Dunhelm Veterinary Group in Durham has been targeted by an unusual protest, parked outside its front door.

According to a report in the Northern Echo, the van appeared outside the practice last Saturday.

One of the partners, Jack Creaner told the newspaper that there were no outstanding complaints against the practice and the protest was unexplained.

Although the van has now gone, the practice still has no idea who was behind the protest. However, it does seems to have backfired spectacularly, unleashing a wave of support on the practice's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dunelm-Veterinary-Group/299184546875132

Jack said: "We are very grateful to all the people who took time to make such lovely remarks on social media." 

He added the following advice for anyone else who in the profession who finds themselves at the receiving end of this kind of behaviour: "Try not to let these things get to you on a personal level. As we saw lots more people like what we do than don't. As one client put it - you can be the ripest sweetest juiciest peach in the world but someone out there doesn't like peaches."

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