20 Feb 2023 | Sean Wensley
The welfare of non-traditional companion animals (NTCAs) has long been a concern for many vets. In this blog, BVA Past President and Chair of the Working Group Sean Wensley talks through BVA’s new NTCA policy position.
20 Sep 2022 | Sean Wensley
The trust placed in veterinary professionals provides the opportunity and responsibility to inform the public about both animal welfare and environmental challenges, as part of sustainability in its truest sense. In this article, Sean Wensley explains how animal welfare and environmental sustainability are linked, and how GreenTeamVet can advocate for both of these important goals.
23 Apr 2019 | Sean Wensley
As BVA highlights in its newly-published position on UK sustainable animal agriculture, fewer healthier and happier animals with better productivity have less of a sustainability impact than numerous animals with poorer health and welfare outcomes.
29 Oct 2018 | Sean Wensley
As part of the upcoming One Health Day, we will be publishing a series of blogs to celebrate One Health. Here, BVA Past President Sean Wensley explores what a One Health approach can bring to the 'big' problems affecting our world.
26 Oct 2018 | Sean Wensley
For as long as humans have used animals - for transport, food, sport, companionship and more - we have recognised the benefits of breeding from the best suited naturally occurring individuals. Sean Wensley discusses how far is too far.
20 Jul 2018 | Sean Wensley
There’s a saying that our meals give us 3 votes every day. Sean Wensley explains how the new #ChooseAssured campaign can help inform consumers, and signpost the public towards schemes that promote higher animal welfare.
14 Mar 2017 | Sean Wensley
A colourful “Are you antibiotic aware?” poster was distributed to all BVA members in the January edition of In Practice. It conveys 6 top tips on responsible antibiotic use, and is a first in targeting these messages to both human patients and animal owners.
28 Jun 2016 | Sean Wensley
Since the results of the EU referendum were announced in the early hours of Friday I’m sure, like me, many of you have been thinking about what Brexit will mean in reality, including what it will mean for our profession.
08 Jun 2016 | Sean Wensley
Would the veterinary profession still have a role if animals couldn’t feel? Possibly, but if to feel is the ability to consciously experience feelings such as fear, hunger, pleasure and pain, our role would be unrelated to animal welfare.
04 May 2016 | Sean Wensley
Readers of the Mirror and Times may have read disturbing accounts over the Bank Holiday weekend about the mistreatment of animals in a Norfolk abattoir. The story, accompanied by undercover video footage on the Mirror website, described unacceptable treatment of animals and breaches of legislation intended to protect their welfare.
14 Mar 2016 | Sean Wensley
Vets’ bills were in the headlines recently, with BBC presenters, Justin Webb and Evan Davis, discussing the costs of gastrointestinal and orthopaedic surgery for their dogs. When discussing vet fees, three questions that recur are do vets charge too much? Do vets do too much for individual animals? Can high spending on pets be justified in the face of other worthy causes?
03 Feb 2016 | Sean Wensley
This evening (3 February), BVA’s animal welfare strategy – “Vets speaking up for animal welfare” - will be launched at the annual BVA London Dinner, to a roomful of key influencers including Defra Minister George Eustice MP, other MPs and Peers, industry representatives, NGOs, journalists, retailers and animal welfare scientists.
02 Feb 2016 | Sean Wensley
Animal welfare science is informing our understanding of animals and this, in turn is changing society’s attitudes towards how animals ought to be used and treated. It is a field which we as vets must remain fully conversant with, reflecting the findings in our practices and policies, while an increasing number of vets are completing related postgraduate qualifications.
21 Jan 2016 | Sean Wensley
When Maya the smooth collie was treated for a stick injury at a Glasgow veterinary practice, no one predicted that days later her case would spark a national discussion about the dangers of throwing sticks for dogs. Maya got a 10cm (4in) stick lodged in her throat, puncturing her tongue and damaging her larynx.
08 Jan 2016 | Sean Wensley
Anyone who knows of my lifelong passion for wild birds would know that my attending the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) annual reception at the Society of Wildlife Artists exhibition would not be a hardship but was it a worthwhile use of the BVA President's time?
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