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Joint-nation tiger census begins
India and Nepal set out to survey Bengal tigers

Officials in India and Nepal are beginning their first ever joint census to find an exact number of Royal bengal tigers living in the Terai Arc region, which spreads across the two countries.

The survey is set to take place in more than 12 wildlife reserves and forests in the 950 kilometre (600 mile) region that covers the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and into southern Nepal.

According the the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), who is involved in the study, Terai Arc is home to one of the world's most dense tiger populations, with a current estimate of 500.

Led by the governments of both India and Nepal, the census will involve installing hundreds of camera traps that will allow forest and nature protection officials to identify each tiger.

The survey is also hoped to highlight the availability of prey, which will further assist with future conservation.

Megh Bahadur Pandey, the director general at Nepal's Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, explained that the use remote motion-sensitive cameras means no tiger will be counted twice.

"The same tiger trapped by a camera here on the Nepali side could cross over into India, but that tiger will be trapped by another camera there," he said.

India and Nepal's census comes as part of a large conservation strategy unveiled in 2010, which proposes to double the wild tiger population by 2022.

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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."