Supporters
WVEA thanks all our supporters for their invaluable and ongoing commitment.
WVEA’s supporters are essential in our mission to protect the animals we love and need, the people who depend on them, and the planet we all share. Together, we advance practical, science-based action across the veterinary sector for a sustainable and liveable future. Your support enables WVEA to have a greater impact for change.
Corporate Partners
Coniston Fund
Member Organisations
Ethopian Small Animal Vet Association (ESSAV)
Ugandan Vet Climate Action Network
Ukrainian Veterinary Business Owner's Union
WVEA appreciates the generous support from these businesses.
Key Supporters
Dr Olatunji Nasir
World Veterinary Association (WVA) President Elect,
Commonwealth Veterinary Association (CVA) Past President & Programs Director,
WVA's Chairman Pharmaceutical Stewardship Working Group,
Vice President SAVAN.
Ambassador of AFSCAN,
Founder Truthmiles Animal Hospital Lagos
Dr Helen Scott-Orr
AM PSM,
BVSc (Hons) DipBact (Lond) MANCVS (Epidemiology),
Former Inspector-General Biosecurity Australia,
Former Chief Veterinary Officer of New South Wales & Executive Director within the NSW Department of Primary Industries
Dr Robyn Alders
AO. Honorary Professor, Australian National University & Tufts University, USA.
Member Council for the Human Future & Co-Lead OFFLU Socio-Economic Working Group.
Dr Abubakar Bala Muhammed
DVM MSc MBA AGMP FCVSN
Consultant & Fellow in Veterinary Surgery at College of Veterinary Surgeon, Nigeria
Northern Co-ordinator Small Animal Veterinary Association Nigeria (SAVAN)
Director Cerca Africa
Prof Vanessa Barrs
BOCHK Chair Professor of Veterinary Medicine
Chair Professor of Companion Animal Health and Disease (VCS)
Dean of the Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences (JCC)
Past president of the International Society of Companion Animal Infectious Diseases
Dr Samuel Derso Tezera
DVM | Vaccinologist
Veterinary Epidemiologist | One Health
Ambassador of AFSCAN
WSAVA One Health Committee
Rabies Specialist
Associate Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology, University of Gondar, Ethiopia,
President of Ethiopian Society of Small Animal Veterinarians
Dr Petra Sindern
World Veterinary Association (WVA) Europe -
Councillor & Chair Animal Welfare WG
Federal Association of German Veterinary Practitioners (bpt)
- Vice President & Chair of Sustainability WG
Prof Tharanga Thoradeniya
Director Center for Planetary Health,
Professor Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Colombo
Dr Michael Banyard
OAM, Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) Fellow and Former President, Florey Fellow
Dr Laura Higham
Vet Sustain Founder Director, Programme Manager & Veterinary Consultant FAI Farms
Dr Liza Schneider
Co-founder of SustainaVet
Founder and Director of Holistic Vets and ARRC Wildlife Trust
New Zealand
Dr Alain Moussu
Chairman of Vétérinaires Pour la Biodiversité (VPB). Founder of LPO PACA and Univet Nature Amateur ornithologist
Ray Dimakarri Dixon
Indigenous Leader - Elliott, NT
Dr Finola McConaghy
BVSc (Medal), DipVetClinStud, PhD
Dr Paul van der Merwe
President South African Veterinary Association, One Health Consultant.
Mr Frank Shadforth
Owner - Seven Emu Station, NT
Shreya Patel
Clinical veterinary student, University of Cambridge
COP Project Delegate (COP29) and Partnerships Lead (COP30-COP31), ClimaTalk
Dr. Jeremy Watson
BVSc (Hons), MANZCVS (SA Surgery)
VfCA - Chair of the Climate Care Program (CCP) Advisory Committee
Laura Gelder-Robertson
Alumni & Assessor CISL Net Zero,
Sustainability Lead at Webinar Vet
TEDx Speaker on Climate & Nature
Dr Jeannet Kessels
DVM, Founder of WVEA and Vets for Climate Action (VfCA)