Royal College of Veterinary Surgeon (RCVS) Council member Melissa Donald has been elected as President for the British Veterinary Association (BVA) Scottish Branch at its annual general meeting (AGM), held at Edinburgh’s Saughton House on 16 May. 

British Veterinary Association (BVA) President Gudrun Ravetz called for parliamentarians and policy makers to recognise the unique role and responsibility that vets play in order to secure the best health and welfare outcomes for Scotland's animals and wider public, during her speech at BVA's annual Scottish Dinner on Tuesday 16 May.

The Scottish Government has announced a package of measures including introducing a ban on wild animals in travelling circuses and legislation to permit tail shortening for spaniels and hunt point retrievers intended for use as working dogs. 

The RCVS is the regulatory body for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses in the UK. Our role is to set, uphold and advance ethical, educational and clinical veterinary standards, so as to enhance society through improved animal health and welfare. 

Chris Tufnell, current President of the RCVS, commented: “We are very sad to hear of the death of Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, a figure who had a truly exceptional career, unique in its achievements and one dedicated to bridging and bringing together the worlds of medical and veterinary science.

With media report about the difficulties of recruiting young vets to rural practices and new figures from the British Veterinary Association (BVA) showing 75% of large production animal vets regularly work out-of-hours, BVA is working with Subaru and vet Ashley Rubens to document the challenges of working life in rural practice.

CPRE research finds Green Belt and AONB at risk from local authority growth ambitions.

Vets and scientists' crucial role in tackling food fraud, food safety and food security will be one of the key messages from professor Chris Elliot's keynote speech at this year's British Veterinary Association (BVA) Member's Day in Belfast on 21 September.

Leading vets and horse welfare organisations are coming together to debate the welfare of the UK's one million horses at the annual Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) Discussion Forum at One Great George Street, London, on 5 June 2017.

A new report from the British Veterinary Association shows how important the UK veterinary workforce will be to ensuring the future of post-Brexit animal welfare.

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) is a charity that campaigns for a beautiful and living countryside.

We are the Woodland Trust, the UK's largest woodland conservation charity, with more than 500,000 supporters and over 26,000 hectares of woodland and we're leading the fight for better protection and restoration of the UK's ancient woodlands and veteran trees.

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is the national representative body for the veterinary profession in the UK.

Crispin Truman to take up appointment in autumn.

British growers cannot wait until we've left the EU. The government must introduce a new Seasonal Agricultural Permit Scheme soon – or British fruit could be left to rot on the branch

A ‘One Health’ initiative, led by the British Veterinary Association (BVA), to promote ways of reducing the risk of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animals and humans has been shortlisted for the Antibiotic Guardian Award 2017.

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) will once again be heading to the National Pet Show, this year held from 6-7 May at the Excel in London. The College will be focusing on promoting its Find a Vet search function and the Practice Standards Scheme (PSS) to visitors.

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is pleased to announce Philip Lowndes MRCVS as its new Board Chairman.

The Campaign to Protect Rural England has welcomed the Government’s newly launched National Litter Strategy, which it believes will pave the way to a cleaner England. 

In the second of a series of articles analysing the impact of Brexit on the Natural Environment, Dods Monitoring’s Environmental Consultant Ben Rayner explores the future for farming in a post-CAP world. 

After new figures showed the rise in chocolate poisoning, the British Veterinary Association urged dog owners to watch out for their pets.

The Government has today launched its National Litter Strategy, which includes a concrete pledge to look into deposit return systems for drinks containers, measures to tackle roadside littering and greater analysis of packaging design.

The Woodland Trust has discovered Phase 2 of HS2 will have a serious effect on the natural environment.

New findings reveal that the answer to Bugs Bunny's well-known catchphrase "What's up Doc?" might have been "Stop eating the carrot!" as 85% of vets have serious concerns about rabbits' health due to the wrong food, according to a survey from the British Veterinary Association (BVA).