[ SHOWGSD-L ] I just received this..
- From: "Peggy" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:25:00 -0500
If your Vet joins this - get a new Vet. Better yet let him know before he
joins.
Ed
(Pacelle) ... Veterinary Corps <<== HSUS Forms New Organization (HSVMA)
http://hsus.typepad.com/wayne/2008/01/veterinarian.html
January 14, 2008
Veterinary Corps
Veterinarians and veterinary groups should be in the forefront of the
animal protection movement. But often times they have not occupied
that leadership position. And much to my great disappointment, the
leading veterinary organization in the United States, the American
Veterinary Medical Association, has often taken positions at odds with
animal welfare and proved to be an impediment to social progress for
animals. That group, which certainly does have many dedicated staff
and members, has gotten off course on a range of subjects and taken
stands that favor animal-use industries, not animals.
It is AVMA that is in the forefront of the effort to halt federal
legislation to stop the slaughter of horses for human consumption. The
AVMA has also taken a stand against legislation to crack down on Class
B dealers, who collect random source dogs and cats and sell them to
research. AVMA does not oppose the force-feeding of ducks or geese for
foie gras production or the confinement of laying hens in restrictive
cages and veal calves and breeding sows in crates so small the animals
cannot turn around or extend their limbs. It opposes legislation to
halt the overuse of antibiotics on factory farms for non-therapeutic
uses. And we just learned last week that the AVMA supports the
continued use by the U.S. Department of Agriculture of M-44 explosive
devices for predator control (the devices explode and release
poisonous sodium cyanide into the mouths of their victims, including
unintended targets such as endangered species and pets).
We want to give a home to veterinarians who want to associate
themselves with progressive leadership on animal protection issues. To
that end, today I am announcing that The Humane Society of the United
States and the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights, a group
formed in 1981 to organize veterinarians to help animals through
advocacy programs, are uniting. We are combining forces, and from that
union there will be a newly constituted organization: the Humane
Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA).
The new group-which will combine the veterinary assets of both
organizations, and then infuse the new organization with additional
resources-will do advocacy and hands-on programs to help animals. Over
the next weeks and months, you'll hear more about the operation we are
building.
HSVMA will put the interests of animals at the forefront of its
thinking. And we will work to recruit veterinarians, veterinary
technicians, and veterinary students throughout the nation to join
HSVMA. We hope you will talk to your private veterinarian and urge him
or her to join HSVMA and add a strong veterinary voice to animal
protection in the United States.
Veterinarians should be the best advocates animals have. HSVMA wants
to help rank-and-file veterinarians achieve that noble goal.
Posted by Wayne Pacelle on 14 January 2008 at 1:10 PM
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