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National Trust Scotland backs beaver reintroduction
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"Beavers are a native species to Scotland and having carefully weighted up the pros and cons, the Trust believes that they should be resident here."
Wild beavers have been extinct in the UK for over 400 years

Beavers should be reintroduced to Scotland, the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) has announced.

In a policy statement, the conservation charity said that the reintroduction of the Eurasian beaver would see a key element of native fauna returned to its natural ecosystem and support the conservation of existing beaver populations in Scotland.

The statement follows an assessment of work and findings from the recent Knapdale Scottish Beaver Trial and the Tayside Beaver Study Group.

Scottish ministers will decide later this year on allowing beavers to remain in Scotland and if wider reintroductions will take place.

Speaking to BBC News, nature advisor Lindsay Mackinlay said: "Beavers are a native species to Scotland and having carefully weighted up the pros and cons, the Trust believes that they should be resident here.

"We would like to see the existing beavers in Argyll and Tayside managed to permit their natural expansion from these core areas and hope that other licensed reintroductions in appropriate areas will augment the existing populations."

Wild beavers have been extinct in the UK for over 400 years. The Scottish Beaver Trial was the first official project of its kind in Britain and a groundbreaking five year study to explore how beavers can enhance and restore natural environments.

Beavers were released into Knapdale Forest in Argyll in 2009 and have since been busy settling into their new home.

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Practices urged to audit neutering data

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 RCVS Knowledge has called on vet practices to audit their post-operative neutering outcomes.

It follows the release of the 2024 NASAN benchmarking report, which collates data from neutering procedures performed on dogs, cats and rabbits.

The benchmarking report enables practices in the UK and Ireland to compare their post-operative outcomes to the national average. This includes the rate of patients lost to follow-up, which in 2024 increased to 23 per cent.

Anyone from the practice can submit the data using a free template. The deadline for next report is February 2026.

Visit the RCVS Knowledge website to complete an audit. 

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RCVS pays tribute to well-loved equine vet

The RCVS and the Riding Establishments Subcommittee has paid tribute to well-loved veterinary surgeon and riding establishment inspector, Rebecca Hamilton-Fletcher MRCVS.

Linda Belton MRCVS, RCVS President, said: "I, along with my colleagues on the RESC, RCVS Council, RCVS Standards Committee, as well as RCVS staff, was very saddened to hear of the sudden death of Rebecca, or Becca as we knew her, last week.

"She was a true advocate for equine welfare and in her many years on the RESC worked to continually improve the quality and consistency of riding establishment inspections, all in the interests of enhanced horse welfare and rider safety."