Progressive Veterinary Association
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The PVA - A new voice for the veterinary profession - A new advocate for animals
Joined November 2022
Come along to PVA Conference this Sat 21st. Open to all, just email info@playabouttime.com
vettimes.com
A former senior Defra official will be among the speakers at the gathering in London this weekend.
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PVA calls for the separation of disciplinary and some regulatory functions from RCVS, and the formation of a new General Veterinary Council
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The PVA is opposed to any invasive experimentation on animals, because it is unnecessary animal cruelty, it provides data which are a poor model for human physiology and disease, because organ on a chip technology is already available - and because of this.
Censorship, bullying and the withdrawl of funding from scientists who won't experiment on animals. The classic playbook of coercion and control
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Please sign and share this petition to deny entry to the UK of Ivan Balabanov, and thus prevent the promotion of cruel dog training practices using shock and prong collars
change.org
Deny Entry to the UK for Ivan Balabanov due to Animal Cruelty Practices
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Toys are all very well. What calves actually need are their mothers in order to express "natural behaviours". 'Calf at foot' dairy is the answer, but the question isn't being asked.
fwi.co.uk
Giving dairy calves plastic “toys” to play with helps them express their natural behaviour which, in turn, benefits their mental wellbeing. As a result,
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RT @IainTime: The current system for licensing veterinary parasiticides is deeply flawed & they are often not removed from sale even when t….
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It's hard to read articles like this, but as veterinary professionals we need to understand public opinion. The PVA agrees with the stance taken by the BVU at Valley Vets. Huge corporate profits coupled with staff using food banks make for very poor optics
walesonline.co.uk
‘It’s a dire situation – a huge crisis in people’s lives. It’s so sad because our pets are a big part of our families and they mean so much to us’
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RT @IainTime: A-list celebs join the campaign for the @RSPCA_official to drop its "Assured" scheme. Hard to see a graceful exit for the RSP….
independent.co.uk
Exclusive: Ex-vice-chair of charity joins celebrities, professors and others in claiming Assured stamp ‘welfare-washes animal cruelty’
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RT @IainTime: RSPCA reviewing its "Assured" labelling sheme. Rightly so. The review needs to be thorough, diligent, honest and pull no punc….
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More than 200 farms are inspected amid concerns an animal welfare certification scheme is failing.
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This is finally confirmed. An EU Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare. We need an equivalent in the UK - someone in Govt whose specific role is to act as an advocate for animals and their protection - and who has the power so to do
animalequality.org.uk
For the first time in the history of the EU, there will be a dedicated role for animal welfare - the Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare.
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The PVA supports Dale Vince in this initiative
bbc.co.uk
Dale Vince wants to talk to ministers about getting more vegan meals on to school menus in England.
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Greyhound racing should and will be banned. What other sport kills more than 100 of its athletes per year? No excuse for this horror and no apologist can make this right. This 'sport' is not sporting and has no future in the UK.
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Tide turns on the cull as Minister @DanielZeichner pledges to work with vets, farmers, scientists & conservationists. The PVA encompasses all the above, and we look forward to working with Daniel @BritishVets @theBCVA & @NFUDC on a 21st Century TB strategy
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RT @MarkFunnell6: So the ‘woke’-bashing @DailyMailUK lays into @nationaltrust again. For doing a bit more to tackle climate change. To….
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Belgian eventing team disqualified after doping scandal. There can be no excuse for doping an Olympian horse with trazodone. Dressage was already under the spotlight and this only adds to welfare concerns for equines used in competitions and circuses
horseandhound.co.uk
The positive test means that the Belgian eventing team, which had finished fourth at the Paris Olympic Games, has been disqualified
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RT @IainTime: Finally Defra and CVO Christine Middlemiss are on our side over ending the badger cull. Never seen a Defra press release like….
gov.uk
First Bovine TB strategy in a decade to end the badger cull and drive down TB rates to protect farmers' livelihoods
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Lots more vets & RVNs join our campaign for RCVS democracy. RCVS plans never were fit for purpose. Surely RCVS will now concede that democracy is king, but that independent oversight of the profession is also required. Setting & marking one's own homework cannot be the future.
Our letter, this week's Vet Times. A longer version went to RCVS on Friday with 61 signatories including Professors or Specialists in Equine Medicine, Surgery & Anaesthesia, ECC, Small Animal Med & Surgery, Welfare Ethics and Law & practice owners. RCVS democracy is here to stay
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