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SAVN17 Clarification on how to complete Skill 1 (Plan, deliver and evaluate care for animals with a range of conditions) – student MUST address a minimum of four medical conditions. Of these four, the student MUST include a range of species, a range of patient ages and medical conditions: however students may address some or […]
We have just received confirmation that free funded places on our online, Level 2 Diploma for Veterinary Care Assistants Course (VCA), will be available to eligible students until the end of July 2012. We have had a great response to from practices over the past few months, with the number of students taking advantage of […]
An animal psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has discovered that animals enjoy species-specific music. “Specially designed using the pitches, tones and tempos that are familiar to their particular species” .. or something? Click to listen to the tracks.
The natural world captured for your amazement.
Come along to the first ever Companion Animal Welfare Council (CAWC) Animal Welfare Conference and listen to Professor Sheila Crispin, who recently appeared on ‘Pedigree Dogs Exposed: Three Years On’, discuss the need for a universal standard of breeding. Despite the best efforts of responsible breeders, we still see some individuals for whom profit is […]
Scientists have discovered the world’s first hybrid sharks, off the coast of Eastern Australia. These super-sharks are a cross between the Common Black-Tip and Australian Black-Tip sharks and prove to be much stronger than the pure breeds. Most ‘hybrids’ tend to be born sterile, but these sharks are breeding and have gone through multiple generations […]
Big-fish stocks have declined by up-to 90% since the 1950’s, with a staggering 80% of all life on earth being found in the sea, this is no small statistic.
The Western China’s rare and elusive Giant Panda’s diet is 99% bamboo, of which they consume up-to 20kg of this nutritionally poor plant, each day. They will occasionally eat other grasses and tubers and captive Giant Panda’s are also fed honey and fruit. Although commonly known as herbivorous, Giant Pandas actually belong to the carnivorous family […]
Madagascar was once home to many species of giant animals and plants which became extinct after humans arrived. But these tiny reptiles have managed to elude us, hiding in small pockets of leaf litter in between limestone blocks. Well until now that is..
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