Equine experts and small animal veterinarians held a class recently in animal first aid to help address the lack of veterinary care on the Island.

Martha’s Vineyard Airport officials voted Thursday to approve a new lease for Animal Health Care Associates, one of the few remaining pet care facilities on the Island. 

Island veterinarian Constance Breese is closing her practice as Animal Health Care Associates fights to retain its lease at the airport.

Kirsten Sauter, the now-retired veterinarian behind My Pet's Vet on State Road, and her husband David sold the building on August 24 for $1.3 million to R.W. Bryant Realty, LLC.

Responding to the Island's dwindling number of veterinarians, All Pets Medical Center visited the Vineyard earlier in July and gave care to about 20 cats and dogs.

If you're a pet owner on Martha’s Vineyard and you have a veterinarian, you're one of the lucky ones.

For more than three decades, Kirsten Sauter has been there for Vineyard pet owners. But last week, Dr. Sauter told her clients that she plans to retire and close her practice in April.

Sherborn-based veterinarian Suzanne Loheac came to the Island last week to lead a class in emergency equine first aid at the Misty Meadows barn in West Tisbury.

What started as a lovely family dinner turned into a dark scenario as our French bulldog named Willow deteriorated physically by the hour.

Dr. Steven W. Atwood of Animal Heath Care Associates in West Tisbury was recently elected chairman of the Veterinary Medicine Academy of the prestigious National Academies of Practice at the NAP’s annual meeting and spring forum in Washington, D.C. The NAP is comprised of 10 health care academies whose members include top individuals in their field. Becoming a fellow of the NAP is considered a high honor; only the most distinguished professionals are considered for nomination and election.