AVMA
American Veterinary Medical Association
Poultry veterinarian Simon Shane:
“I really don't want to get involved in a fruitless discussion on ethics and morality.”
The bitter civil war dividing American Veterinarians
Activists protest outside the AVMA’s summer 2022 convention. Photo by Direct Action Everywhere. The bitter civil war dividing American Veterinarians
A chicken's body heaves as she gasps for air while being subjected to Ventilation Shutdown-Plus by NC State University researchers. Violating the AVMA’s Oath to protect animals, the AVMA SUPPORTS this torturous process of killing birds and pigs on farms by depriving them of air and inflicting heatstroke on them to protect the Agribyssmal industry from the effects of Avian Influenza and other contagious diseases spread by this industry. Animal Outlook photo c/o United Poultry Concerns.
2023
- Vet Record: ‘The veterinary profession should not condone killing animals by heatstroke’ 30 January 2023
- The Agony of Farmed Animals: Betrayed by the AVMA, Ignored by the Media, Abandoned By Almost Everyone 18 January 2023
2022
- American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Refuses to Oppose Suffocating and Baking Birds to Death in “Depopulation” Killings UPC Fall 2022 Poultry Press
- CONTACT THE AVMA TODAY! One Major Way We Can Reduce the Suffering of Animals Raised for Food 27 July 2022
- One Major Way We Can Reduce the Suffering of Animals Raised for Food 26 July 2022
- Ads Urge AVMA to Condemn Ventilation Shutdown-Plus 22 July 2022
- They Shut Their Ears to Her Cries as She Died a Merciless Death 22 July 2022
- Why are we accepting the mass slaughter of animals through heatstroke? 6 July 2022
- Condemn Killing Birds Like This, Veterinarians Say to the AVMA – Now! 5 July 2022
- The AVMA MUST Stop Condoning Ventilation Shutdown to Mass-Murder Farmed Animals 23 June 2022
- “Bird flu's grisly question: how to kill millions of poultry” | AP News 7 April 2022
- Urge the American Veterinary Medical Association To Oppose Torturous Depopulation Methods 20 March 2022
2021
- Petition: Tell American Veterinary Medical Association to Oppose Inhumane “Depopulation” 28 December 2021
- Why Aren’t More Veterinarians Vegan? 2 February 2021 - www.sentientmedia.org
2020
2007 and earlier
In 1992, for the 4th time, the AVMA rejected a resolution presented by the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights that called for a position statement against forced molting by food deprivation. In 1992, UPC and Illinois Animal Action staged a protest demonstration at the AVMA’s headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois. Photo by Illinois Animal Action. American Veterinary Medical Association Continues to Support Forced Molting
- 9/26/07: ABC News Cites United Poultry Concerns on the Power of Advertising
- 12/07/06: UPC Letter in Dec 1 Journal of the AVMA
- 7/18/06: UPC Co-sponsors Newspaper Ad Condemning the AVMA’s Support for Foie Gras
- 11/17/05: United Poultry Concerns Urges AVMA to Help Birds in Flu Killings
- 9/27/05: AVMA Rejects Resolution to Oppose Force Feeding Ducks and Geese for Foie Gras, a Diseased Liver Product
- 8/10/04: Building for the Future by Serving Society
- 7/30/04: Induced molting position statement revised
- 7/29/04: Veterinary Association Will No Longer Support Starving Hens
- 7/19/04: UPC Letter in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
- 7/8/4: UPC Will Hold Protest at AVMA Philadelphia Convention July 23
- 6/28/04: AVMA Responds Falsely to New York Times Ad
- 6/27/04: UPC President and AVAR Veterinary Consultant Publish Replies to Veterinarian Who Calls Wood Chipper a Humane Death for Thousands of Chickens. Letters and Action Alerts Follow.
- 6/21/04: Today's New York Times Runs Full Page Ad Targeting AVMA Perfidy
- 6/08/04: Watchdog Discusses the Practices of the American Veterinary Medical Association with UPC President Karen Davis, Holly Cheever DVM, and Professor Peter Singer
- 2/13/04: When Murdering Animals Make Sense
- 2/2/04: Veterinary Magazines Cite United Poultry Concerns Leadership on Wood-Chipper Probe into the Role of AVMA Animal Welfare Committee Member
- 12/18/03: DOES THE USE OF WOODCHIPPING MACHINERY TO DESTROY UNWANTED LIVE CHICKENS VIOLATE CALIFORNIA LAW PROHIBITING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS?
- 12/11/03: Avian Vet Assn. Defends Gregg Cutler Despite Evidence
- 12/03/03: Los Angeles Times op-ed on hen wood chipping incident and AVMA farmed animal welfare policy
- 11/23/03: The Los Angeles Times Has a Great Article on the Wood-Chipper Episode
- Emperor of the World: Veterinarians Told Owners to Throw Their Unwanted Hens into Wood Chippers UPC Winter 2003 Poultry Press
- 11/09/03: Veterinarian Authorized Throwing Thousands of Chickens into Wood Chippers
- 7/24/03: AVMA Protest Report
- 7/16/03: United Poultry Concerns Will Join PETA Demonstrators Against the AVMA
- 6/3/03: United Poultry Concerns Urges the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) to oppose the forced molting of laying birds. Veterinarians and others are encouraged to write to the AVMA.
- 5/27/03: The Animal Welfare and Food Safety Issues Associated With the Forced Molting of Laying Birds
- 8/27/2002: Open Letter from UPC to The American Veterinary Medical Association
- Spring 2002: Take A Closer Look at the AVMA's Animal Welfare Policies
- 6/27/2002: Action Alert: Please Urge AVMA to Change Position on Forced Molting
- Fall 2001: AVMA moves toward revision of forced molting endorsement
- Fall 99: AVMA Betrays Veterinarian's Oath
- Summer 99: AVMA Should Have A Consistent Ethic on Animal Care
- Spring 99:AVMA Refuses To Set Welfare Precedent for Millions of Hens
- Fall/Winter 98: AVMA May Set Welfare Precedent for Millions of Hens
- Summer/Fall98: AD Directed at the AVMA Support Forced Molting
- Winter 97/98: UPC Urges AVMA to oppose forced molting
- Response to AVMA's false comparison of forced molting and "the natural brooding cycle"
- AVMA POLICY ON ANIMAL WELFARE AND ANIMAL RIGHTS