Comments on: AVMA sounds off on “humane” new veterinary group http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/01/17/avma-sounds-on-on-humane-new-veterinary-group/ Blogging by a team of pet-care experts. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Deanna http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/01/17/avma-sounds-on-on-humane-new-veterinary-group/comment-page-1/#comment-213331 Deanna Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:16:19 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/01/17/avma-sounds-on-on-humane-new-veterinary-group/#comment-213331 Wow, is the AVMA taking lessons from the AKC on how to trip over themselves? Of all the examples they could have given to illustrate their point of looking at the whole picture, they choose this? Wow, is the AVMA taking lessons from the AKC on how to trip over themselves? Of all the examples they could have given to illustrate their point of looking at the whole picture, they choose this?

]]> By: Dr. Patty Khuly http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/01/17/avma-sounds-on-on-humane-new-veterinary-group/comment-page-1/#comment-213067 Dr. Patty Khuly Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:57:36 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/01/17/avma-sounds-on-on-humane-new-veterinary-group/#comment-213067 What is he suggesting? That free-range chickens are hawk bait better served by stressful indoor living? I'll take a predator any day over the cannibalism inherent in cramped quarters. It boggles the mind to hear a fellow professional speak like that. Stuck in the middle, indeed. As a reluctant AVMA member (can't get liability insurance without it and it's MY professional organization, after all), I can't support that kind of hooey, either. I predict big change in the AVMA soon, though. Soon = ten to twenty years (once the reigning generation starts to receive its social security checks at the assisted living facility). Would that we (the urbanized, feminized majority) could wrest power sooner but while life is still more about babies, long work hours and paying off student loans I don't see that happening. Stay tuned: sea change incubation in process. What is he suggesting? That free-range chickens are hawk bait better served by stressful indoor living? I’ll take a predator any day over the cannibalism inherent in cramped quarters. It boggles the mind to hear a fellow professional speak like that.

Stuck in the middle, indeed. As a reluctant AVMA member (can’t get liability insurance without it and it’s MY professional organization, after all), I can’t support that kind of hooey, either. I predict big change in the AVMA soon, though. Soon = ten to twenty years (once the reigning generation starts to receive its social security checks at the assisted living facility).

Would that we (the urbanized, feminized majority) could wrest power sooner but while life is still more about babies, long work hours and paying off student loans I don’t see that happening. Stay tuned: sea change incubation in process.

]]> By: Susan Fox http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/01/17/avma-sounds-on-on-humane-new-veterinary-group/comment-page-1/#comment-212822 Susan Fox Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:52:19 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/01/17/avma-sounds-on-on-humane-new-veterinary-group/#comment-212822 Read "Dominion" by Mathew Scully, which exposes BS like that above for what it is. That is some of the most mealy-mouthed, self-justifying nonsense that I have read in, oh, at least a couple of days. Heaven help any animal that lives with the author of that "answer". I know, but what do I really think :-) Read “Dominion” by Mathew Scully, which exposes BS like that above for what it is. That is some of the most mealy-mouthed, self-justifying nonsense that I have read in, oh, at least a couple of days. Heaven help any animal that lives with the author of that “answer”. I know, but what do I really think :-)

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