Vet Times

Tag: rescue

  • Charity begins at…

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    At our usual holiday destination there is an annual dog show, run by a small rehoming charity that undoubtedly has to compete with larger local charities for every donation. This year, as was the case across most of the UK, the area experienced torrential rain – the kind that comes down sideways, limits your field of vision and makes it feel…

  • How to survive insomnia

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    It’s examination time and vet students across the UK are frantically trying to fill their heads with long, complicated words they can’t even hope to spell. With exams comes stress (which can manifest in many different ways), but as a professional bad-sleeper I wanted to share some advice on surviving an old adversary of mine: insomnia. Loosely, insomnia…

  • Crash prevention

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    Following the devastating news of the Germanwings crash last week, the co-pilot’s torn-up sick note and the early implication of mental health issues (later suspected to instead be eyesight-related), I witnessed a shocking flare-up of defence regarding mental health on social media. My gut reaction was of absolute disgust. Whether said sick note referred to…

  • The unfortunate adventures of Lucky the horse

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    Although the UK’s fire and rescue services are not obligated to rescue a cat stuck up a tree or a horse stuck in an overturned trailer, the skills and resources of their firefighting teams lead to the assumption that they are the best people for the job – but while they are excellent at what…

  • Pretend pedigrees

    Pretend pedigrees

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    On a weekly basis my wife peruses the local newspaper. In the back – after listings of fêtes, court cases and charity baked bean baths – there are the classifieds, which are often an awful lot more interesting. In recent years there has been a trend to name crossbreeds as though they are purebreds or…