Ti ovratniki se v večini primerov uporabljajo za odpravljanje neželenih vedenjskih navad pri psih. V skupščinski debati so utemeljili pravilnik s tem, da so ti ovratniki nepotrebno mučenje živali in pogosto ostanejo orodje lenih in brezbrižnih lastnikov, ki ne znajo odpravljati neželenih navad pri svojih hišnih ljubljencih na noben drug način.

Storilca, ki krši ta pravilnik lahko doleti zapor do 1 leta (51 tednov) in/ali denarna kazen do £5.000 (~€5.700)

Wales je prva država/pokrajina znotraj Velike Britanije, ki je uvedla takšno prepoved. Organizacije, ki se borijo za zaščito živali, se zavzemajo za takšno prepoved v celotni Britaniji.

That these collars are no gentle persuasion tools can be discovered by watching people trying them on themselves. In this video the guy tests it on himself and it starts at about 3.30 min, but you can watch the whole thing, I don’t care. This other video is shorter and its tested by a girl.

Both the above videos are actually very funny as they are done under consent, but it does have a serious back tone as dogs probably wouldn’t be so prepared to wear them.

Aja, pardon, sem šele zdaj opazil, da sem gornji del začel pisat v angleščini. Se mi ne ljubi zdej spreminjat.

• Uradno sporočilo za javnost valežanke skupščinske vlade: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/environmentcountryside/ecnewsevents/ralatestnews/walesbansshockcollars/?lang=en
• Po dolgem iskanju na straneh Valežanske skupščinske vlade, sem pravilnik dejansko našel na OPSI strani: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/wales/wsi2010/wsi_20100943_en_1 (različica v PDF)
• Novica na RSPCA strani: http://www.rspca.org.uk/media/news/story/-/article/EM_ElectricShockCollarBanInWales_Mar10
• Kampanija v Kennel Club: http://www.banshockcollars.org.uk/
• Novica na BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8584028.stm

A bit of trivia:  The Aber Eiddy Blue Lagoon was also used as a filming location for the video for the techno anthem Silence by the Canadian group Delirium (Featuring Sarah McLachlan). By the way the video was also filmed at Newgale beach.

As I entered the lagoon I saw a sheep on the cliffs about halfway between the top of the cliffs and the lagoon floor. I though it was a ledge that the animal accessed to get to some grass and didn’t think much about it. A few days later I overheard a colleague at work saying how her dog got fixated on a sheep on the cliffs while walking and it transpired that she was walking the dog in the Blue Lagoon and that was quite probably the same sheep. I went to check as soon as possible half expecting the sheep to be gone or even worse, dead. To my surprise she was still there and I took these pictures:

The problem is the rocks are vertical and very slippery below. Above, from the top of the cliff, there is a very steep slope. I managed to report about the stranded sheep to the RSPCA and they confirmed they have already received reports about this incident and that there is also a farmer that is checking it daily. This all happened yesterday, Saturday January 3rd. Today I went and checked it again and it is still there, alive. This makes it at least 9 days since it has been stuck on that ledge.

Does anyone else know anything more about it? The RSPCA call centre mentioned that a rescue is considered but also mentioned health and safety which fills me with a bit of a worry. I don’t want to start an upset but I don’t want to see an animal suffer further and am quite willing to go and get the sheep myself. I have tried out rock climbing a couple of times and this should be an easy climb/descent with the proper equipment. The only problem would be restraining the sheep and convincing her that I its supposed to be rescued and should not feel threatened.

I have also tried contacting the local newspaper to get them involved. So far no reply. I would appreciate any suggestions or help. Will post any updates as they arise.

Update Monday, 4th January 2010 at 13.15

Checked on her again yesterday at about 2pm. Was still looking relatively OK. Just spoke to the RSPCA inspector. A rescue is planned this week. The farmer who is checking up on her is the owner so if all goes well she should be back with her hers by the end of the week unless she has any medical condition that needs to be treated first. Apparently sheep often get stranded in those parts and a lot of times will get themselves out of trouble.

Update Tuesday, 5th January 2010 at 19.20

Sheep still OK, were a couple of people from the RSPCA that were trying to get some food down to her. The problem today were very strong winds and icy snow. The snow was only up on the junction with the Abereiddy road which is where I had to leave my car. When I arrived I though the snow would be on the beach as well – there is a rather steep road just above Aber Eiddy. The B4330 was quite slippery on the way there as the snow was just starting at about 13.40. I left Aber Eiddy at about 14.40. This was a photo of the road:

The Abereiddy road after the snow on January 5th

I came home at about 18.40. That is 4 hours later!!! The trip should have taken me about 45 minutes!. This was the route I took and my average speed was 5 miles per hour. The problem wasn’t the very icy B4330 – that part took me about an hour to the Ford roundabout. It took the rest to get from the roundabout at Ford to Johnston. Nuts!!! That part had an average speed of  1.7 mph (3 hours for 5.3 miles).

I have received some news from a journalist from the above mentioned local newspaper. She received information that the rescue was planned for tomorrow but due to the adverse weather conditions I doubt this.

Update Thursday, 7th January 2010 at 19.30

Received a call from the Western Telegraph newsdesk this afternoon. The reporter had learnt that the sheep was successfully rescued yesterday, Wednesday, January 6. I was just trying to get some feed arranged for her for tomorrow but it now wont be necessary. Great!

Update Thursday, 8th January 2010 at 19.35

Talked to the RSPCA inspector today who told me the sheep was so cooperative that it didn’t need sedating and lifting it up was not such a problem. There were also another two sheep further along also on the cliffs but they could have possibly got themselves out of trouble but they helped them out non the less.

Ko sem najprej opazil manjkajočo kratice sem jim napisal e-pismo a nanj nisem dobil nobenega odgovora. Na vse skupaj sem pozabil dokler nisem pred kratkim dobil neko potrdilo o izobraževanju s področja zdravstvenega zavarovanja hišnih ljubljencev. Na potrdilu je zopet manjkala kratica naziva. Močno mi je smrdelo po tem, da so avtorji potrdila kopirali vsebino RCVS registra. Ker sem imel vsega že malo dovolj sem tokrat poklical RCVS. Obljubili so mi, da bodo zadevo preučili in me poklicali nazaj. To so tudi storili kako uro kasneje in mi sporočili da mi kratice “dr.vet.med.” ne morejo priznati, ker le-ta ni navedena v ustrezni Evropski zakonodaji (2005/36/EU). Prav tako pa kratica ni navedena na diplomi, kar naj bi bil tudi težava. Oboje je seveda res, kratica je splošno priznana, ni pa nikjer uradno zabeležena, ne v EU direktivi, ne na diplomi.

V upanju na pomoč sem pisal dekanu Veterinarske fakultete (VF) in bivšemu dekanu VF, ki mi je podpisal diplomo, v tem času pa je bil v službi vlade, kot minister za kmetijstvo.

V odgovoru VF so ponudili, da mi izdajo potrdilo o kratici v angleškem jeziku za €50. V odgovoru MKGP-ja oz VURS-a pa mi predlagajo naj pridem ponovno v stik z RCVS, češ, ali sploh sprejemajo/priznavajo prej omenjeno potrdilo VF. Za vsak slučaj sem potrdilo dvignil ob naslednjem obisku v Sloveniji in ga po najkrajši poti poslal na RCVS.

No, kak odgovor sem dobil:

Dear Martin

Thank you for your recent letter and the ‘certificate’ from the Dean of
the University of Ljubljana confirming that the approved post-nominal
for the primary veterinary qualification is DrVetMed.

We have looked into this further with interesting results.  As indicated
to you in August, EU Directive 2005/36/EU does indeed not list this
post-nominal against the entry for the Ljubljana qualification.
However, having now also looked at the The Veterinary Surgeons’
Qualifications (European Recognition) Regulations 2008 – which transpose
EU Directive 2005/36/EU into UK law – the table of qualifications herein
does list ‘DrVetMed’ alongside the qualification.

Whether it was omitted from EU Directive 2005/36/EU in error is not
clear but, in short, we will add this to your RCVS Register entry and to
that of the only other graduate from Ljubljana on the RCVS Register.

Regards,

Res, da sem potrdilo naročil ne da bi predhodno vprašal RCVS ali ga sploh sprejmejo. Je pa tudi res da bi lahko na RCVS že na začetku pravilno preverili  zakonodajo in bi se zgodba lahko zaključila že pred časom. Skrivnost seveda je, od kod se jim je kratica DrVetMed (ena beseda, brez pik)  sploh znašla v britanski zakonodaji, saj to nikoli ni bila priznana kratica za veterinarje v Sloveniji in je v EU direktivi tudi ni.

Še ne vem ali bi komu težil za to ali ne. Verjetno, da ne bom, ker se mi ne ljubi in imam bolj pametne stvari za počet

First the panic set in that sort of helped me wake up a bit. I dressed rather hastily (for the second time this night) and rushed still a bit dazed to the car only to be called again by the call centre that they received another call from the police that it was not our alarm that went off but the next door’s.

A few hasty words were spoken but not directed at the person at the other end of the line. She must have heard them but unfortunately she should be considered involved in collateral damage.

I knew this might bite me in the behind if I just go back to sleep. On these occasions you sometimes get called again so I decided to check our premises anyway. Upon my arrival expecting multiple police vehicles and possibly someone from the neighbouring business, I found absolutely no one. Nada. Ziltch.No alarm was going off either. Time for a another few carefully chosen words. Then checked our place and then back home for a simulated couple of hours of sleeping. I say simulated as I actually did none.

Bring on Friday, I guess.

Ravno ta teden smo se namreč na kliniki, kjer delam, pridružili projektu DogsTrust-a, ki to poletje nudi kastracijo/sterilizacijo ter mikročipiranje za zgolj 10 funtov (okoli €12.6). Zgolj v informacijo, mikročipiranje v Veliki Britaniji ni v domeni države in zato ni “brezplačno”, kot v Sloveniji vendar tu lastnikom ni potrebno plačati takse v vključene v obveznem cepljenju. Tu obveznega cepljenja, tudi proti steklini, ni in tako tudi ni načina, da bi država pobrala kaj od tega. Seveda imajo posledično veliko manjši odstotek psov čipiranih, kot je to primer v Sloveniji.

Se vračam nazaj na temo subvencioniranje posegov na malih živalih. DogsTrust je precej velika dobrodelna organizacija, ki se je za ta dotični projekt povezala z največjo britansko mrežo trgovin za male živali Pets at Home. Vse kar zahtevajo od stranke je, da prikažejo, da so zares upravičeni do subvencioniranega posega in to velja za ljudi na eni od oblik socialne pomoči in plačajo 10 funtov. Potem pokličejo eno od klinik, ki je vključena v projekt (npr. nas) in se naročijo. Precej enostavno.

Sicer je podobnih dobrodelnih organizacij kar nekaj in nekatere, kot npr. RSPCA in PDSA imajo svoje klinike, kjer nudijo brezplačne ali precej cenejše veterinarske storitve.

Bom zaključil članek z napisom, ki ga je ustanoviteljica PDSA Maria Dickin razobesila nad vhodom v prvo kliniko v londonskem Whitechapel-u, novembra 1917:

Bring your sick animals.
Do not let them suffer.
All animals treated.
All treatment free.

Prinesite svoje bolne živali.
Ne pustite jim trpeti.
Zdravimo vse živali.
Zdravljenje brezplačno.

Mike in Roki (slika sicer simbolična in nima direktne veze s člankom)

We did practical work on cerclage wire fixation, tension band wires, tibial intramedullar pinning, femoral external fixator combined with an intramedullar pin, femoral head and neck excision, cranial cruciate ligament operation (lateral patellar arthrotomy, meniscal examination and fabellotibial suture) and finally a V-recession sulcoplasty with tibial tuberosity transposition.

Sounds alien, I presume. These are just some of the most common orthopaedic operations performed on cats and dogs so, if, for example, you cat is involved in a RTA or your dog develops cruciate ligament tears these just a few of the procedures that are possible.

Res, da je Haverfordwest oz. Wales v celoti bolj stran od dogajanja a tu le ni tako slabo. Ampak očitno se le pozna pomanjkanje veterinarjev v tej državi in nam zato še do danes ni uspelo dobiti novega človeka.
In čisto zares so me spraševali, če poznam koga, ki bi prišel iz Slovenije delat na našo kliniko – bi ga/jo bili zelo veseli.

Torej, če si veterinar in te zanima delo v tujini, se lahko prijaviš

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