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Veterinarians are not all saints and saviours.
Do we hold the veterinary profession in too much esteem? In May 2018 a UK veterinarian was found guilty of collusion in a fraudulent puppy smuggling ring involving over 5,000 designer puppies by providing fake certificates stating they were free of disease, wormed and vaccinated and misrepresenting them as coming from family homes, when in…
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Pet obesity is no laughing matter.
We should view obesity in pets as an act of causing unnecessary suffering in the same way as starving an animal. It is a sad reflection of our attitude to animals that we are happy to upload videos concerning pet obesity onto social media sites like YouTube which ridicule fat animals that are struggling to…