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A Guide Dog for Blind Dogs? [Video]

08/05/2012

Prosthetic Leg Saves Bella the Llama [Video]

12-year-old Bella the Llama broke her hind leg in an unfortunate gopher hole accident. Attempts to save the leg failed and infection set in, so the decision was made to try and save Bella and to amputate the leg. Shortly after the op Bella was showing signs of depression and was refusing to stand or […]

04/05/2012

Lost Parakeet Tells Police its Home Address

This amazing story took place last Sunday in Yokohama, Japan, where Piko-Chan (the bird) escaped from his owner and found refuge at a nearby hotel. After being captured by hotel staff  he was handed over to the police. After several days at the station, Piko-Chan suddenly started to squark  his home addresss at startled officers. Piko-Chan was […]

Roosevelt the Bi-Pedal Border Collie [Inspiration]

Border Collies were bred to herd livestock around acres of farmland. Poor Roosevelt was born with two malformed front-legs and could only dream of chasing sheep. That was, until

02/05/2012

Rare White Orca Captured on [Video]

An all-white, possibly albino, Orca has been spotted in the seas off eastern-Russia. Young all-white Orca’s have been spotted before but this male killer whale, who has since been named; ‘Iceberg’, is the first adult ever to have been documented. Albino’s generally have week immune systems, so it is suspected that many never make it to […]

29/04/2012

Volunteering with African Wildlife: What is it really like?

During the Summer of 2011, having graduated from Middlesex University/The College of Animal Welfare, with a BSc (Hons) in Veterinary Nursing, Sarah Williams spent time as a volunteer in Mpumalanga fulfilling an ambition of working with the African wildlife… I have always wanted to experience wildlife care in Africa so I organised a trip to […]

26/04/2012

RSPCA warns of crisis in animal welfare

“Charity’s resources stretched to ‘breaking point’ after receiving 1.3m phone calls in 2011, up 13% on the previous year”

25/04/2012

Welcome to DogTV [Really?]

This new cable TV channel (DogTV) is specifically designed for dogs and aims to keep them relaxed, stimulated and entertained while you’re at work.

23/04/2012

Clinical Coach Updates – Nursing Progress Log and Tutorials

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 […]

20/04/2012

Free Online VCA Places Extended Until the End of July!

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 […]

12/04/2012