Originally from: frances fish
                        
There is VERY strong feeling here, Jane. I do NOT think that the Government would have been able to proceed as they did without the collusion of the vets. I do not think enough had the strength of character to stand up and say what they were doing was very wrong. We looked to the vets(most of us ) for advice and support. We got neither. Many turned a blind eye, some actually were seen to revel in the bloodbath(notable case in South West Scotland!) Our trust has turned to disgust. The vets are short of work, few will call them out in case, as Coleen has remarked, they are betrayed for some reason, to the powers that be.Some were, undoubtedly blackmailed with the withdrawal of lucrative Defra work e.g. T.B. tests (makes you laugh now does'nt it ? Because thats exactly what Defra are now proposing. The betrayers are now betrayed. Yes, Jane, I would be the first to admit there are good vets out there, thank the Lord for that. But, as you have said in the past, it only needs the honest, reasonable and good to keep their mouths shut for the corrupt and evil to prevail. We, personally, are still awaiting the Ombudsman report into the handling of our case, it was due out at the turn of the year, then it was the New Year, then we had been put in with other cases which were not yet complete, we are stll waiting. We get the impression, rightly or wrongly, that the reports are being deliberately slowed down in some way. They cannot be "sat-on" for ever. It is our fervent hope that there is a reason why they do not want them published, but we have been grossly misled in the past and I do not want to get my hopes too high. Yes, I also think that attempts are being made at reform within the RCVS. Alas, we might also say, too little and too late. Currently, thay have struck off one of their members, laughably for signing a false certificate for export purposes. Finally, have they realised that because they chose to ignore those who committed that self same crime in 2001, they have provided this member with the ammunition to app eal against the decision and probably win ! Not only whave they found they have few teeth, they will now prove themselves completely edentulous !!! Also, to falsify certificates within this country is one thing, but for exportation when disease might be involved ? Now, what will our foreign friends think of that one? Still fighting for justice, Frances