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coloradocat
19th September 2011
coloradocat
A cat that went missing in Colorado has been found five years later, wandering the streets of Manhattan. The cat was taken to a pet shelter, which traced Willow the cat back to a family in Colorado thanks to a microchip. While workers at the shelter are unsure as to who had been caring for Willow, it was obvious that she had been looked after on her travels. She apparently ran away from her family in Colorado during a home renovation project. She is now set to jet back to her family.
Pup Aid
15th September 2011
Pup Aid
Puppy Awareness Week continues! Dozens of celebrities from soaps, film and reality TV shows will gather once again for Brighton's annual PUP AID Puppy Farming Awareness Day on Sunday September 18th at Stanmer House. Celebrities such as Eastenders' Patsy Palmer, Harry Potter's Mark Williams, as well as Meg Mathews, Ali Bastian and Peter Egan will become fun dog show judges for the day to help educate the public about the correct and responsible way to choose a dog - by either adopting from a rescue home or visiting an ethical breeder like the Kennel Club's assured breeders.
Tootsie
12th September 2011
Tootsie
A cat left for dead by a hit-and-run driver has recovered after learning how to swim! Tootsie was left with a shattered right leg after the accident and vets warned he might have to be put down. But by taking regular swimming sessions in a pet hydrotherapy pool, Tootsie made a remarkable recovery and is back to full fitness in just four months. The regular gentle exercise built up his muscle strength without putting too much pressure on his fragile limbs. He is the first cat ever to use the water facility in Hereford and "swam naturally from the moment he entered the pool."
Hedgehogblog
6th September 2011
Hedgehogblog
Vets in Nottingham found themselves baffled when they were presented with a hedgehog - stuck inside a log. A pair of vets at the PDSA's Nottingham branch spent forty-five minutes trying to free the hedgehog, who was trapped in a log with just his head emerging from a hole. After various failed attempts, vets Jim Kellow and Ava Firth eventually succeeded in saving the hedgehog using a chisel and a bone saw. He came out "quite misshapen" but was released, fully recovered, back into the wild the next day.
blog8
18th August 2011
blog8
Congratulations to the seven farriers who have become the first to graduate from a farriery science degree course offered by Myerscough College. They had to complete both practical and theoretical elements and write a 10,000 word thesis to complete their BSc degree, which they all, as practising farriers, completed through part-time learning. Their theses have been accepted by the Worshipful Company of Farriers, which renders them eligible candidates for the WCF fellowship.
blog6
8th August 2011
blog6
A survey carried out by the Cats Protection League has highlighted a bizarre mix of objects cats have dragged home to their owners as 'gifts.' One cat presented its owner with a string of Christmas lights, another with a bra and another with a 10 note. More items of 'prey' have included a fibre optic lamp, some swimming goggles and a feather duster. Maggie Roberts, the charity's director of veterinary services, explained that most of the objects cats find "mimic their quarry in some way by their texture...although quite how Christmas lights could be mistaken for prey is mystifying."
blog5
4th August 2011
blog5
A young researcher has been given national recognition for her significant success in her animal welfare work. Dr Lucy Asher, of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science at the University of Nottingham, is currently heading a five-year project assessing whether young dogs are likely to be proficient guide dogs. She is one of three winners of the inaugural Young Animal Welfare Scientist of the Year Award. Presented with a certificate and a prize of 1000, she said: "It has been a real honour to receive this award."
blog3
4th August 2011
blog3
Veterinary cardiologist Peter Darke has become the first non-American to receive an honorary diploma from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. He is described as being "without doubt one of the true international leaders" in veterinary cardiology and "the patriarch of veterinary cardiology in the UK." Dr Darke travelled all the way to Denver, Colorado to be presented with the accolade last month.
blog4
4th August 2011
blog4
Thanks to the efforts of vets at Pets Medics in Salford, a dog has survived being stabbed with an eight-inch blade. Arnie, a mastiff from Manchester, suffered from a punctured lung and broken ribs after the knife was left protruding from his back, but the vets have nursed him back to health and report him now to be in stable condition. Police are keen to trace the dog's owner and catch whoever carried out the crime.
blog2
2nd August 2011
blog2
Vets, VNs and auxiliary staff from Europe's largest equine practice have raised more than 16000 pounds in a sponsored cycle event - more than three times their original target. On June 26th, vets, veterinary nurses and an assortment of lay staff, family and friends cycled up to 100 miles around East Anglia, in aid of Animal Care in Egypt and the Cancer Care Ward at Addenbrooke's hospital, Cambridge.
2blog
28th July 2011
2blog
Korean scientists have developed a glow-in-the-dark dog, which they can switch on and off! The research team from Seoul National University said that by adding a doxycycline antibiotic to the food of two-year-old beagle, Tegon, she glows fluorescent green under ultraviolet light. The research team hopes to use the technique to help develop cures for human diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Summerhill
23rd June 2011
Summerhill
There are many veterinary professionals I am sure, that will have fond memories of the Summerhall building at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. Sadly, it is no longer suitable for the teaching of veterinary students and has been sold to a private company and will become a world-class Arts-based centre.
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