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Current Issues Summer 2003

The Cartoons
by Franko

Registrar's Reflections

Registrar's Reflections

The Registrar reflects on a parable about the ascent of life's tightrope and how many of us are just observing others.

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3 cases of desexing dogs when owner consent was not given

Surgical consent

A busy veterinarian may make the mistake of performing a desexing procedure on an anaesthetised patient when the patient was booked in for a different procedure.

Is this an Australian phenomenon where the sterilisation of pets is the "norm"? Thus the vets are victims of society. Or is it purely a lack of double checking and effective communication?

The 3 dogs inadvertently desexed have found their verdict and in the cartoon recommend a punishment they see fit.

Animal welfare launch

Animal Welfare - a launch

A resource for veterinarians has been launched.

I thought of battery hens as an obvious animal welfare issue and how they might be launched.

It was a lot milder cartoon than using sheep who may not land so well.

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"Bin it."

Australian Wildlife Health Network

Do you undertake post mortems and record the cause of death of wildlife or do you just bin the bodies?

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Hit Cat

Hit Cat

A serious case report. Hard to cartoon.
I took the option of
cartooning a well known real estate saying rather than graphically representing the incident.

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I'm the vet at the Croc Ideal Resort

Workplace Injury

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Animal Aid Inc, a veterinary charity, which provides funding for pets owned by low-income earners

Help for low income earners

The cat depicted is a struggling single parent.

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Elevating the vet nursing profession

Veterinary Nurses' career elevation

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Preg testing after hours

Preg testing and After Hours work rationalisation

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Rodney raffles a dead donkey

Rodney and his dead donkey - an amusing exercise in business deception

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What can I do? - short story about a small kindness blossoming into a historical event

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