Peter Jinman obituary

Peter Jinman always remained a vet with mud on his boots, despite later becoming a government adviser Photograph: none

My friend Peter Jinman, who has died aged 72 of cancer, was a greatly loved rural vet in Herefordshire whose impact and influence reached Westminster and the BBC.

Directed as a teenager to veterinary medicine by the zoologist JZ Young, who was a family acquaintance, Peter had a distinguished career that led him to become president both of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (2010-11) and the British Veterinary Association (2002-03). He was appointed OBE in 2004.