AMRRIC (Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities) has won a Special Award in one of the largest and most prestigious veterinary awards in the world, the International Canine Health Awards (ICHA). AMRRIC is the first organisation ever to win an ICHA award and was given the accolade in recognition of their extraordinary work […]
Continue ReadingVeterinarian Jan Allen has had a varied career, working around Australia and the South Pacific, but it is her work in Indigenous communities which she has found most rewarding. Allen is currently the One Health Program Manager for Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities (AMRRIC). The organisation is a national, non-profit charity founded […]
Continue ReadingAn AMRRIC program to recruit Indigenous animal management workers in several Northern Territory shires has progressed with the appointment of a project manager, whilE East Arnhem Shire has also formally confirmed its involvement in the program. Veterinarian John Skuja has taken up the position of Project Manager with AMRRIC. Skuja has a background in emergency […]
Continue ReadingThe Tasmanian devil, the world’s largest marsupial carnivore, is facing possible extinction in the wild due to a transmissible facial cancer known as Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) (Figure 1). DFTD is spread when living cancer cells are spread between animals by biting. In DFTD, the living cancer cell itself is the infectious agent […]
Continue ReadingAnimal Management in Remote and Rural Indigenous Communities has announced Ted Donelan, a veterinarian from Melbourne who has worked with indigenous communities for more than 15 years, as its new President and Bayer Animal Heath as a partner. Both are set to give AMRRIC a boost as it strives to improve animal management in Australia’s […]
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