Revitahl brings everything about pets to one place

By Lily PASS

WORKING for the RSPCA during the 2019/20 black summer bushfires and during the pandemic, Revitahl Yosef spent a significant time linking people – who had been displaced, or lost their homes and jobs – with services and charities that would help them continue to care for their pets.

Revitahl, of Gowrie, is now a trainee vet nurse and is working as a recep tionist at one of Canberra’s emergency vet clinics.

“When I finally moved into a general practice clinic, I realised there was a gap in knowledge. All the information I had wasn’t really out there, so I really wanted to create a resource that would put it all in one place,” says Revitahl.

“I was driving my partner to work and said I wished there was one place to find all of this information, and he asked ‘why don’t you do it?’ and from there it’s been a snowball.”

That was in May last year, with the result now a live website called PAWS Network ACT.

“PAWS Network ACT is about for Canberrans, and it has grown to include details on how to become a pet owner, what the rules are around microchipping and registration and ex-