Admittedly, on other occasions, I feel profound regret that I am not a professional cricketer, a veterinary physician (prescribing tablets but never operating) or a scaffolder who is, as a result of my trade, absolved from all parking restrictions.
Today, five months' work will be taken apart, piece by piece, by four palaeontologists, led by veterinary surgeon Dr Luke Gamble.
The 20-year-old, from Milnthorpe, Cumbria, started the six-year Veterinary Gateway programme with the Royal Veterinary College last year.
Eighty per cent of veterinary professionals reported seeing an increase in levels of pet obesity in the last two years, with increasing numbers of overweight dogs, cats, rabbits and even small rodents being brought into their surgeries for treatment.
Owners who persistently ignore veterinary advice about their overweight animals could have their pets removed from their care, for failing to provide a suitable diet for their pet, as required by the Animal Welfare Acts.
What the EC vets say is wrong Dirty equipment Poor hygiene Dirty floors, walls and ceilings Lines move too fast for proper checks on dead birds Lack of protective clothing for staff Insufficient paperwork Insufficient veterinary supervision.
It includes an initial year then a five-year degree in veterinary medicine.
As in humans, pet obesity can reduce life expectancy Sean Wensley, senior vet "The pet obesity epidemic is something that all veterinary professionals are increasingly concerned about," said Sean Wensley, a senior veterinary surgeon with the PDSA.
In Scotland, if you are unlucky enough to be born into a disadvantaged community, you can more or less forget about a career in medicine or veterinary science.
Peter Bradnock, of the British Poultry Meat Federation, said the lack of full-time veterinary presence had "no bearing on the safety of poultry meat being produced or on the considerable extent of the inspection and controls already in place to safeguard public health".
They spray deer musk in big cat enclosures, and freeze a polar bear's fish supper in blocks of ice.Few of the changes in the handling and presenting of animals would be possible had great progress not come in veterinary care.
