With the International Whaling Commission’s scientific committee due to consider approval for Japan’s re-modelled scientific whaling program in late November, results of several studies undertaken in the US and Australia all serve to demonstrate the important role whales play in maintaining healthy oceans, ensuring sustainable, productive fisheries, and mitigating the impacts of climate change . […]
Continue ReadingWhile the world’s attention is currently focused on the Ebola crisis in western Africa, a virus that has been responsible for the deaths of almost one third of the region’s gorillas and many thousands of chimpanzees, as well as humans, in eastern Africa’s Democratic Republic of Congo veterinarian Alisa Kubala’s interest in studying infectious diseases […]
Continue ReadingThe reliable, inexpensive and accessible Hookpod device is the brainchild of Birdlife International’s Ben Sullivan, and brothers Pete and Ben Kibel, and is designed to reduce seabird casualties from longline fishing, a practice that has contributed to 15 of the world’s 22 species of albatross being threatened with extinction. During its ten years of development […]
Continue ReadingThe international veterinary community is mourning the loss of leading animal behaviourist and low-stress handling advocate Sophia Yin. Yin’s death was announced via her website on September 29. “Shocked and saddened,” UK dog trainer Victoria Stilwell posted on Dr Yin’s Facebook page. “You inspired so many of us and made the lives of millions of […]
Continue ReadingThe Australian Small Animal Veterinary Association has announced that the 2014 Practitioner of the Year is Mary Porter, a clinician in Sydney. The award did not surprise Porter’s colleagues, who applauded her diagnostic and psychological skills and said, “She enjoys complex cases, listens to her clients and likes to give emotional support to owners.” Porter […]
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