Animal health and welfare must be kept front and centre when undertaking new research and developing new gene editing ...

Professor Dave Goulson, a leading bee ecologist, author and founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, will deliver the ...

Food Standards Scotland: Meat Operational Delivery (FSS) has secured Silver accreditation through the Great Workplaces by BVA ...

The Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) Student Grant Scheme is now open for applications from students looking to conduct short ...

Work experience is the short-term placement of secondary school students with employers, to provide an insight into the veterinary profession and the veterinary workplace. Students are placed with ...

We believe it is more important to target individual aggressive dogs than to single out a particular type of dog as being dangerous. A dog’s behaviour is partly a result of its inherited ...

Any movement of livestock will have an impact on their health and welfare. The distances that livestock keepers move animals vary widely, from local area movements (for example to pastures, markets, ...

The Dangerous Dogs Act (1991) was introduced in the UK following a series of serious, and in some cases fatal, dog attacks on humans. The Act has been widely discredited for failing to address the ...

Neutering is the best way to prevent unwanted pregnancies, in both cats and dogs. But some owners may be anxious about making this decision on behalf of their pets. They may be concerned about ...

Good practice guidance for the responsible use of pet animals in advertising. From television advertising to marketing materials in veterinary practices, the prominent visibility of pets has the ...