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Sixteen years ago, Monika Wood was veterinary assistant doing a dental prophy on a dog when she was inspired to pursue a career in research. Now she’s a credentialed veterinary technician working to provide the best possible animal care in the research lab.

In honor of World Wildlife Conservation Day (Dec. 4), Co-founder Kayla Fratt of K9 Conservationists shares how conservation detection dogs sniff out the scat of everything from Alaskan wolves to Guatemalan ocelots to help further research of their ecosystems and reveal who’s eating whom in the wild.

A recent study funded by the Human Animal Bond Research Institute found that cats offer more than just companionship to older adults: Feline ownership can ease loneliness, improve health, and even reduce doctor visits. 

With its new surgical suite, New York’s Schwarzman Animal Medical Center (AMC), is cutting-edge in more than just technology. Their approach to teaching, intentional hospital design, and wellbeing have made AMC the place where patients go when others say it “can’t be done.”

“If you’re resenting your work, you’re not getting paid enough,” says AAHA past president Pam Nichols, DVM, CCRP, CFI . Here she lays out her tried-and-true formula for paying associates.

Vet med has been mostly female since 2009 but research suggests inherent bias, unequal resources, and the “motherhood penalty” contribute to why females still trail males in income and status.

Looking for resources to help guide the fair compensation conversation in vet med? During April, we’ve highlighted fair compensation, the main attrition driver from our “Stay, Please” study.

This week: A new study seeks opioid options for postsurgical pain, Metallica may have saved a hiker’s life, and a new report aims to reduce the number of dogs shot by police.

We already knew that Xylitol is poisonous to dogs; researchers figured that out back in the 1960s. But it turns out there’s way more of it out there than we realized—so many that the FDA recently issued a xylitol update.

We’ve entered the peak moving season in the US. On average, more than 40 million people move each year in the United States, with an estimated 80% of those moves occurring between April and September. And, according to an oft-quoted study on pet relinquishment at US animal shelters, the number one reason pet owners give for relinquishing pets is moving (7%). Does that mean we’ve also entered the peak season for pet relinquishment?