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Counting the animals two-by-two
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London Zoo carries out its annual stocktake

Keepers at ZSL London Zoo are kicking off the new year with a mammoth task - counting every animal for the annual stocktake.

Each individual bird, fish, mammal, invertebrate, reptile and amphibian will be counted by the zoo's keepers today (January 2, 2014). Keepers will also carry out the slow task of counting hundreds of Partula snails, which were moved to the zoo recently ahead of their release into the wild, planned for next year.

Over the past year, the zoo has welcomed a number of new arrivals, including Kumbuka, a silverback western lowland gorilla who joined Gorilla Kingdom's three females as part of the European breeding programme for endangered species.

London zoo also recently celebrated the birth of three spiny headed tree lizards - the first to ever be born in a UK zoo.

The annual stocktake is a compulsory part of the zoo's license and the results are recorded in the International Species Information System (ISIS), which is used to manage international breeding programmes for endangered species.

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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."