A big welcome to Cheryl and Heather as they join the team!
Our Animal Wellness and Welfare Committee (AWWC) promotes advances in animal welfare and wellness around the world through increasing standards of veterinary care and works with our other Committees to create resources – information, CE, toolkits etc – to facilitate these advances. The AWWC has recently appointed two new members:
Dr Heather Bacon
Heather is responsible for animal welfare and ethics education at the University of Edinburgh’s Royal (Dick) school of Veterinary Studies in Scotland. She continues to work as a clinical veterinarian alongside her educational and outreach activities and is especially interested in behavior, welfare and clinical health issues relating to captive wildlife species, and free-roaming dogs. Previously, she has lived in China working as the Veterinary Director at the Animals Asia Foundation, an NGO working to end the trade in bear bile across Asia. She was one of the AWWC team members who helped to create its Guidelines for Animal Welfare.
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Dr Cheryl Good
Dr Cheryl Good is a small animal practitioner in Michigan, USA. She owns and practices at Dearborn Family Pet Care in Dearborn, Michigan and was Medical Director of the local animal shelter run by Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit for 25 years. Cheryl has been a member of the North American Veterinary Community Board of Directors for five years and is currently the Immediate Past President.
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In other AWWC news …
Check out its latest podcast in which Committee Vice Chair Dr Natasha Lee discusses animal behaviour and how animal welfare impacts on society with Professor Nat Warman and Dr Birte Nielsen.
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The work of the AWWC is generously supported by Purina Institute, the WSAVA’s Diamond Partner.
