Opinion

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...

Readers' Letters (1) (1)

We would like to thank Jennifer Hamlin (Editorial, Owning the title of veterinary nurse, September 2022) for her insightful, evidence-based account of the way forward for veterinary nursing as a...

Can you help Dogs Trust spread the word about their dog welfare study?

Whether it is at a puppy health check, first vaccination appointment or at a ‘puppy socialisation session’ at the practice, could you encourage owners to sign their puppies up for the study? Owners...