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RCVS releases Council candidates list
Election to begin shortly

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has released a list of the names of candidates for the RCVS Council election, which is due to commence on Friday 9th March 2012. Contact details, biographies of the candidates and manifestos will be available shortly from the RCVS website (link) and ballot papers are to be posted to all RCVS members who are eligible to vote. Votes may be cast online, by post, or by text no later than 5pm on Friday 27th April 2012.

Six possible places on the RCVS Council are being contested at these elections, and fourteen candidates are seeking election to these places. Of these fourteen, five are existing Council members and nine are new candidates. That competition for the Council seats has attracted so many candidates indicates a greater interest in involvement in the governance of the RCVS and the results will be eagerly awaited by the veterinary profession.

The candidates are as follows:
1. Mr Christopher Barker BVSc MLitt CertVR MRCVS

2. Ms Amanda Boag VetMB MA DipACVIM MRCVS

3. Dr Robert ‘Bertie’ Ellis BVSc PhD MRCVS

4. Mr Edward Gillams BVSc MRCVS

5. Mrs Catherine Goldie BVSc MVM CertVR MRCVS

6. Mr Charles Gruchy VetMB MA MRCVS

7. Mr Christopher House BVetMed MRCVS

8. Dr Barry Johnson BVSc DVSc (h.c.) MRCVS

9. Mr Thomas Lonsdale BVetMed MRCVS

10. Mr David Mason BVetMed MRCVS

11. Prof Stephen May VetMB MA PhD DEO DVR DipECVS FRCVS

12. Dr Jonathan Ruben BVM&S PhD MRCVS

13. Mr Richard Stephenson BVMS CertVR CertEP MRCVS

14. Dr Christopher ‘Kit’ Sturgess MA VetMB PhD CertVR CertVC DSAM MRCVS

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Birmingham Dogs Home makes urgent appeal

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 Birmingham Dogs Home has issued an urgent winter appeal as it faces more challenges over the Christmas period.

The rescue centre has seen a dramatic increase in dogs coming into its care, and is currently caring for over 200 dogs. With rising costs and dropping temperatures, the charity is calling for urgent support.

It costs the charity £6,000 per day to continue its work.

Fi Harrison, head of fundraising and communications, said: "It's heart-breaking for our team to see the conditions some dogs arrive in. We really are their last chance and hope of survival."

More information about the appeal can be found here. 

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Avian flu confirmed at premises in Cornwall

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in commercial poultry at a premises near Rosudgeon, Cornwall.

All poultry on the infected site will be humanely culled, and a 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been put in place. Poultry and other captive birds in the 3km protection zone must be housed.

The case is the second avian flu case confirmed in commercial poultry this month. The H5N5 strain was detected in a premises near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, in early November. Before then, the disease had not been confirmed in captive birds in England since February.

The UK chief veterinary officer has urged bird keepers to remain alert and practise robust biosecurity.

A map of the disease control zones can be found here.