-
A Vet’s Life – compassion fatigue, burnout and suicide.
Veterinarians are stressed. Keeping our pets and farm animals healthy and alive and well appears to make veterinarians sick and suicidal. Apparently, it is not a bed of roses for veterinarians and many consider the profession an extremely stressful one. They are allegedly four times more likely to commit suicide than us ordinary folk, twice…
-
Veterinary charities promote irresponsible pet ownership.
Charities are paying for people to own animals. In the UK there is one main charity dedicated to providing assisted or free veterinary treatment to the pets of ‘impoverished’ owners and several other charities such as the Blue Cross and RSPCA who also offer similar services among their other endeavours. The number of animals receiving…