and of course including myself too.
At the same time he introduced me to the world of Gambia, I saw people, some houses, traditions and this is amazing. Indeed, the country is poor but he found his special way just to show how it is. He's a very positive person – he never judges, he just fights for the animals and educates their owners.
Dogs, cats, horses, cows, sheep and goats, rabbits and guinea pigs, geese, chicken, parrots and turtles are best cared for at Touray & Meyer Vet Clinic in The Gambia! Micha’s two assistants who both go by the name of “Fatou” are also popular with the audience. In fact, they have many supporters too, both local and abroad. All of them together with Dr. Micha have really a good heart with the animals in Gambia that people adore them all.
One of the best videos he shared to us is the Mangoworms extraction on the animals. Mangoworms in humans are also common, with hundreds of videos of their removal from human flesh and it's gross to watch how much more to these furry animals whom I think don't have an owner or someone who are taking care of them.
Gambia has uncountable mangoworm infested animals (specially dogs) with new cases of mango worms emerging from cats and squirrels as well. And Dr. Micha really did a great job helping this animal. He also explains how these animals get infested, how to treat them as well as he educates how people should handle these animals. Not to mention he’s incredible humor while doing such things.
In one video, a Tiny puppy has HUNDREDS of worms squeezed from his skin after being rescued by terrified tourists in Gambia. Dr. Micha explains that mangoworms are a common problem in stray animals. They are the strays that spend their lives on the streets in Gambia, with nobody to care for them.
But thankfully this six-week-old puppy is given the care it needs after concerned passers-by spotted that it was riddled with parasites.
In a disturbing video filmed by a charitable veterinary clinic, the distressed animal is seen whimpering as it has hundreds of worms squeezed from under its skin. The puppy was brought after a German ex-pat spotted it on the streets of Sukuta and realized it needed treatment.
Mangoworm infestations, caused by the mango fly laying eggs and larvae growing under the skin of animals, is a key problem in Gambia. In another video, this young visitor in particular was lucky to be picked up by the caring vets, after becoming riddled with thousands of the maggots.
Squeezing out the worms, measuring between 3-4mm in diameter, Dr. Micha films the procedure as the puppy whimpers in the background.
The larvae of the parasite, known by its scientific name Cordylobia Anthropophaga, settle under the skin of hosts, both animal and human, and grow there until they can emerge and drop off.

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