TV supervet Noel Fitzpatrick wants animals to be given the same options in surgical care as humans

Irish TV vet Noel Fitzpatrick tells Keeley Bolger animals should be given the same options in surgical care as afforded humans

BRITISH people last year spent a whopping £4.6bn on looking after their animal pals, and it’s estimated the country’s pet population includes 8.5m dogs, 7.4m cats, a million rabbits and 19.9m indoor fish. Ireland may not spend quite as much, but an increasing amount is being spent on pet care.

So, it comes as little surprise that The Supervet, Channel 4’s documentary series following Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, the world’s leading neuro-orthopaedic veterinary surgeon, regularly attracts two million viewers.