Stewards from Racing NSW have opened an inquiry in to alleged animal cruelty by the Mounted Division of the Australian Turf Club (ATC). Allegations of mistreatment, illegal sedation and cruelty to horses surfaced in a Sydney Morning Herald report last month. Racing NSW began to act following a mid-January incident at the Falls Music & Arts Festival […]
Continue ReadingDeputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce’s relocation of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority from Canberra to his own electorate has spurred bosses to consider pay rises of up to 15 per cent to convince staff to remain with the APVMA, Fairfax has revealed. The pay rises are in addition to a 1.5 per cent […]
Continue ReadingIn recognition for his carp biocontrol research that resulted in the establishment of a National Carp Control Plan, the 2016 Professor Dave Choquenot Science Award for Excellence in Pest Animal Research has been awarded to Ken McColl, a Senior Research Veterinarian at CSIRO’s Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong. Initially introduced into Australia in 1859, carp […]
Continue ReadingMassey University chancellor Chris Kelly has been criticised over comments reported in Rural News which claimed a woman graduate was of less worth than a full-time vet. The article also contained news of Massey’s plan to add practical aspects of farming and veterinary work into degrees from 2019, highlighting the University’s focus on agriculture, a […]
Continue ReadingElephant seals have again been key to the ability of researchers to establish the source of an important secondary contribution to East Antarctica’s Cape Darnley bottom water. Antarctic bottom water is formed when cold, salty and dense water sinks and flows away from the continent in enormous volumes. It is considered an important aspect to […]
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