The task of rehousing dogs from an animal shelter in Wagga Wagga is being made a little easier with the help of veterinary science students at Charles Sturt University (CSU). The students were on hand at the re-opening of Wagga Wagga City Council’s renovated Glenfield Road Animal Shelter in July. There they conducted pre-health checks on the dogs ahead of their transfer by Animal Ambulance to the Veterinary Clinical Centre at CSU’s Wagga Wagga Campus. Under supervision, the fourth year students will spey the dogs and de-worm and vaccinate them against major infectious diseases on Tuesday 29 July and Wednesday 30 July. “Through this valuable work, the students are being taught the principles of anaesthetics and surgery,” said head of Small Animal Surgery at the CSU Veterinary Clinical Centre, Professor Bruce Christie. “These principles can then be generically understood and applied to other animals during surgery.” The dogs have been or will be rehoused through the Council’s animal shelter.