Kalinda Hansen

After finishing my Certificate II in Animal Studies I joined the team at Greencross Vets as a veterinary nurse. While I’m new to the industry, I am very passionate about doing the best to care for your pets while they are with us until they go home safely.

I have always wanted to work in the veterinary industry after being brought up in rural areas. I have been raised having my own chickens, ducks, cows, birds, sheep, a pig, cats and my absolute favourite animal – dogs!
My dogs have always been my passion, my comfort and my best friends. I have a soft spot for large dog breeds as well as dogs that require special care such as those who suffer from anxiety.

I have two children at home as well as three of my own dogs that keep me busy on my days off.

Moving forward I hope to complete a Certificate IV qualification in veterinary nursing.

Dr Beth Reinders

Veterinarian

Dr Beth Reinders’ life has always revolved around making friends with and taking care of as many animals as possible. She achieved her dream of becoming a veterinarian when she graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Science, a Bachelor of Veterinary Biology and a Bachelor of Veterinary Science.

She headed North from her hometown of Brisbane to a mixed practice in Tully, but after two years she started her career with Greencross Vets in Townsville. After nearly 15 happy years she popped up to Cairns for some “temporary” locum work and fell in love with the city and surrounds, as well as the team at the clinics. Within months she came to join the Cairns team permanently in November 2019.

Dr Beth is well known as a crazy cat lady and has a special interest in feline geriatric medicine and emergency medicine and surgery, having moonlighted as a Sunday emergency vet and student mentor at the JCU vet school in Townsville. Even on difficult days she is passionate about her work and could never imagine doing anything else.

She has had two trips to Port Moresby to do volunteer work for the RSPCA, the first of which was generously funded by Greencross Vets. On the second trip she packed up some supplies and travelled alone to set up a clinic in an abandoned school in Kimbe, the capital of the West New Britain Provence. Even reading this she gets a shiver to think of how brave (or stupid!) she was, as many parts of the country are not the safest places in the world.

For the first time ever, Beth has become pet-less, and is in a pet free apartment. As soon as she is settled she plans to buy a fish, or maybe a yabbie. It’s a big decision. Watch this space…