Coast Guard Veterinary Unit-Western Visayas

09/12/2025

𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬🩺🐾

Today, we join the global celebration of the International Day of Veterinary Medicine by recognizing the unwavering dedication of all veterinary professionals.

To all veterinarians and animal health workers—thank you for your tireless service and for being champions of animal well-being.

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11/11/2025

𝐀 𝐑𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦

Amid the aftermath of Typhoon “Tino”, CGDWV personnel came across a stranded dog — scared, cold, but still holding on. Through the compassion and quick action of our Coast Guard rescuers, this brave dog was saved and safely reunited with his grateful owner.

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03/11/2025

𝐍𝐎 𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐃! 🐕🐈⛈️

As Tropical Storm Tino approaches, the Coast Guard Field Veterinary Unit – Western Visayas (CG FVU-WV) reminds all pet owners to prioritize the safety of their furry companions. Your pets are part of your family — don’t leave them behind during evacuations or severe weather.

💡 Here are a few reminders to keep your pets safe:

✅ Keep them indoors before and during the storm.
✅ Prepare an emergency kit with food, water, medicine, and leash.
✅ Ensure your pets have identification tags or microchips.
✅ If you evacuate, bring your pets with you.

Together, we can make sure that in every storm — 𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝.

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22/10/2025

20/10/2025

𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒: The Coast Guard Field Veterinary Unit – Western Visayas (CG FVU–WV) received a donation of one (1) desktop computer and one (1) printer from the Air Cavalier Credit Cooperative (ACCC) as part of its logistical support initiative last October 18, 2025.

The said donation was officially turned over in the presence of the Commander and Deputy Commander, Coast Guard District Western Visayas (CGDWV) and the Commanding Officer of FVU-WV.

This act of generosity will greatly enhance the unit’s administrative and operational efficiency in delivering veterinary services, documentation, and coordination activities within its area of responsibility.

The CG FVU–WV expresses its sincere appreciation to the Air Cavalier Credit Cooperative for its continued support and partnership in advancing the Philippine Coast Guard’s mission of service to the nation. 🇵🇭🐾

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03/10/2025

🐾 𝐂𝐆𝐅𝐕𝐔-𝐖𝐕 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝

𝐈𝐂𝐘𝐌𝐈: In celebration of World Rabies Day 2025, the Coast Guard Field Veterinary Unit – Western Visayas (CGFVU-WV), together with the Coast Guard Sub-Station Caluya (CGSS Caluya), participated in the Free Anti-Rabies Vaccination and Mass Castration Drive in Semirara Island last September 29, 2025.

The activity was spearheaded by the Barangay Local Government Unit (BLGU) of Semirara, with the active participation of the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian - Province of Antique and CLARS - Center for Living Animals Rehab and Shelter Antique , and support of the Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC), which forms part of the TANAW (Treatment, Aide, Nutrition and Wellness) flagship project of the BLGU.

This initiative aims to strengthen responsible pet ownership, rabies prevention, and sustainable pet population control in the island, thereby contributing to the nationwide campaign to eliminate rabies and promote animal welfare initiatives.

A total of three hundred three (330) pets availed the services, 277 were vaccinated, and 53 dogs and cats were castrated during the mission.

The Philippine Coast Guard, together with its operational veterinary units around the country, remains committed to serving communities by promoting responsible pet ownership and protecting families against communicable diseases through continuous partnerships and outreach programs.

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29/09/2025

10/09/2025

🩺𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐬: 𝐂𝐆𝐅𝐕𝐔-𝐖𝐕 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐒𝐔 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊: The Coast Guard Field Veterinary Unit – Western Visayas (CGFVU-WV) shares a talk to the students of Capiz State University, College of Veterinary Medicine regarding the role of Coast Guard veterinarians, today, 10 September 2025.

The discussion was led by LCDR Kirk C Acdal PCG (DVM), who emphasized the contributions of Coast Guard veterinarians in ensuring animal welfare, strengthening biosecurity, safeguarding public health, and supporting the mission and mandates of the PCG through out the country.

This initiative serves as an inspiration for future veterinarians, providing them with insights into the vital role of veterinary service in national security and community protection.

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07/09/2025

𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠, 𝑔𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑢𝑝 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒-𝑡𝑜-𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛!🐳

“𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒗𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔? 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏! 🐾💡
𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑔𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑙𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑠, 𝑣𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐺𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑. 🌊🐕🐬

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟, 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝐶𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑧 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐋𝐂𝐃𝐑 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐤 𝐂. 𝐀𝐜𝐝𝐚𝐥, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝: 𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐬, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝.’
𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑐 — 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑣𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑦. 🩺⚓

𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦, 𝑣𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑! 🚤🌍

15/08/2025

🐕 𝐕𝐞𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐲 ⚓

𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐎𝐒: The Coast Guard Field Veterinary Unit – Western Visayas participated in the four - day Boracay Veterinary Mission 2025, held on August 11-14, 2025 in collaboration with the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian – Province of Aklan, Office of the Municipal Agriculturist – Malay, Aklan, Philippine Veterinary Medical Association (PVMA) Philippine Animal Hospital Association (PAHA), and Boracay Vet Mission that took place in various barangays of Boracay Island and Municipality of Malay, Aklan.

A total of 1,233 dogs and cats received veterinary care, that includes anti-rabies vaccination, spay, neuter, and deworming services.

These initiatives aimed to promote animal welfare, prevent spread of animal diseases and manage stray animal population in the world renown island of Boracay.

This activity reflects the Philippine Coast Guard’s commitment to public health and responsible pet ownership, made possible through the dedication of partner organizations, veterinarians, and volunteers.

Kudos to the teams 🫡

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25/07/2025

🐾𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐰𝐬: 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧, 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞

𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊: The Coast Guard Field Veterinary Unit - Western Visayas, together with Coast Guard Station Antique and Coast Guard Sub-Station Libertad, participated in a free castration activity today, July 25, 2025 at Barangay Poblacion, Pandan, Antique.

A total of thirty-four (34) dogs and cats were castrated in the said activity. This initiative was spearheaded by Ms. Meme Candari, in collaboration with the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian - Antique, Office of the Municipal Agriculturist - Pandan, Center for Living Animal Rehab and Shelter (CLARS) - Antique, Veterinary Medical Students from Aklan State University – Banga Campus, and LGU - Pandan.

It aims to promote responsible pet ownership, long term control of stray animal populations, and enhance community awareness on animal health and welfare of the said municipality.

The Philippine Coast Guard remains committed to supporting inter-agency outreach programs that uphold public service, community partnerships, and the humane treatment of animals. 🐶🐾

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22/07/2025

No pets should be left behind! Please carry them with you or at least protect them away from imminent danger 🐕🐈

𝐍𝐎 𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐃! 🐾

The Philippine Coast Guard Field Veterinary Unit - Western Visayas (CGFVU-WV) strongly advocates for responsible pet ownership, emphasizing the need to include animals in disaster preparedness and evacuation plans.

Disasters and emergencies can occur unexpectedly, necessitating urgent evacuations and immediate response measures. In such situations, it is imperative to recognize the vulnerability of animals, particularly household pets, who depend entirely on their owners for survival. Pets are not merely companions; they are integral members of the household and should not be left behind during calamities.

Abandoning animals in disaster-affected areas exposes them to severe risks, including starvation, injuries, and harsh environmental conditions. To mitigate these risks, pet owners are encouraged to develop comprehensive emergency plans that include provisions for their animals. This entails preparing a pet emergency kit containing food, water, essential medications, and proper identification.

Additionally, it is crucial to identify pet-friendly evacuation centers or make prior arrangements for their safety. Staying informed about local disaster protocols and cooperating with animal rescue and welfare organizations further strengthens collective efforts to safeguard animals during crises.

The Philippine Coast Guard Field Veterinary Unit remains steadfast in its commitment to rescuing, treating, and ensuring the welfare of animals affected by natural disasters and other emergencies.

Through proactive measures and coordinated efforts, we can uphold the principle that no pet should be left behind. Let us work together to foster a culture of preparedness and compassion, ensuring the safety and well-being of all members of our households, including our beloved pets.

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