By Heather Brookshire, DVM, DAVCO By day Nicole Ballard works with animals as a licensed veterinary technician with Coastal Virginia Veterinary Dermatology. Off the job, she is a foster rock star, volunteering her time fostering and training puppies to help service members with disabilities through Mutts With A Mission. [READ MORE]
Vaida Moore founded the Feral Affairs Network (FAN) in 2016 to help address the problem of overpopulation of community cats in Hampton Roads. The nonprofit organization’s primary goal is to trap-neuter-return (TNR) feral or community cats to their environment, while providing support to their caretakers in need. Ultimately, this results [READ MORE]
Dr. Turkan Ertugrul wants to save all the dogs and cats she can. The founder of the Virginia Beach-based Saver of Souls Pet Rescue, she is slowly, but surely making a dent in the number of homeless pets that cross her path. For the past few years, she and her [READ MORE]
At Animal Vision Center of Virginia, we love working with local animal support groups. In Hampton Roads, we are fortunate to have a variety of animal advocacy nonprofits, from ones that provide wildlife rehabilitation services to others that operate safe places that shelter and adopt out pets. One such group, [READ MORE]
