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Dr Jeannet Kessels is the chair of AVEA. Her story and motivation to work on climate action recently featured in the Vet Practice magazine. Dr Kessels has established herself as a successful veterinary practitioner and business manager having built two AVA accredited veterinary hospitals of excellence in Queensland. Distressed by the impact of the recent bushfires

Hear Angela Frimberger apear on RN to discuss the recent study which found that the 2019-2020 bushfires killed almost three billion animals, an increase on the one billion previously estimated. The recording can be found here. Angela sits on AVEA’s Board.

Veterinarians for Climate Action appeared in a full-page advert within The Weekend Australian, calling for a plan to address the bushfire threat posed by climate change. Angela Frimberger, our Secretary, attended multiple events to ensure that a veterinarian and animal voice was heard within the talks. One poingant comment is that even if even if

Dr Angela Frimberger of AVEA, joined leading climate scientists, former and current emergency leaders, Indigenous fire practitioners, doctors, farmers, community leaders, social service providers, economists, mayors, bushfire survivors, and many other members of the community for the Emergency Leaders for Climate Action (ELCA) National Bushfire and Climate Summit 2020 over June and July 2020. This report documents key findings

Bill Doak’s farm is on the Gwydir river a major inland perennial river in northern NSW within the Murray-Darling basin. The Gwydir Wetlands supports more breeding waterbirds than anywhere else in Australia when there is adequate water. But lately the river is drying up with catfish and cod dying and floating to the surface. Bill