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Cyber bullying cancels America’s Favorite Vet

The issue of declawing cats “hijacked” America’s Favorite Vet contest this year. According to an AVMA news release:

One contestant, for example, was called “a whore, a butcher, a mutilator, a hack, an animal hater, a disgrace to the profession.” Other contestants were subjected to the circulation of fraudulent negative advertisements, negative reviews, and threatening phone calls.

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AVMF cancels America’s Favorite Vet Contest

The American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF) today decided, reluctantly, to halt its America’s Favorite Veterinarian Contest and declare all 20 finalists “America’s Favorite Veterinarians” following a vicious cyber-bullying attack which disrupted and contaminated the final election process.
R ead the AVMA news release
Read the article in the Gainsville Sun

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R ead the full story at Dogs Naturally

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Read the press release.

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Read the story in Dogster

Veterinary Schools

Cornell Veterinary Student, Expelled from over Dog Bite, Loses Lawsuit

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R ead the full story at the Syracuse Post Standard
R ead the legal decision

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Practice Manager of the Year from Alabama

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Read the full story at DVM360

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