Protecting People, Protecting Animals with Dr Paula Boyden

This week on Veterinary Ramblings, Mike Brampton and Julian Hoad are joined by Dr. Paula Boyden, newly appointed Fellow and leading voice on animal and human welfare. The discussion focuses on the Links Group, a registered charity highlighting the link between animal abuse and domestic abuse, and the difficult, often emotional cases vets may face. […]
Ethics at the Edge of Veterinary Medicine

This week on Veterinary Ramblings, Julian Hoad and Mike Brampton are joined by Polly Taylor to discuss veterinary ethics and the limits of modern medicine. Centred on the idea that “just because we can doesn’t mean we should,” the conversation explores difficult treatment decisions, experimental procedures, defensive medicine, and the moral injury vets face in […]
Building Better Veterinary Conversations With Arlo Guthrie

This week we’re joined by Arlo Guthrie – publisher, community builder, and unapologetic critical thinker. From cake factories and cockpits to founding VetNurse.co.uk and VetSurgeon.org, Arlo explores how the profession communicates: the fragmentation of social media, AI’s confident mistakes, and practical rules for writing online with clarity and respect. We also dig into pricing, trust, […]
Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie is a veteran of many careers – from frozen cake factory worker and jackaroo to stockbroker, estate agent, commercial pilot, and marketing consultant – before finding his true calling in veterinary publishing. Since 2000, he has been the driving force behind VetNurse.co.uk and VetSurgeon.org, two thriving online communities that connect and inform the […]