Newly published analysis from the Dogs Trust and Oxford Economics found what they call “dogflation” was twice as high as overall inflation last month.

Interim accreditation arrangements will remain in place for the time being, subject to annual review, following a vote of the college’s council.

Welfare campaigners have warmly welcomed new plans that would allow maximum five-year jail sentences for offenders who take pet cats or dogs.

Dogs Trust leaders say financial challenges remain an ‘ongoing’ problem as they reveal more than 45,000 people contacted charity about giving up pets in 2023.

A vet who will join a vaccination team in India next month is then planning to get airborne in a different way for the cause when she returns.

Newly released RVC analysis found four in five pandemic puppy owners had used at least one aversive training measure on their dogs and nearly all those surveyed experienced some form of behavioural issue.

Officials say rapidly rising costs mean businesses should pay more towards a national testing scheme for food products of animal origin.

The BVU has urged employers to talk to their staff about security measures after a man who attacked a vet in his own practice was sent to prison.

Edinburgh government says it will introduce the same rules that are currently being implemented in England and Wales, but claims they should not be viewed as a ban.

A new PDSA clinic that will provide treatment to some RSPCA clients is expected to open in the spring.

Calls for a new, Britain-wide approach to bTB have been rejected by the department as it maintains its approach is working.

Details of the measures north of the border are due to be outlined by ministers tomorrow (18 January), as charity leaders urge them to learn lessons from England and Wales.

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have worked with Dogs Trust on the GenPup-M system, which they hope to turn into an app for owners to use.

Mark Ruskell said legislation was needed to outlaw a sport that he claims is “beyond reform”, while consultations on its future in Wales are also continuing.

The association has welcomed calls for collaboration from a leading critic of the controversial badger cull policy in England, but insists that option should remain open where it is needed.

A disciplinary committee said it felt Vlad Butnaru was “making up his defence as he went along” during a hearing into his actions.

Most confirmed cases so far have not shown clear clinical signs of the virus, a new veterinary webinar on the outbreak has heard.

Proposals are expected to be outlined later this year on an issue that college leaders see as a vital aspect of veterinary legislation reform.

The latest infections have been recorded across six different counties and a senior vet believes they could be linked to recent high levels of rainfall.

Support when human life at risk by an infection unaffected by many antibiotics to dramatically reduce usage on his land.

Association issues priorities for animal health and welfare – including new Veterinary Surgeons Act – at start of what many expect will be a UK general election year.

Ministers at Holyrood say they don’t want the country to become a “safe haven or a dumping ground” for dogs being moved to escape a ban on them elsewhere.

Separate questionnaires for vets and veterinary nurses have opened as the college begins the process of developing a new strategic plan for the coming years.

Owners to be offered a free test as part of project being run by clinicians from nine CVS Group practices across south-west England to gather more data on affected dogs.

Fortnightly sessions to update vets on current outbreak in eastern and southern England begin this week.