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‘Rubbish’ animal artist hails success of marathon
Hercule Van Wolfwinkle's portrait marathon raised money for charities including StreetVet.

The fundraising event raised over £10,000 for charity.

Hercule Van Wolfwinkle’s animal portrait marathon raised a total of £10,500 for Streetvet and Turning Tides.

The ‘rubbish’ portrait artist walked 26 miles on Sunday, 14 May, from Worthing to Brighton and back again. On the way, he stopped to badly draw people’s pets to raise money for the two charities. 

The famous yellow Y fronts worn by Hercule during the last section of the marathon, and are usually put on the animals he illustrates, will now be auctioned to increase the funds raised.

Image (C) Hercule Van Wolfwinkle

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VMD invites students to apply for EMS placement

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 The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is inviting applications from veterinary students to attend a one-week extramural studies (EMS) placement in July 2026.

Students in their clinical years of study have until 28 February to apply for the placement, which takes place at the VMD's offices in Addlestone, Surrey, from 6-10 July 2026.

Through a mixture of lectures and workshops, the placement will explore how veterinary medicines are authorised, non-clinical career opportunities, and other important aspects of the VMD's work.  

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Survey seeks ruminant sector views on antimicrobial stewardship

A new survey is seeking views of people working in the UK ruminant sector on how to tackle the challenge of demonstrating responsible antibiotic stewardship.

Forming part of a wider, collaborative initiative, the results will help identify the types of data available so that challenges with data collection can be better understood and addressed.

Anyone working in the UK farming sector, including vets and farmers,is encouraged to complete the survey, which is available at app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk