Tree Of Life For Animals

My name is Emer and I am a vet from Dublin, Ireland. Last year, after three years in mixed practice, I decided to go travelling. I always knew I wanted to do some volunteer work while I was away and it made sense to use my skills so I simply googled animal charities and TOLFA [...]

Education is the Key! This is a fact that TOLFA has always known.
We believe that the reason the majority of animals come through our doors is due to lack of education or fear. Lack of education leads to wounds not being treated and becoming infected, signs of illness not being reacted to quickly enough and [...]

Jo Pilc was one of our nurturing volunteers in 2009 and thanks to her and her friends and colleagues we were able to build Dave, our blind resident from Kennel E13, a personal run. Now he can enjoy some freedom without feeling the need to attack anything in his path.

Dave with Sharda in his very [...]

There have been lots of changes on the Board of Trustees in the UK.
We now have a new Managing Trustee, Kym Barratt. Kym first found TOLFA whilst travelling in India in 2006 and ended up volunteering for 6 months at the hospital. After returning to the UK she joined the Board as Volunteer Co-ordinator, followed [...]

Another volunteer comes through our doors, experiencing a great stay in India and leaving with happy memories. Read Janette’s story.

I volunteered with TOLFA during my third year of veterinary school with three other classmates. It was an amazing experience and I came away from it with an appreciation for what clinics in the Western world [...]

After hearing about us at the BVNA Veterinary Nurse Congress, Sam decide to visit us during her round the world adventure . Here’s the story of how she made a difference to the animals at TOLFA.

Greer Tison recently returned from a volunteer placement with us. It sounded like she had an amazing time and she wanted to share her experience with you all.
My time in India
During my third year of veterinary school I volunteered with TOLFA during March break in order to gain hands on experience with animals of all [...]

Although TOLFA is primarily a charity that has been set up with the aim of helping animals, we have always been very conscious that in a country such as India, with so much human suffering, our work should also reflect this. With our Rabies eradication project and rescue project running well, our focus is [...]

Robin came to TOLFA and stayed with us for 6 months as a Project Raja Nurturing Volunteer. Here’s a lovely success story from Robin about Arrow the Labrador.
A Labrador’s Tail
On my first day working at TOLFA I was being shown around and was guided into one of the blocks of kennels. Immediately, this rather nice [...]

Here’s what Kirsty had to say about her volunteering experience at our hospital in India.