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Launch of Badger Campaign
A UK-wide badger campaign chaired by police is to be launched.

A UK-wide badger campaign is to be launched, chaired by Richard Crompton, Association of Chief Police Officers lead on wildlife crime. The campaign, named Operation Meles, is a UK-wide intelligence-led police operation gathering evidence of badger persecution and targeting offenders.

Mr Crompton, chief constable of Lincolnshire, will chair the keynote meeting in Sheffield, which takes place on the 20th September, and he will also deliver the opening address.

The launch is just one of a co-ordinated series of public meetings and press conferences to promote Operation Meles, all of which will include details of a report called UK Badger Incidents 2009-2010, which exposes all the known extent of badger-related incidents in the UK.

The report is based on data compiled by the National Wildlife Crime Unit and is written by Ian Hutchinson, the UK crime prevention lead for Operation Meles.

Mervyn Anthony, director of the Badger Trust, said: "Badgers are not only cruelly baited but also sealed in setts and buried alive, snared, shot, poisoned and tortured but most of these crimes go unreported."

He added: "This new report reveals only the tip of the iceberg and we are appealing for the public as well as our own badger group members and supporters to record and report any evidence."

To aid public reporting, the Badger Trust will be distributing special Operation Meles witness evidence notebooks to ensure that evidence is quickly, correctly and consistently record.

More information is available here.

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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."