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Owls About This For A Survival Story?
The owl is a barn owl, similar to the one pictured above.
A Barn owl, rehabilitated and released by the RSPCA over five years ago has recently been spotted alive and well in the wild.

The owl, which was a chick when originally admitted to RSPCA Mallydams Wood in August 2004, was captured in order to have its identification ring read, on the banks of the River Rother in Iden, East Sussex. When the results of the ring identification came through, the Wildlife Centre was chuffed to learn that over 1,700 days after they released the bird into the wild, it was still going strong.
 
RSPCA Wildlife Officer at Mallydams, Richard Thompson said: “This bird has fulfilled all our aims of rehabilitation. It has survived in the wild for as long as we’d expect any Barn owl to, and I even believe the bird has bred in the wild. We have only ringed 29 Barn owls at Mallydams since 1999, so this is a significant and exciting discovery.”

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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."