Good afternoon all,
The following articles from the latest issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association may be of interest to some readers.
"A meeting of minds on the welfare of beef cattle" dicusses the May 28-30 International Symposium on Beef Cattle, which was held by the Beef Cattle Institute and considered timely in light of the recent release of footage showing abusive animal handling at a California slaughterhouse.
The article includes comment from Dr Temple Grandin as well as Prof Donald Broom (UK) and Dr Kevin Stafford (NZ), both of whom will be speaking at AAWS08.
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jul08/080715g.asp
"Collaborating on animal welfare" details several key decisions relating to animal welfare, that were made by the AVMA Board at their last meeting in June.
Among these were approval to hold an animal welfare symposium in 2009; to take part in a public education programme to improve the health and welfare of domestic cats; and, to partner with the ASPCA in developing a package of web-based materials designed to assist in identifying and addressing animal abuse and neglect, and in understanding the link between animal cruelty and interpersonal violence (which is the topic of a critical review to be presented by Samara McPhedran at AAWS08).
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jul08/080715g.asp
Please do feel free to use the conference blog to share articles of interest that are relevant to animal welfare and AAWS08.
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