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Board revises AVMA policies on horse tripping, opioids, public health

AVMA News

The AVMA Board of Directors (BOD) updated and adopted several policies during its April 4-5 meeting at AVMA headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois. The policy topics ranged from horse tripping to goat and sheep disbudding and dehorning to the veterinarian’s role in the opioid epidemic.

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The Parable of the Goat Mites

10,000 Birds

And so, a man named Salvador Ramirez brought a small herd of goats from Santa Catalina Island where he was to San Clemente Island where he went to live. And so, when Salvador Ramirez left, there were feral goats on the island of San Clemente, the southernmost of the Channel Islands off the coast of California. And so, the U.S.

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A Chance for Bliss

4 The Love Of Animals

The purpose is therefore to provide a Forever Home for those companion and farm animals that have virtually no chance of being adopted due to their age or condition. “We do not adopt out for the mere fact that the ones we have nobody wanted, and that is fine with us.

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Annual Animal Care Gala in NYC

4 The Love Of Animals

The event is to be held at Pacha on Thursday, October 22, 2009, and all funds raised will benefit the city’s broad rescue, shelter and adoption services. Accessorized with professional models, watch a variety of happily-adopted animals strutting their stuff as they compete for the “best in show” on the runway.