Opinion

Parrot awareness week 2023

Day one focused on nutrition, providing articles and videos from respected avian vet Alan K Jones, discussing the dietary needs of parrots and feeding a balanced diet in practice..

Dog friendly clinics: helping pets have a positive experience

There are four key touch points that veterinary teams have with owners and/or their dog during the veterinary clinic journey – pre-appointment, reception and waiting area, consultation,...

The sustainable pet food dilemma

Rearing livestock has a cost to the planet; in addition to requiring more land than plant crops to produce equivalent energy, livestock rearing contributes to more soil erosion, has a considerably...

PDSA Animal Wellbeing report on pet health and welfare

The estimated pet population and proportion of UK adults who own pets is calculated each year. In 2022 there were an estimated 11.1 million pet cats, 10.2 million pet dogs and 1 million pet rabbits in...