A wait that turned a routine problem into an emergency. A two-hour drive. A clinic that stopped taking patients. A farm without a large-animal veterinarian. A bill you could not afford because no ordinary appointment existed. These are not anecdotes to be dismissed. They are evidence of what scarcity does.
Trained abroad? If you have taken part in the ECFVG program at any stage, we would like to hear from you: whether you finished it, are still waiting for an examination seat, failed a section, ran out of time on the seven-year clock, or priced it out and never enrolled. We also want to hear from anyone who thinks our reporting on this is wrong. Use the form below and choose the role that fits.
NAVEC uses documented experiences to show policymakers, journalists, regulators, and the public what the veterinary shortage looks like outside a spreadsheet. You decide how your story may be used.
Weeks for an appointment, hours on the road, closed emergency services, or no veterinarian serving your community.
Emergency prices because routine care was unavailable, debt, treatment delayed or declined, or an animal surrendered because care could not be reached.
A shelter, rescue, farm, clinic, or community forced to reduce care because it could not recruit or retain veterinarians.
Please be as specific as you can: where it happened, how long you waited, how far you traveled, what care cost, what was unavailable, and what happened to the animal or people involved.
You may choose publication with your name, anonymous publication, contact-first review, or background-only treatment. Your contact information will not be published without permission.
For confidential or sensitive material, email info@navec.org and ask for NAVEC’s intake team.
Help show policymakers that the shortage is not an abstract projection. It is happening to animals and families now.
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