RVTs to the Rescue: Cat Welfare and Wildlife Conservation

RVTs to the Rescue: Cat Welfare and Wildlife Conservation

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Free-roaming cats pose significant, long-term threats to local wildlife, ecosystems, and community health. The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) supports the One Health approach to managing free-roaming cats to promote animal welfare, public health and ecological resilience. This webinar will explore the role of RVTs in mitigating the impacts of free-roaming cats while ensuring humane and ethical treatment of all animals. Key topics include:

  • Impacts of free-roaming cats on wildlife and ecosystems
  • Ethical responsibilities of RVTs in cat welfare and wildlife conservation
  • Effective management and rehabilitation strategies for owned outdoor and feral cat populations

This presentation is supported by the Stewardship Centre for BC.

About the speaker:

Dr. Judit Smits, DVM, MVetSc., PhD, is an Emerita Professor of Wildlife & Ecotoxicology at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Smits’ long-term research focuses on the impacts of environmental contaminants and ecosystem degradation from human-related activities on the health and fitness of birds, humans, and other vertebrates, including amphibians, small mammals and carnivores across the globe.

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2025-02-26 @ 07:00 PM to
2025-02-26 @ 08:00 PM
 

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