Hereford Wildlife Trust: Pet parasite prevention and their effect on pollinators, birds and aquatic life
Event details: Monday 24th April 2023, 7pm to 8:30pm
About the event
Vet, Iris Ege will discuss ‘Pet parasite prevention and their effect on pollinators, birds and aquatic life’ on Monday 24th of April 7pm.
Outlining concerns below, she will argue:
“Is preventative healthcare for pets putting biodiversity at risk?”
There are about 10 million dogs and 11 million cats in the UK, with an estimated 80% receiving flea treatments [1], whether needed or not.
The blanket use of flea treatments should be discouraged and that new regulation is needed according to recent research. Currently, the flea treatments are approved without an assessment of environmental damage.
Highly toxic insecticides used on cats and dogs? mostly preventatively? are poisoning rivers across England, a study has revealed. The discovery is “extremely concerning” for water insects, and the fish and birds that depend on them, the scientists said, who expect significant environmental damage is being done.
Links:
https://www.pdsa.org.uk/media/7420/2019-paw-report_downloadable.pdf
BIO:
Qualifying as a vet at Justus-Liebig University, Germany (2003), Iris started her journey in holistic veterinary medicine a year later. Having gained UK experience working in a mixed practice in Herefordshire, she reduced her conventional workload in 2012 to mostly small animal locum jobs. This has enabled her to stay in touch with the latest developments in veterinary medicine while focusing on alternative veterinary medicine which, currently, is not very widely used in veterinary practices in the UK. She founded A.P. Vet LTD in 2013.
Research source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/17/pet-flea-treatments-poisoning-rivers-across-england-scientists-find
