Luke Gamble

Luke is a vet. He graduated from Bristol University in ‘99 and additionally spent a year on a clinical scholarship at Cambridge University studying large animal medicine and surgery.

Having gained experience for a few years, in 2005 Luke set up his own practice, Pilgrims Veterinary Practice. Based in the New Forest in the South of England, it treats all types of animals and employs six vets located between branches in Cranborne and Fordingbridge.

With a remit to help as many animals (and people) as he can in his career, Luke’s passion is his extracurricular work with the charities Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS) and Mission Rabies which he founded in 2003 and 2013 respectively. Luke is the CEO of both organisations, and to date has raised over six million pounds to support the charities and associated projects around the world.

Key flagship initiatives including the launch of WVS India in 2010, WVS Thailand in 2015, establishing three international training centres (two in India, one in Thailand), the Mission Rabies project to eliminate rabies from Malawi and the Indian State of Goa, as well as designing and shipping an all terrain 6x6 Mercedes Zetros as the ultimate overland veterinary mobile operating/teaching unit and shipping it to India.