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Dr Harry celebrates 50 years as a vet!


Celebrating 50 years of healing all creatures great and small, popular TV star Dr Harry happily wears his heart on his sleeve.

'You have to understand that animals are part of the family – sometimes they’re like people’s children – and unless you have a degree of sympathy, you will fail,’ smiles the 73-year-old, a fluffy duckling perched on his cap.

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Dr Harry
Dr Harry

Dr Harry

Twice-divorced Harry has clearly found true contentment with Sue Sheeran, his partner of nearly five years, the woman who helped him through the devastating cancer death of his 37-year-old daughter Tiffany in March 2012.

'Sue’s propped me up so many times. Without her, I wouldn’t have made it,’ says Harry, who met the 56-year-old at a barbecue shortly after moving from his long-time home in Tasmania.

The couple share a 40-hectare farm on NSW’s mid-north coast, along with 60 Welsh ponies, several Belgian shepherd dogs, and Harry’s finest chooks, all from rare or endangered breeds.

'I don’t ever want to retire. You can keep going while your brain is functioning,' says Harry.

'While I can continue doing what I’m doing, why stop?'

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