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Kennel Club Charitable Trust  reopens emergency relief fund
The Kennel Club emergency relief fund supports organisations suffering financially due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Second round will raise funds to help smaller charities.

The Kennel Club Charitable Trust has reopened its emergency relief fund to support smaller dog rescue centres and other canine organisations affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Launched in March, the first appeal raised funds for 20 organisations suffering financially and struggling to rehome animals during the crisis. This new appeal will see funds go to some of the smaller rescue centres that have also been affected by the pandemic.

“We recognise the importance of trying to support some of the smaller, but incredibly vital and dedicated canine organisations and rescues,” said Revd. Bill King, chairman of the Kennel Club Charitable Trust. “Following on from the first round of applications it was recognised that we need to try and raise more funds so we can help more of the smaller charities.”

He continued: “We have been very grateful to the support of Our Dogs newspaper – without them and their readers we wouldn’t have been able to raise the extra £40,000 to be able to reopen the appeal.

“The appeal is still running within the newspaper and there is still so much to do, so we are grateful for any further funds to help us continue to support some of those smaller charities who are suffering in these extraordinary times.”

For further information about the appeal and to apply for funding, visit kennelclub.com. Donations to the appeal can be made via the secure Virgin Money Giving website.

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RCVS Knowledge appoints Veterinary Evidence editor-in-chief

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 RCVS Knowledge has welcomed Professor Peter Cockcroft as editor-in-chief for Veterinary Evidence.

A world-renowned expert in evidence-based veterinary medicine, Prof Cockcroft will lead the strategic development and editorial quality of the open-access journal. He was previously in the role from 2017-2020.

Katie Mantell, CEO of RCVS Knowledge, said: "We are excited about the extensive knowledge of evidence-based veterinary medicine and clinical veterinary research that Peter brings, and we look forward to working with him over this next phase of the journal's development." 

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CVS Group hit by cyber attack

CVS Group, which owns more than 450 veterinary practices in the UK, has been hit by a cyber attack.

In a statement, the group said the incident involved unauthorised external access to a limited number of its IT systems. As soon as the attack was discovered, the group took its IT systems temporarily offline, causing 'considerable operational disruption'.

It has warned that the security steps taken and ongoing plans to move its operational systems and IT infrastructure to the Cloud are likely to have an ongoing impact over a number of weeks.

Due to the risk that personal information was accessed, CVS has informed the Information Commissioner's Office. The company is working with third party consultants to investigate the incident.