AMRRIC continues in management activities in Maningrida

Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities (AMRRIC) staff visited Maningrida recently as part of the ongoing animal management programs within the community.
The staff, Courtney and Lauren, were grateful to have Boaz Mason from West Arnhem Regional Council (WARC) assist them to liaise with residents, collect an animal census and administer anti-parasitic treatments for animals. He also helped to teach them snippets from one of the many local languages spoken within Maningrida.
Thanks to generous support from the FRRR, there, the staff went door-to-door delivering anti-parasite treatments, sharing knowledge around animal health and care, and collecting a dog and cat population census using the #AMRRICApp.
Maningrida, like most remote Indigenous communities, does not have a permanent veterinary clinic, so the visit allowed residents to seek information and advice about caring for their animals, learn of plans for the upcoming visiting veterinary service and also add their animals to the vet job list.
It is clear that Maningrida residents value vet services and healthy and well-managed dog and cat populations; and many residents nominated their dogs and cats for desexing and the community were welcoming of the information and treatments on offer. 
The census data collected during the week will be analysed and provided to West Arnhem Regional Council, to assist in informing ongoing animal management activities within the community.

Courtney and Lauren said it was a wonderful trip and their determination to learn did not go unnoticed with many residents sharing a laugh with them while helping to fine tune their pronunciations of the local languages.
The visit will further support the veterinary delivery conducted by Alex Burleigh and his team from Katherine Veterinary Clinic.
AMRRIC staff wish to thank the community and Boaz for their wonderful assistance.
AMRRIC is a not-for-profit organisation that uses a One Health approach to coordinate veterinary and education programs in rural and remote Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Our One Health approach recognises the inextricable links between human, animal and environmental health and wellbeing.