Who We Are & What We Do

The Canadian Animal Assistance Team (CAAT) is a group of Veterinary Technologists. Veterinary Assistants, Veterinarians and concerned animal welfare members dedicated to providing veterinary medicine and humane education for needy animals worldwide.  CAAT is a registered charity under the Canadian Income Tax Act.

Founded by Vancouver Registered Animal Health Technologist Donna Lasser in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, CAAT sent 82 Veterinarians and Technologists to Louisiana in September and October, 2005. While in Louisiana, CAAT members aided in the rescue, medical and husbandry needs of thousands of animals displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Since 2005, CAAT has been continuously growing as an organization.  There are members all across Canada with headquarters in Vancouver and in Ontario.  Along with continuing to be available as a disaster response team worldwide, CAAT is also dedicated to providing Animal Wellness Clinics to communities with limited or no access to veterinary services for their animals.  The teams provide spay/neuter, deworming and vaccination services to the animals in need.

CAAT is continuing to develop its volunteer base and organizational infrastructure necessary to be able to continue to respond to the veterinary needs of domestic animals in communities in need and to be able to continue to serve as a disaster response team.