VETScorner Vet and vet nurse wildlife training


The Stapeley team are keen to work closely with vets and vet nurses in pract ice and over the past f ive years we have been of fering personal development opportunit ies for those current ly working with wildlife in pract ice or those keen to support wildlife casualt ies in the future.


f locking to our two-day courses which are run twice a year, one in February, the other in October.


Vets f rom all over the region are now


species most commonly admit ted into veterinary pract ices including wood pigeons, hedgehogs, smaller birds and


The course tries to concentrate on


swans and looks at init ial triage and stabilisat ion, further diagnost ics and therapeut ics and euthanasia.


bio-security are also covered, as are how to ident ify birds' and what to feed them, which is obviously really important .


Health and safety, zoonot ic risks and


pract icals (not with live animals) which part icipants really enjoy and vets and vet nurses also come away knowing the basic wildlife legislat ion relevant to them in pract ice. For more informat ion on future courses please email lee.stewart@


The course includes some hands-on rspca.org.uk.


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The l at est news f r om t he vet t eam at St apel ey Gr ange


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