Animal Ambulance & Rescue

09/10/2026

Today one of our transfers saw us at AURA Veterinary, it’s such a pleasure to transfer in and out of aura. 24/7 the communities animal ambulance service. sussex and the south east.

07/10/2026

🐾 Another very busy week for Animal Ambulance & Rescue! 🚑

It’s been a full on week for our teams, with pet patient transfers, routine transfers, wildlife call outs and animal welfare incidents all part of what we do to support animals and the people who care for them across our community.

We’re incredibly proud to offer a wide range of services designed to support the public just as much as the animals in our care.

Something we’re often told by the people we help is that our teams go above and beyond. We take the time to make sure that the animal is safe, but also that the person with them is okay too. Sometimes that little bit of extra reassurance can make all the difference.

As a non profit service, we’re proud to provide a range of free and reduced cost services 24/7, 365 days a year. But keeping this service running takes funding.

Every donation, fundraiser, sponsorship and bit of support helps us continue answering the calls, attending emergencies and being there for animals and their owners when they need us most.

We’re here for the community and with your support, we can continue to be.

🚑🐾 Animal Ambulance & Rescue The Community’s Animal Ambulance Service.

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02/10/2026

🚨 Emergency Transfer GDV Surgery 🚨

Our Animal Ambulance team was called to assist with the transfer of a patient from Vets 4 Pets to Vets Now following emergency surgery for (GDV), also known as bloat.

The patient presented with sudden signs of distress, including abdominal swelling, repeated attempts to vomit with only a small amount of froth produced, panting, restlessness and significant discomfort.

Following examination, blood tests and X rays, GDV was confirmed. This is a life threatening emergency requiring immediate veterinary intervention.

Emergency surgery was performed to reposition the twisted stomach and secure it in place with a gastropexy to help reduce the risk of recurrence. Thankfully, the stomach was found to be healthy, the intestines remained viable, and the spleen improved in appearance during surgery.

Following the procedure, the patient was transferred by our ambulance team to Vets Now for overnight hospitalisation, continued pain relief, close monitoring and post operative care.

A huge thank you to the veterinary team at Vets 4 Pets for their urgent treatment and to Vets Now for continuing this patient’s care.

This case highlights just how quickly GDV can become life threatening and why immediate veterinary attention is essential. If your pet develops a swollen abdomen, repeatedly tries to vomit without bringing anything up, becomes restless or shows signs of sudden abdominal pain, seek emergency veterinary care immediately.

We are proud to support veterinary teams by providing safe and compassionate transfers when patients need continued specialist care.

Animal Ambulance & rescue provides profesional 24/7 pet ambulance and veterinary transport services across Surrey, London, Sussex and hampshire Our team delivers safe, compassionate and medically equipped transport for pets and wildlife in need or urgent or routine veterinary care. Each ambulance is...

29/09/2026

🚑🐾 A delicate transfer ❤️

On 24 September, we were called to assist with an incredibly delicate transfer from Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists to The Ralph

This sweet girl had become critically unwell following severe gastrointestinal disease and suspected sepsis. Despite intensive treatment and oxygen therapy, her breathing deteriorated significantly and she required intubation and mechanical ventilation.

The decision was made to transfer Mabel to an ECC facility, where she could receive the specialist level of ventilation and intensive care she needed.

This was far from a routine journey.

She was intubated and ventilated throughout the transfer, with continuous monitoring and care required every step of the way. To ensure her safety, our ambulance consisting of a veterinary surgeon, a veterinary nurse and a veterinary care assistant, alongside the equipment and support needed for this highly complex journey.

Every movement had to be carefully considered, and the team worked together throughout the transfer to keep her as stable as possible.

We’re incredibly proud of our crew for handling such a challenging and sensitive transfer with the care, professionalism and compassion it required.

A huge thank you also goes to the teams at Anderson Moores and the Ralph for the specialist care surrounding Mabel’s journey.

Sometimes, getting a critically ill patient from one hospital to another is much more than simply driving from A to B.

It’s about bringing the right people, equipment and clinical care together on the road, when every second matters. 🚑🐾

We’re wishing this little girl, her family and the veterinary teams caring for her all the very best. ❤️

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28/09/2026

25/09/2026

Authority Assist Service 🐾

Recently, one of our welfare team members attended a property on behalf of Social Services to assist with a sensitive call involving a dog that had sadly passed away several days earlier.

This was a situation that required understanding, compassion and knowledge of animal welfare. Our ambulance was dispatched to collect the body of the 10 year old dog, which was then transported directly to a pet crematorium.

We hold the appropriate licences required to transport deceased companion animals, and every collection is carried out with dignity, respect and care.

This is exactly why we offer our Authority Assist Service. Every situation is different, and sometimes agencies need specialist animal welfare support when dealing with challenging or sensitive circumstances.

Our experienced team is ready to assist when help is needed.

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23/09/2026

🐾 A day in one of our animal ambulances 🚑🐾

Every day is different for our team, and when we set off in one of our ambulances, we never quite know where the day will take us or what the next job will be.

Our first call of the day took us to a veterinary practice in Streatham, London, to collect a much loved dog who had sadly passed away. We transported the patient to the Royal Veterinary College’s Pathology Department for a post-mortem examination.

We regularly carry out these sensitive transfers and hold the appropriate licence to transport deceased pets. We understand how difficult these journeys can be for owners and veterinary teams, and we always handle every patient with the dignity and care they deserve.

From there, we headed down to Sussex for a routine veterinary transport to a practice in Storrington, before being called to an emergency in Portsmouth.

This time, we were transporting a 7 year old Labrador Retriever cross, who was critically unwell.

Mabel had initially presented to the vets following severe vomiting and diarrhoea. She had been extremely dehydrated and was showing signs of gastrointestinal illness and ileus. Despite intensive treatment, including intravenous fluids, pain relief, anti sickness medication and continuous infusions she sadly deteriorated.

Further investigations were carried out, including blood tests, ultrasound and X rays. Her condition progressed to suspected sepsis, with low blood pressure and blood glucose requiring intensive monitoring and additional medication. She also required a plasma transfusion as her protein levels continued to fall.

At the time of her transfer she was very poorly and extremely flat, requiring ongoing intensive veterinary care.

Our role is to safely and calmly transport patients between veterinary practices, whether they are stable routine transfers or critically ill patients requiring continuous care and monitoring. We work closely with veterinary teams to make sure every journey is carried out as safely as possible.

🚑 We are here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Wherever the next call takes us, our ambulances are ready to go.

20/09/2026

🚑🐾 3AM TRANSFER AND AN UNEXPECTED RESCUE

Early this morning, our Animal Ambulance & Rescue team collected Lilli, a poorly Dalmatian from Veteris for an urgent transfer to the Queen Mother Hospital at the RVC.

Lilli has undergone major abdominal surgery following a linear foreign body that caused intestinal damage and perforation. She requires ongoing intensive care including IV fluids, pain relief, medication, nutritional support and close monitoring by a veterinary nurse led team. ❤️‍🩹

But while travelling to the RVC, our team spotted an Akita wandering along the North Circular.

Without hesitation, they stopped and safely secured him. 🐕

He is now known as Rocky, and thanks to the amazing team at Medivet Hendon, he was taken into their care so our crew could continue Lilli’s urgent transfer.

Two dogs. One ambulance. One very long night.

Huge thanks to Medivet Hendon for helping Rocky, and to our team for going above and beyond for both patients. 🚑🐾

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18/09/2026

The day has already begun

🐾 Veterinary teams don’t forget about us when your patient needs transferring to referral. 🚑🐾

When a patient needs to travel from your practice to a referral hospital our animal ambulances are there to make that journey as safe, calm and well supported as possible.

But there’s one really important step before we send an ambulance we need to speak with you.

Whether you’re a vet, RVN or another member of the clinical team, that conversation allows us to understand:

🩺 The patient’s history and current condition
💊 What treatment has already been given
❤️ Their ongoing monitoring and care needs
🚑 What level of support they require during transfer
🏥 Where they are being referred and what the receiving team needs to know

Our team includes vets, nurses and VCAs, meaning we have different levels of clinical experience available to support transfers according to the individual patient’s needs.

That’s why your call is so important. We don’t want to simply send an ambulance — we want to send the right level of care for the patient.

From routine transfers through to patients requiring closer monitoring and clinical support, we’ll talk through the case with you and work together to make sure the journey is appropriately planned.

So, veterinary practices, please think of us as part of your referral pathway. 🐾

📞 Give our team a call when you’re arranging a patient transfer, talk us through the case, and let’s work together to get your patient safely from practice to referral.

Because every patient deserves the right journey, with the right support, all the way to referral. 🚑

15/09/2026

It’s been a little while since we’ve posted and honestly, it’s because we’ve been non stop! 🐾🚑

Here at Animal Ambulance & Rescue, we’ve been busy carrying out emergency transfers, routine pet taxis, hospital transfers and rescues, helping animals get where they need to be safely.

We thought it was time to share a little of what we’ve been up to behind the scenes.

🐾 One particularly serious case

We recently transported a large dog who had undergone surgery to remove a mast cell tumour. Initially recovering well, they unfortunately developed severe bloody diarrhoea and vomiting before becoming critically unwell.

They required intensive veterinary care, including IV fluids, glucose supplementation, pain relief, anti sickness medication and continuous monitoring. They also developed low blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythms during the night.

Ultrasound and X rays showed significant gastrointestinal changes consistent with severe enteritis and ileus.

This was a very poorly patient, and it highlighted just how quickly an animal’s condition can change. ❤️

🐕 GDV when every minute matters

Another recent emergency involved a dog suffering from GDV (gastric dilatation-volvulus), commonly known as a twisted stomach.

GDV is a life-threatening emergency where the stomach fills with gas and can twist, severely affecting blood flow and putting the patient into shock.

These cases require urgent veterinary treatment and often emergency surgery, so getting the patient safely to the veterinary team as quickly as possible is incredibly important.

If your dog develops a swollen abdomen, repeatedly tries to vomit but nothing comes up, becomes restless, weak or collapses, seek emergency veterinary attention immediately.

🔴 GDV is not something to wait and see with.

🐶 Some of our other recent transfers have included:

• A dog with a broken leg and severely ingrown nails growing into the paw pad. They were understandably in significant pain and had become aggressive as a result. We carefully managed the transfer to keep everyone safe while getting them the treatment they needed.

• A cat suffering from aspiration, requiring oxygen support and careful handling during transport.

• Numerous routine hospital transfers, discharges, veterinary appointments and pet taxis.

• And plenty of rescue work, helping animals who need assistance getting to safety or accessing veterinary care.

Every journey is different.

Some animals are happy passengers, while others are frightened, painful or critically ill. Our job isn’t simply to get an animal from A to B it’s to make that journey as safe, calm and comfortable as possible.

We’re incredibly grateful to the veterinary teams who trust Animal Ambulance & Rescue with their patients, and to all the owners and rescuers who put their trust in us during what can be incredibly stressful times.

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Animal Ambulance & rescue provides profesional 24/7 pet ambulance and veterinary transport services across Surrey, London, Sussex and hampshire Our team delivers safe, compassionate and medically equipped transport for pets and wildlife in need or urgent or routine veterinary care. Each ambulance is...