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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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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…