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Dog survives 50ft dam fall
Image (C) Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team (Tavistock) 2022.
Labrador Obi lives to tell the 'tail'.

A lucky Devon dog has survived after falling 50ft off a dam wall.

Running off ahead of his owners, 20-month-old Obi was on a Boxing Day walk in the woodland near the Burrator Reservoir on Dartmoor when he hurtled off the parapet of the dam. 

When Obi realised he had lost his family behind him, he panicked and tried to find his way back to them, jumping off the dam in a state of obvious distress to get back down to ground level.

The Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team (DSRT) were called at the request of the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue service, and helped to search for Obi. 

An incident report issued by the DSRT said: “Mountain Rescue Teams do not usually search for lost animals, but to avoid risk to members of the public who were intent on searching in darkness alongside fast flowing water we deployed our members who are trained and equipped for such tasks. 

“Within minutes of beginning our search pattern OBI was spotted and his owners were escorted to him.”

Once located, Obi was assessed by an DSRT team member who is a veterinary surgeon, and then transported to a veterinary practice in nearby Yelverton. 

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Practices urged to audit neutering data

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 RCVS Knowledge has called on vet practices to audit their post-operative neutering outcomes.

It follows the release of the 2024 NASAN benchmarking report, which collates data from neutering procedures performed on dogs, cats and rabbits.

The benchmarking report enables practices in the UK and Ireland to compare their post-operative outcomes to the national average. This includes the rate of patients lost to follow-up, which in 2024 increased to 23 per cent.

Anyone from the practice can submit the data using a free template. The deadline for next report is February 2026.

Visit the RCVS Knowledge website to complete an audit. 

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RCVS pays tribute to well-loved equine vet

The RCVS and the Riding Establishments Subcommittee has paid tribute to well-loved veterinary surgeon and riding establishment inspector, Rebecca Hamilton-Fletcher MRCVS.

Linda Belton MRCVS, RCVS President, said: "I, along with my colleagues on the RESC, RCVS Council, RCVS Standards Committee, as well as RCVS staff, was very saddened to hear of the sudden death of Rebecca, or Becca as we knew her, last week.

"She was a true advocate for equine welfare and in her many years on the RESC worked to continually improve the quality and consistency of riding establishment inspections, all in the interests of enhanced horse welfare and rider safety."