Ramadan Mubarak, Happy Easter, Happy Passover!

Happy holidays ,

Whether you are celebrating one of these holidays or not, we hope you found time to be with family and friends this weekend. This is a great time of year to take stock of where we are at and set some goals for the remainder of the year. For us we recognize that the constant bad news and doom scrolling social media does nothing for our mental health. So for the next few months we will be redoubling our efforts to bring good news into your lives. We will try to keep a few positive news articles in every issue of

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This week we have curated a list of news for you to review between family meals. All the best to you and your families on this holiday weekend.

- The Obi Veterinary Team

Quick hits:

Here are the stories that caught our eyes this week and are worth a read: Veterinary Debt Solutions Program Launches [Farm Journal Foundation]Michelson Prize for non-surgical spay-neuter solution [TVB]Millions allocated to federal veterinary programs [AVMA]Animal crossing: world’s biggest wildlife bridge comes to California highway [The Guardian]Why do dogs lick their wounds? [Livescience]New veterinary app uses AI to track disease trends [Horsetalk]Embark launches genetic testing for vets to guide clinical decisions [DVM360]Mutations across species reveal clues to ageing [BBC]Veterinarian shortage could leave 75M pets without medical care [NBC]It’s Not Just Physicians and Nurses. Veterinarians Are Burning Out, Too [NPR]

Trivia

What was the first animal in space?

Your weekly dopamine 

A rescued crow and its unlikely friend. 

Trivia Answer

While most people think about Laika, the dog sent to space by the Soviet Union, the first animals in space were actually a group of fruit flies, launched to 42 miles (67.6 km) up in the tip of a rocket by American military scientists in 1947. The launch was aimed to determine the effect of cosmic rays on biological tissue.  The first mammal was a rhesus monkey named Albert II in 1949.  Laika was thought to be the first animal to make an orbital space flight, but sadly, or perhaps thankfully, she died shortly after her rocket launched due to over heating of the capsule.  In 1960, a Soviet rocket launched with many animals on board and was the first to return to earth.  Animals in space is a great Wikipedia entry if you have the time.

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