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August 26, 2007 at 09:12:16

USDA Tradition of Industry Before Animals to Continue at Top Vet Group

by Martha Rosenberg Page 2 of 2 page(s)

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The AVMA has plenty of its own guidelines members say without capitulating to others, like its veal welfare position that addresses ventilation, temperature and humidity control while ignoring the fact that animals cannot turn around in their crates.

Still, some AVMA members are willing to break ranks and speak out.

"I have a problem, as a veterinarian, endorsing any practice that creates disease in an animal," said Vermont delegate Dr. Thomas L. Munschauer about the proposed foie gras resolution in July.

Producing animal disease might be acceptable for research but to create it for a food delicacy "is not a good use of these animals," Dr. Munschauer said.

Something to do with the vet oath about "relief of animal suffering"?

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Martha Rosenberg is staff cartoonist for the Evanston Roundtable.

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Retired concerned citizen
walleyRetired concerned citizen

Words of a wise man

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
Mohandas Gandhi

This is something that Dr. DeHaven and the members of the AVMA should attempt to understand. Cruelty for profit should never be allowed in a supposedly civilized country

by walley (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 108 comments) on Sunday, August 26, 2007 at 12:11:34 PM