Dr. Stacy Tinkler is the Head of Veterinary Services at The Donkey Sanctuary Ireland, where she has been working for just over 2 years overseeing the vet team and health of around 1800 donkeys. Prior to her current post, Stacy worked in large animal internal medicine and equine ambulatory practice at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine since 2011. She dedicates part of her life to working equid volunteer veterinary projects through the Equitarian Initiative and has a passion for international veterinary medicine.  She has been participating in various working equid projects in Central and South America for the past 20 years and has worked and volunteered at the American Fondouk in Fes, Morocco. Dr. Tinkler has a particular interest in sustainable veterinary and para-veterinary program development and community education dedicated to working equids and their caregivers in partner communities in Latin America. She loves to be outside, to travel and loves how animals and their welfare unite and bond people from all over the globe.