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Perth’s Bondi Vet Dr Peter Ricci.

Celebrity Perth vet banned after fabricating debt, posing as lawyer

Dr Peter Ricci wrote letters to a club secretary pretending to be a legal representative, falsely accusing the woman of harassment, stalking and intimidation.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt

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Schuster and Connie, a green-cheeked parrot he rescued from his first job as a vet.

Ben had wanted to be a vet since he was 10. This is why he had to walk away

A workforce shortage is hitting the business of caring for pets.

  • Abby Seaman
The NSW Coroner is investigating the circumstances surrounding the 2022 death of jockey Marina Morel.

Injured horse returned to work six months early before jockey’s fatal fall

Marina Morel was fatally crushed underneath a racehorse in country NSW. An inquest will examine whether the animal’s prior injury contributed to its fall.

  • Amber Schultz
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Marketers think outside the planter box

While the vet shows his human side.

Dr Lily Parkinson splits River’s blood into bags matching the needs of different animals.

When snow leopards in her care got sick, Lily was out for blood

In a bid to save some of the world’s most exotic animals in times of emergency, a US vet is developing a blood bank for zoos that covers a menagerie of species.

  • Emily Anthes
Ian George Taylor arrives at Southport Magistrates Court on Friday.

Man, 80, faces court accused of supplying ‘whale drugs’

An 80-year-old man accused of links to an illegal assisted dying business has sought to view police evidence alleging he trafficked whale euthanasia drugs alongside his son.

  • Rex Martinich
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Brett Daniel Taylor, 53, is accused of running an end-of-life business.

Case of man accused of being behind whale drug euthanasia ring back in court

Brett Daniel Taylor, 53, is one of three people who have been charged following a police investigation into the alleged assisted suicide of a Gold Coast man, identified as David Llewellyn Bedford.

  • Cloe Read
Three-year-old Okan in the university vet hospital.

This bear ate so much it had to be sent for a CT scan on a stretcher

Footage of Okan the bear undergoing scans for stomach pains went viral in Turkey last week. 

Dr Maxwell Hall from West Coast Veterinary Hospital is facing another 10 month ban.

Why a sought-after Perth horse vet’s second suspension has been delayed

A specialist equine vet is facing another lengthy suspension after the State Administrative Tribunal found he continued working during a previous ban in 2021.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
A Perth vet has had his registration cancelled following complaints from two pet owners.

Perth vet’s registration cancelled after multiple complaints and two dead dogs

Adrian Burstein had his registration cancelled after appearing before the State Administrative Tribunal.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt