{"id":8242,"date":"2025-11-17T19:24:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skylarkvets.co.uk\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&#038;p=8242"},"modified":"2025-11-18T11:06:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:06:31","slug":"zak-bond","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.skylarkvets.co.uk\/index.php\/portfolio-items\/zak-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"Zak Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" 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fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size:var(--awb-typography2-font-size);--awb-line-height:var(--awb-typography2-line-height);--awb-letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography2-letter-spacing);--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography2-text-transform);--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color8);--awb-margin-top:5px;--awb-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-margin-left:10px;--awb-text-font-family:var(--awb-typography2-font-family);--awb-text-font-weight:var(--awb-typography2-font-weight);--awb-text-font-style:var(--awb-typography2-font-style);\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Veterinary Surgeon<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-stretch fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-right-small:10px;--awb-padding-left-small:10px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:40px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:30px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:var(--awb-color3);\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><\/span><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:70;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\">Zak Bond BVMSci\u00a0MRCVS<\/h1><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:var(--awb-color3);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Zak graduated in 2025 from the University of Surrey and is looking forward to putting all he learned at vet school to good use! From badgering his parents for &#8216;Zookeeper for a Day&#8217; experiences as a child, to travelling to South Africa on his gap year to work with wildlife, and volunteering in the Amazon jungle at a rehabilitation centre after graduating, he has a passion for exotic animals that has stayed with him throughout.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of work Zak enjoys hiking and rock climbing, his favourite mountains to climb being in the French Alps. 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