Media release Johannesburg, 5 February 2025 Tough but rewarding: South African para-vets embrace the opportunity to work for themselves South Africans will find it increasingly easier to access animal healthcare now that para-veterinary professionals...
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South African Veterinary Council (SAVC) Position Statement on the euthanasia of lion
The Code of Conduct and Practice (CoCP) for the veterinary profession does not specifically deal with the euthanasia of lion itself. The CoCP provides in general that a veterinarian may euthanise a healthy animal if there is a justifiable reason to do so. Within the...
Locking horns with challenges: how wildlife vets play a vital role in advancing conservation
For immediate release Johannesburg, 30 November 2023 Locking horns with challenges: how wildlife vets play a vital role in advancing conservation South Africa has to ramp up its conservation efforts, including in the protection of threatened and endangered...
Vets and veterinary nurses reinstated to South Africa’s critical skills list
For immediate release Johannesburg, 6 October 2023 Vets and veterinary nurses reinstated to South Africa’s critical skills list Veterinarians and veterinary nurses have been reinstated to South Africa’s critical skills list with effect from 3 October 2023 –...