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Roly Owers honoured for equine work
Roly Owers
Roly Owers received the BEVA Equine Welfare Award for driving forward some major initiatives for the horse industry.

World Horse Welfare CEO receives BEVA Equine Welfare Award

World Horse Welfare CEO Roly Owers has been honoured for his achievements in equine welfare at the 2016 BEVA Congress in Birmingham.

Mr Owers received the BEVA Equine Welfare Award for driving forward some major initiatives for the horse industry. These include the establishment of the Horse Crisis group of charities, a successful campaign for Control of Horses Act and the production of guidelines for transporters.

Recognising Mr Ower's achievements, a spokesperson for BEVA said: "As chief executive of the charity since 2008, Roly has driven forward many major initiatives for the horse industry, most having a direct impact on animal welfare and disease prevention or control.

"He has used his position to develop programmes across the equine sector and has provided much needed dispassionate and effective leadership."

The BEVA Awards are developed in conjunction with various supporters to reflect BEVA's recognition of and support for significant accomplishments by equine vets and others involved in horse welfare.

Other worthy winners included Dr Annette McCoy, who received the BEVA Richard Hartley Clinical Award for her paper on standardbred racing performance after osteochondrosis surgery. The award is given in memory of Richard Hartley, a founder member of BEVA and president to 1974-1975.

Dr Franziska Wohlfender took home the BEVA Trust Peter Rossdale Equine Veterinary Journal (EVJ) Award for the paper "International online survey to assess current practice in equine anaesthesia." This is awarded to the paper that best achieves the EVJ's mission to publish articles 'which influence and improve clinical practice and/or add significantly to the scientific knowledge that underpins and supports veterinary medicine in relation to the horse'.


Finally, this year's BEVA Award went to Ellen Paulussen for her paper on 'Radiographic and Ultrasonographic Evaluation of the Esophagus in the Horse'. Ellen's presentation won the award at the Voorjaarsdagen Congress in April 2016.

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Birmingham Dogs Home makes urgent appeal

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 Birmingham Dogs Home has issued an urgent winter appeal as it faces more challenges over the Christmas period.

The rescue centre has seen a dramatic increase in dogs coming into its care, and is currently caring for over 200 dogs. With rising costs and dropping temperatures, the charity is calling for urgent support.

It costs the charity £6,000 per day to continue its work.

Fi Harrison, head of fundraising and communications, said: "It's heart-breaking for our team to see the conditions some dogs arrive in. We really are their last chance and hope of survival."

More information about the appeal can be found here. 

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Avian flu confirmed at premises in Cornwall

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in commercial poultry at a premises near Rosudgeon, Cornwall.

All poultry on the infected site will be humanely culled, and a 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been put in place. Poultry and other captive birds in the 3km protection zone must be housed.

The case is the second avian flu case confirmed in commercial poultry this month. The H5N5 strain was detected in a premises near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, in early November. Before then, the disease had not been confirmed in captive birds in England since February.

The UK chief veterinary officer has urged bird keepers to remain alert and practise robust biosecurity.

A map of the disease control zones can be found here.