Luke Gamble
Dr Luke Gamble BVSc DVM&S FRCVS, born 1976, is a British Veterinary Surgeon, founder of international animal welfare charity Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS), and a TV vet. He graduated from the University of Bristol with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc) degree and undertook a post graduate scholarship in large animal medicine and surgery at Cambridge University. He is a Fellow[1] of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Career
In 2003, Luke Gamble founded Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS)[2], an animal welfare charity aimed at improving veterinary care around the world through providing veterinary medication, supplies, and sending volunteers vets to support organisations. In 2013, the charity launched Mission Rabies[3], a project working to combat the spread of rabies through canine vaccination[4]
In 2010 Dr Gamble featured in a Sky TV series called Vet Adventures[5], travelling around the world to areas where veterinary care is limited. In 2015, he featured in a documentary, shown on the National Geographic channel, T. Rex Autopsy.
Publications
Dr Gamble has written many articles for veterinary journals[6][7] and is published as main author / co author or senior author in Vet Times, Vet Record, Clinicians Brief, JSAP, BMC Infectious Disease, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, amongst others. His works as author and co author include:
- Outcomes of a Short-Duration, Large-Scale Canine Rabies Vaccination Campaign in Central Cambodia[8]
- Capturing free-roaming dogs for sterilisation: A multi-site study in Goa, India[9]
- Implementation of a mass canine rabies vaccination campaign in both rural and urban regions in southern Malawi[10]
- The problem of stray dogs[11]
Awards
In 2014 Dr Gamble was given the 'Vet of the Year' award by IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare). In 2016 he was the winner of the WSAVA's Global One Health Award. In 2020 Luke received a Rabies Hero Award from MSD Animal Health, for his work to stop the spread of the disease. In 2023 he was the winner of the BVA Animal Health and Welfare Overseas Award (J. Trevor Blackburn Award). In 2025 he jointly received the RCVS International Award .
In the News
Dr Gamble has featured in news articles across all aspects of his career, including his TV shows, and as part of his work with his charity WVS.
- The Times: How I make it work
- BVA Awards
- Stray dog rescue in Thailand
- WVS opens new centre in Thailand
- Mission Rabies delivers Asia's largest ever vaccination drive
References
- ↑ "Fellows in Focus". Professionals. Retrieved 2024-11-06.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Worldwide Veterinary Service". wvs.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ↑ "Mission Rabies". missionrabies.com. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ↑ "Vet on mission to defeat rabies". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ↑ Vet Adventures (Reality-TV), Luke Gamble, 2010-08-15, retrieved 2025-05-30
- ↑ "Luke Gamble CEO Bachelor of Veterinary Science Research Profile". Research Gate. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
- ↑ "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
- ↑ Gamble, Luke (September 12, 2024). "Outcomes of a Short-Duration, Large-Scale Canine Rabies Vaccination Campaign in Central Cambodia". Animals. 14 (18): 2654. doi:10.3390/ani14182654. PMC 11429455 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 39335244 Check|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Fielding, H. R.; Fernandes, K. A.; Amulya, V. R.; Belgayer, D.; Misquita, A.; Kenny, R.; Gibson, A. D.; Gamble, L.; Bronsvoort, B. M. de C.; Mellanby, R. J.; Mazeri, S. (2023-09-01). "Capturing free-roaming dogs for sterilisation: A multi-site study in Goa, India". Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 218. doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105996. ISSN 0167-5877. PMID 37595388 Check
|pmid=value (help). Unknown parameter|article-number=ignored (help) - ↑ Sánchez-Soriano, Carlos; Gibson, Andrew D.; Gamble, Luke; Bailey, Jordana L. Burdon; Mayer, Dagmar; Lohr, Frederic; Chikungwa, Patrick; Chulu, Julius; Handel, Ian G.; Bronsvoort, Barend M. deC; Mellanby, Richard J.; Mazeri, Stella (2020). "Implementation of a mass canine rabies vaccination campaign in both rural and urban regions in southern Malawi". PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 14 (1): e0008004. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008004. PMC 6999910 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 31971943. - ↑ Gamble, L.; Gibson, A. D.; Shervell, K.; Lohr, F.; Otter, I.; Mellanby, R. J. (August 1, 2018). "The problem of stray dogs". Revue Scientifique et Technique (International Office of Epizootics). 37 (2): 543–550. doi:10.20506/rst.37.2.2822. ISSN 0253-1933. PMID 30747127.
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