Lancashire-based Vet Robin Hargreaves Becomes President Elect Of The British Veterinary Association

Small animal veterinary surgeon Robin Hargreaves was elected President Elect of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) for 2012/2013. The ceremony took place during the Annual General Meeting of the BVA at the close of its Annual Congress, held in the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool. Mr Hargreaves, a director of a four-centre mixed practice in Colne, Lancashire, was born and raised on a hill farm in the Yorkshire Dales. Robin joined the BVA whilst a student at the University of Liverpool Veterinary School. He qualified in 1985 and joined a two-vet mixed practice in Shropshire before moving on to a spell at a small animal practice in Leeds before settling in Colne. He is a past president of the Lancashire Veterinary Association and a life member of the Veterinary Benevolent Fund (VBF). Within the BVA, Robin has been a facilitator for recent graduate meetings in the North West and has been a member of the BVA’s Members’ Services Group (MSG) over the last four years, becoming chair in 2009. Commenting on his election, Mr Hargreaves said: “As a full time veterinary practitioner I am constantly reminded of the issues that have to be tackled daily in our fight to maintain and enhance animal welfare across all species. “My career has been in the companion animal sector of mixed practice but I was born into the farming community and my family is still largely still involved in agriculture. “I am honoured and excited to be elected to the officer team at the BVA and I hope I will be able to use a broad practical perspective to continue the, often unsung, work that the BVA continues to do in support of the veterinary profession.”

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