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eBay Auction for Elephant Name
An eBay auction offering a chance to name the new baby elephant at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo has reached £1,061, with only one day left.

Zoo keepers stumped for a name for their latest arrival – a male calf born on April 12th – decided to auction the naming rights on the well known auction site to raise money for conservation.
 
Bidding started at just 1p but the honour of naming the two-week-old elephant will go to the highest bidder over the week-long auction, which finishes on Thursday. The winner will also get the chance to meet the elephant calf and his keepers at the zoo.
 
The auction of the baby’s name will raise funds for conservation work carried out by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) which is the charity behind ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. There are thought to be just 1,500 Asian elephants remaining in the wild, with only 30,000 to 35,000 left in total. ZSL is working to protect elephants in the forest areas of Thailand, attempting to understand and alleviate the human-elephant conflict, which has been aggravated by the loss of the elephant’s natural habitat.

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Building Great Workplaces webinars return

News Story 1
 BVA has announced a new series of its Building Great Workplaces lunchtime webinars.

Launching from 16 July, the sessions will explore patient safety, motivation, client communication and more.

Its first webinar, exploring neurodiversity in the workplace, will take place at 1pm on Thursday, 16 July. It will feature guest speakers from The Vet Project, a group which supports neurodiversity in veterinary environments.

The following three webinars take place in September, October and November.

Booking is open on the BVA website 

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New form for online veterinary medicines retailers

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has produced a new online form for retailers wishing to sell veterinary medicines on the internet.

The form replace the previous Word version and is part of the VMD's ongoing commitment to digitise its processes. Anyone retailing prescription medicines online, including POM-V, POM-VPS and NFA-VPS categories, is lawfully required to register with the VMD before trading.

The change only applies to new applicants. Retailers already listed on the VMD's Register of Online Retailers or registered under the Accredited Internet Retailer Scheme (AIRS) do not need to do anything.