Jack Reece

Jack ReeceJack Reece BVSc, BSc, FRCVS, qualified from the University of Liverpool in 1994 and spent four years in rural practice in north Devon before taking up a six‑month voluntary position at Help in Suffering in Jaipur, India, where he has been since, apart from brief spells as a locum in the UK and Hong Kong, and as a temporary veterinary inspector during the foot-and-mouth outbreak, serving in Galashiels.
Jack’s main responsibilities in Jaipur are for a street dog and rabies control programme, and for the associated research programme, but he is also involved in many aspects of the charity’s veterinary work with equids, camels and rescued animals, and increasingly with management and fund‑raising for the charity.
He was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College in 2017 for meritorious contribution to the profession.

October 2023

Jack Reece discusses the likelihood of the disease being seen more frequently in this country among imported dogs.

20 mins

October 2021

Jack Reece discusses the establishment, treatment and prevention of this cancer in dogs.

26 mins

July 2021

Jack Reece BVSc, BSc, MRCVS discusses the outcome of the Indian charity he volunteers for moving to using a surgical pack for a single spay.

25 mins

June 2021

Jack Reece discusses the case of a chestnut Marwari presenting with a lesion that had grown and was ulcerated.

26 mins

January 2019

Jack Reece details a case where a male camel presented with this complaint and how it was solved.

24 mins

March 2017

Jack Reece discusses the importance of student vets gaining job experience and how some colleges fail to prepare them.

18 mins

July 2016

Jack Reece describes how carrying out a routine spay led him to consider the origins of various medical terms.

19 mins

September 2015

Control of the large populations of free-roaming dogs found throughout the developing world has been … more

21 mins

August 2014

JACK REECE BVSc, BSc, MRCVS reports from Jaipur in Rajasthan, India where he works as … more

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August 2013

JACK REECE looks at the career of a 19th century American surgeon who championed early … more

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June 2012

Jack Reece reports on the work being done at charity Help in Suffering in India … more

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April 2012

Jack Reece looks back on how the UK’s first veterinarian in the British Isles also … more

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January 2012

Jack Reece attended and spoke at the HSUS/HSI’s 20th annual animal welfare event in Orlando, … more

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June 2009

Jack Reece recalls when the establishment of a veterinary camp helped mitigate suffering in goat … more

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March 2009

Jack Reece warns of the unheralded threat to the UK surrounding sexually transmitted cancer in … more

19 mins

September 2008

JACK REECE finds that India’s economic growth is having an impact on increasingly diminishing rural … more

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