Dr. Angela Gutzer has been practicing as a Veterinarian since 2007. She started with mixed animals, then transitioned to small animals, locum work, and opening her own mobile service in 2022. Her service, White Feather Mobile Veterinarian, focuses on geriatric, palliative, complementary, and end of life care.
Her deeper interest in death started after the loss of her beloved dog Chloe. She began to seek answers to questions of death as she was enveloped in grief. Her quest led her into the world of animal communication and she gained solace with a personal message from her dear Chloe through a wonderful animal communicator from England.
The loss of her mother further motivated her to learn more about death, leading her to take the contemplative end of life course through ITM (Institute of Traditional Medicine). After writing articles in the local newspaper about her journey through the death care course, she met Nicola Finch and they started the Cariboo Deathcaring Network, offering resources, hosting Death Cafes, and organizing a death festival.
White Feather Mobile Veterinarian was born to hold space for the sacredness in dying. Angela supports both natural death and chemical assistance in the dying process. She believes that animals play an important and valuable role in teaching us how to die with more presence, and with more love.
Her interests revolve around animals, medicine, nature, death, healing, and spirituality and believes that life’s hardships are really gifts bringing us back to who we really are–spiritual beings having a human life. Her losses have led her into exciting avenues including learning how to listen to what animals are saying and really honoring their presence as teachers for her journey.
