Cairns vet will take innovative pet project to a new level after competition success


CAIRNS entrepreneur Charlotte Williamson will use success at a major start-up competition to market her dog weight-loss venture across Australia and in the US.

The Stratford resident finished runner-up at the Australia Post Regional Pitchfest state final in Toowoomba, pocketing $3500 to grow her business.

An experienced veterinarian, Dr Williamson quit her job about two years ago to focus on the Dog Slim venture – an online-based program to help keep canine weight levels under control.



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Southern hemisphere's largest conference for horse vets hits the Gold Coast


More than 200 equine veterinarians will head to the Gold Coast this weekend to learn about the latest in horse health - including infectious diseases, emerging medicines and surgery techniques as well as common horse ailments.


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Volunteers needed for Maldives expedition


The Olive Ridley Project (ORP) is looking for veterinary volunteers “hungry for adventure” to participate in its Sea Turtle Research Expedition project in the Maldives. Research volunteers will spend four weeks on an expedition in Haa Alif Atoll searching for and collecting data on sea turtles, which will inform the TurtleWatch Maldives programme.


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Therapy animals are everywhere. Proof that they help is not.


A therapy-animal trend grips the United States. The San Francisco airport now deploys a pig to calm frazzled travelers. Universities nationwide bring dogs (and a donkey) onto campus to soothe students during finals. Llamas comfort hospital patients, pooches provide succor at disaster sites and horses are used to treat sex addiction.


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Dinosaur Extinction Allowed Frogs to Conquer the Planet


The mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs paved the way for a totally different type of creature to take over — frogs. The slimy amphibians exploded in numbers and diversified in the millions of years after a massive asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, taking advantage of the huge holes in the ecosystem that extinct creatures left behind, a new study suggests.


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Customs' foot-and-mouth disease protection pressure


PRESSURE is on Australia’s border protection to identify and decontaminate international travellers arriving in Australia from countries where foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is endemic.


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Avaya video conferencing assists RSPCA Qld with animal welfare


Communication solutions provider Avaya has secured a contract with the Queensland branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with the society’s adoption of its video conferencing technology.


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Thinking of getting a guinea pig? Better get two


While Australia has laws on animal welfare, the Swiss appear to be ahead of the kerb. We are yet to make any specific rules regarding animal pairing or social requirements for particular animals.


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