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Volunteer vets needed for wildlife charity
Vets and vet students urged to help

The Wildlife Aid Foundation (WAF) is calling for more volunteer veterinarians and students to work at its veterinary hospital based near Leatherhead, Surrey.

The charity deals with more than 20,000 wildlife incidents a year, and aims to give injured and ill wildlife a second chance. With a strict ethos of returning animals to the wild whenever possible, WAF has a 70% success rate.

Veterinary students are only required to spend a small amount of time on wildlife or exotic pets during their courses, and volunteering for a wildlife charity is one of the best ways to gain work experience.

Luck Kells, hospital manager and vet nurse, said: "Working with a wildlife charity like ours gives you insights into a side of veterinary medicine that, either as a student or in a commercial veterinary clinic, you just wouldn't normally see. For students in particular this is a great way to put what you've learned into practice."

For more information, visit the charity's website or email lucy@wildlifeaid.org.uk.

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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."