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04-16-2009, 02:25 AM
On 25th April 09 its World Veterinary DAY!
The Theme this year is "Veterinarians and livestock farmers- a winning partnership".
World Veterinary Day (WVD) is held annually on the last Saturday of April and this week (Saturday 26 April) around the world, from Sudan to Taiwan and Nepal to Canada, veterinarians will be celebrating the profession's diversity and its contributions to human and animal health and welfare.
World Veterinary Day was founded by the World Veterinary Association (WVA) in 2001 to highlight the work of the veterinary profession around the world in food safety/public health, border controls and quarantine, clinical practice, animal health, animal welfare, environmental protection, research and development and wildlife conservation.
See here (http://www.worldvet.org/taxonomy/term/17)for how in different places around the world, plans have been laid to celebrate this day with events.
http://www.petdoctorforum.com/blog/wp-content/images/wvd.jpg
Various other steps are being made globally to highlight this date.
In the UK, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) is using WVD to showcase the global role of the veterinary profession in raising standards of animal welfare by signing up to the Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW). Demonstrating its commitment to animal welfare, the BVA has formally supported the UDAW.
The Declaration, which represents the world's first international agreement on animal welfare, recognises that sentient animals are capable of pain and suffering, deserving consideration and respect, and calls for effective animal welfare legislation to be developed and enforced around the world.
It is hoped that the Declaration will ultimately be adopted by the United Nations.
In the US Dr. Leon H. Russell, president of the WVA and former AVMA president had this statement to make-
"World Veterinary Day celebrates and showcases the vast contributions that veterinarians make to the health and welfare of both people and pets," said
"People know and understand that we care for pets and food animals, but we need to show the world how diverse we are as a profession," he continued. "Veterinarians do so much more."
Vet Clinic's are encouraged to host an open house, visit school programs, and make this one day a time to showcase how veterinarians touch the lives of many every day.
Most's people's idea of a vet is helping pets, or perhaps a role in farm animal health.
But vets are also involved in Public Health eg. controlling which animals may and may not cross the border's of countries, to keep out unwanted infectious diseases which could affect people and animals.
Regarding Import and export of animals, the British Veterinary Association has recently said
“This is an important area where those involved in public health and animal welfare must work together. Vets and medics must continue to do the necessary research to be sure we can have in place a system ...which we can trust"
So, what are you or your local clinic doing to celebrate World Veterinary Day and celebrating the profession's diversity and its contributions to human and animal health and welfare?! :)
The Theme this year is "Veterinarians and livestock farmers- a winning partnership".
World Veterinary Day (WVD) is held annually on the last Saturday of April and this week (Saturday 26 April) around the world, from Sudan to Taiwan and Nepal to Canada, veterinarians will be celebrating the profession's diversity and its contributions to human and animal health and welfare.
World Veterinary Day was founded by the World Veterinary Association (WVA) in 2001 to highlight the work of the veterinary profession around the world in food safety/public health, border controls and quarantine, clinical practice, animal health, animal welfare, environmental protection, research and development and wildlife conservation.
See here (http://www.worldvet.org/taxonomy/term/17)for how in different places around the world, plans have been laid to celebrate this day with events.
http://www.petdoctorforum.com/blog/wp-content/images/wvd.jpg
Various other steps are being made globally to highlight this date.
In the UK, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) is using WVD to showcase the global role of the veterinary profession in raising standards of animal welfare by signing up to the Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW). Demonstrating its commitment to animal welfare, the BVA has formally supported the UDAW.
The Declaration, which represents the world's first international agreement on animal welfare, recognises that sentient animals are capable of pain and suffering, deserving consideration and respect, and calls for effective animal welfare legislation to be developed and enforced around the world.
It is hoped that the Declaration will ultimately be adopted by the United Nations.
In the US Dr. Leon H. Russell, president of the WVA and former AVMA president had this statement to make-
"World Veterinary Day celebrates and showcases the vast contributions that veterinarians make to the health and welfare of both people and pets," said
"People know and understand that we care for pets and food animals, but we need to show the world how diverse we are as a profession," he continued. "Veterinarians do so much more."
Vet Clinic's are encouraged to host an open house, visit school programs, and make this one day a time to showcase how veterinarians touch the lives of many every day.
Most's people's idea of a vet is helping pets, or perhaps a role in farm animal health.
But vets are also involved in Public Health eg. controlling which animals may and may not cross the border's of countries, to keep out unwanted infectious diseases which could affect people and animals.
Regarding Import and export of animals, the British Veterinary Association has recently said
“This is an important area where those involved in public health and animal welfare must work together. Vets and medics must continue to do the necessary research to be sure we can have in place a system ...which we can trust"
So, what are you or your local clinic doing to celebrate World Veterinary Day and celebrating the profession's diversity and its contributions to human and animal health and welfare?! :)