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  • No strings on me

    No strings on me

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    No one likes change – it’s a scary thing. And there’s perhaps nothing scarier than spending five long years on the course of your childhood dreams, graduating and emerging into general practice, only to find that this might not be for you after all. Obviously, I’m not speaking from personal experience, but, according to a…

  • The third year slump

    The third year slump

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    I never really worried about signing up for a five-year course; friends would gasp at the prospect, but I’d always laugh it off for a multitude of reasons. If I’m being honest, the part of me worried about leaving the security of secondary school was quite happy to have a set plan for the next…

  • Hidden heroes

    Hidden heroes

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    I’m sure we all know some of the crazy places “stray” animals end up – ducks nest in strange areas, cats crawl into tiny hidden spaces and can’t get back out, and, recently, a stray dog shut down Waterloo train station. I’m sure you all have more stories on where pets and wildlife have been…

  • When is it okay to lie?

    When is it okay to lie?

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    In the role of a caregiver, is it ever okay to lie? Little white lies, great big fibs… am I even lying to myself about lying? This topic came to mind this month while thinking about the responsibility we have to ensure we maintain relationships with the people who bring animals in for treatment. With…

  • The wild

    The wild

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    I can recall a story a friend of the family once told me, about a baby bird they found on the edge of the pavement. It was a tiny thing – pink, featherless, barely able to make a noise. By the time they had found it, the bird was already freezing cold and very weak.…

  • VN Times calendar competition

    VN Times calendar competition

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    This competition is now closed for entries Public voting on shortlisted entries begins on 02 October, 2018   Whether much-loved pets, grazing livestock or weird and wonderful wildlife, little gives many people more pleasure than seeing animals out and about in the great outdoors. So, we’ve decided on the theme of “Out and About” for…

  • The only way is ethics part 4: zoos

    The only way is ethics part 4: zoos

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    The black-furred creature shifts and turns, and its brow furrows as it meets my gaze. Its deep brown eyes seem to convey hidden depths and, for a moment, I am electrified from a connection that reaches across millions of years of evolution. I’m awed by the knowledge another mind is looking back at me, trying…

  • Where is your Eden?

    Where is your Eden?

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    August is a time coined by the newspapers as “silly season” – everyone is on holiday and quality news is thin on the ground. This means unusual news stories that might not otherwise get coverage come to the fore. It’s not been that way in the animal world. There were so many things going on…

  • Lectures, laughs and looking ahead in Lancaster

    Lectures, laughs and looking ahead in Lancaster

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    I recently attended the infamous Lancaster weekend, which many final-year veterinary students and graduates will have heard much about. The theme being “Your first job”, it is an annual weekend of lectures, seminars and group activities based around finding your feet as a graduated vet when pushed out into the big wide world – for…

  • RCVS VN council election manifesto: Matthew Rendle RVN

    RCVS VN council election manifesto: Matthew Rendle RVN

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    MATTHEW RENDLE RVN Senior clinical VN, London Zoo T: 07947 812630 E: matthew.rendle@zsl.org Matthew’s VN career kicked off in 1989 at The Park Veterinary Centre in Watford, a busy mixed and exotics 13-vet practice. It was here he completed his training and here in 1994 where he became senior theatre nurse. Leaving in 2003, Matthew…