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|Articles|December 10, 2010
Today's Daily Dose: Veterinarians and animal welfare
How can veterinarians help promote animal welfare?
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“Veterinary medicine should aggressively address owner ignorance, breed standards that perpetuate genetic disease, euthanasia of health animals, and unnecessary surgeries, both for the sake of its animal charges and to ensure that veterinary medicine retains its enviable status in the eyes of the public.”
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