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Law change benefits endangered animals
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Establishing what is normal for a species helps to build a picture of the best ways to care for and conserve others of the same type.
Jersey vets able to take blood samples to aid conservation efforts

Vets in Jersey will soon be able to perform minor procedures to provide key information about rare and endangered animals.

It has been announced that the island's animal welfare laws will be updated, bringing them in line with modern practices. Currently, for example, vets are only allowed to take blood samples for the purpose of diagnosis or monitoring.

Under the law as it stands, conservation organisations are not allowed to take blood samples to determine what would be 'normal' for an animal of a particular weight, age and species.

Steve Luce, planning and environmental minister, recently agreed to change the Animal Welfare (Jersey) Law to allow this necessary conservation work to be carried out. Establishing what is normal for a species can help conservationists to build up a picture of the best ways to care for and conserve others of the same type. This is particularly true of rare animals.

Organisations working with rare or endangered species can apply for permission to carry out minor procedures that will benefit conservation, helping the future management and survival of a 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."