This study set out to explore how euthanasia decision-making for animals was taught to students in eight Australasian veterinary schools. A questionnaire-style interview guide was used by a representative at each university to interview educators. Educators were interviewed about their teaching of euthanasia decision-making for four categories of animals: livestock, […]
Australia Zoo’s bird benefactor swoops in
Russell Crowe has helped save the life of an injured kookaburra in Queensland. The academy award winner donated an unknown amount to Australia Zoo to facilitate the purchase of an endoscope required to save the bird which had swallowed a fishing hook.
Abstracts: Interferon therapies in small animals
Interferons (IFNs) are cytokines that play an important role in the immune response of animals and humans. A number of studies reviewed here have evaluated the use of human, canine and feline IFNs as treatments for infectious, inflammatory and neoplastic disease in dogs and cats. Recombinant canine IFN-γ is deemed […]
A Bad Seed’s good deed
Australian musician Warren Ellis has provided financial backing to a sanctuary dedicated to the protection of Indonesian wildlife. The Dirty Three/Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds member’s support has enabled the expansion of the Sumatran Wildlife Centre, a facility for the rehabilitation of victims of the illegal wildlife trade established […]
Pigeon Post: Ian Neville writes from the UK
Our dismal winter of freezing weather and Covid is finally over! Spring has arrived and a rapid Covid vaccination rollout has begun to break the link between new infections, hospitalisations and deaths … the weather is about the same to be honest! By mid-May just over 70 per cent of […]