AVMA Solicits Member Input Regarding Animal Welfare Policies

June 23, 2010 — 

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has created a new online tool that gives its members an opportunity to provide direct input that will help shape the association's animal welfare policies.

Members can now visit the AVMA website to provide input on animal welfare policies under review or being considered for adoption. The webpage lists animal welfare policies currently under consideration by the AVMA's Animal Welfare Committee, provides background information on those policies, and asks members to "submit a comment." This new tool illustrates the AVMA's dedication to understanding and incorporating the expertise, perspectives and needs of AVMA members so that the association can continue to serve them in the best possible way.

To protect the privacy of AVMA members, comments are not available for public review, but the association will make a summary of the comments received public. The summary will be posted together with the AVMA Animal Welfare Committee's response to that input. The response may include new actions or policies adopted by the AVMA.

For more information, visit www.avma.org, and to learn more about this online tool, visit www.avma.org/beta/issues/policy/comments/default.asp.