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Animal Health & Welfare

All animals deserve a healthy life. But safeguarding that right often depends on people with knowledge, compassion, and courage—people like Tufts faculty and students. On multiple fronts they champion animal health and welfare, from protecting endangered wildlife to developing medical therapies for companion animals.

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Jumbos for Jumbos: Drones for Elephant Conservation

Support the Tufts Elephant Conservation Alliance's groundbreaking mission to track and protect elephants.

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Tufts Crowdfunding

Helping Tufts community members raise money to bring their ideas to life.

  • Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine was the first to establish a Center for Animals and Public Policy, and the first to develop a veterinary ethics textbook.
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In Good Hands
Investments in simulation facilities give future physicians, dentists, and veterinarians the chance to hone their clinical skills
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Pet Care for All
The Irving and Phyllis Millstein Foundation for Animal Welfare underpins affordable pet care as it perpetuates a legacy of compassion.