Animal Welfare Judging Competition Adds Veterinary Student Division, USA
Animal Welfare Judging Competition Adds Veterinary Student Division, USA
For the first time, veterinary students participated in the Intercollegiate Animal Welfare Judging and Assessment Competition, highlighting the increased attention veterinarians are receiving for their role in ensuring animal welfare. Now in its seventh year, the Animal Welfare Judging and Assessment Competition was originally created to help students enrolled in undergraduate animal science programs understand the importance of animal welfare in agricultural systems.
Joint Campaign Against Bluetongue Launched, UK
With the end of the vector-free period and the threat of more cases of bluetongue, organisations from across all elements of the livestock sector have come together to launch a Joint campaign Against Bluetongue (JAB).
AVMA Applauds New State Laws That Make Dog Fighting A Felony Everywhere In The United States
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is pleased to announce that dog fighting is now a felony everywhere in the United States. Last week, Wyoming made dog fighting a felony, the 50th state in the country to do so.