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Cameras to prevent poaching

Bid to protect rhinos wins Google award

State-of-the-art camera traps are to be installed to prevent elephant and rhino poaching in Tsavo National Park, Kenya.

The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) won a £500,000 grant for the project from Google's Global Impact Awards.

Cameras with automated sensors will be deployed in poaching hotspots within the next few months, which will transmit images of any intruders.

The cameras can also detect vehicles from vibrations, and triangulate the sound of gunshots, allowing park rangers to locate poachers and intervene immediately.

"These life-saving cameras will help stop the slaughter of rhinos, which has seen more than 1,000 killed in Africa in just eighteen months," says Professor Jonathan Baillie, ZSL's field conservation director.


"Over the next two years we plan to cut poaching in Kenya’s Tsavo National Park by 50 per cent and help park rangers protect endangered rhinos, elephants, and more, before it’s too late."


The project received thousands of votes from the public, placing it ahead of nine other candidates for the Google award. Celebrities including Leonardo DiCaprio, Derren Brown and Edith Bowman also lent their support to the project. 

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Equine Disease Surveillance report released for Q4 2025

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 The latest Equine Disease Surveillance report has been released, with details on equine disease from Q4 of 2025.

The report, produced by Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance, includes advice on rule changes for equine influenza vaccination.

Statistics and maps detail recent outbreaks of equine herpes virus, equine influenza, equine strangles and equine grass sickness. A series of laboratory reports provides data on virology, bacteriology, parasitology and toxicosis.

This issue also features a case study of orthoflavivus-associated neurological disease in a horse in the UK. 

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RCVS annual renewal fee for vets due

RCVS' annual renewal fee for veterinary surgeons is now due. Vets must pay their renewal fee before Wednesday, 1 April 2026.

This year's standard annual fee has increased to 431 from last year's 418. This is an approximately three per cent increase, as approved by RCVS Council and the Privy Council.

Tshidi Gardner, RCVS treasurer, said: "The small fee increase will be used to help deliver both our everyday activities and our new ambitious Strategic Plan, which includes aims such as achieving new legislation, reviewing the Codes of Professional Conduct and supporting guidance, and continuing to support the professions through activities such as the Mind Matters Initiative, RCVS Academy and career development."

A full breakdown of the new fees is on the RCVS website. Information about tax relief is available on the UK government website.