Following our successful symposia in 2006 and 2008, a third, one day symposium is to be held at The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE on Wednesday, November 17, 2010. Topics will include:

• Animal reservoirs of disease
• DEFRA's wildlife health strategy
• Prospects for the control of bovine TB in England and Wales
• Disease and welfare implications of treating and rehabilitating wildlife
• Control of over successful species - a question of balance
• Ecological and disease threats from the introduction of new species to UK
• Review of wildlife legislation

The full programme for our symposium is now available.

The autumn meeting and AGM of VAWM will be held this year on October 20th

VAWM have just published an aide memoire  giving 7 crucial welfare reasons for repeal of the Hunting Act.

The aide memoire   (download here), based on A Veterinary Opinion on Hunting with Hounds (read it here), will be issued as a pocket sized laminated card and circulated widely amongst the hunting world.

The welfare reasons for repeal of the Hunting Act are set out below:

The answers listed in this document have been compiled by Dr.L.H.Thomas, secretary of the Veterinary Association for Wildlife Management (VAWM), in reply to points raised in correspondence with politicians and allegations made against hunting in the media and during debates on hunting. 

We have produced a new leaflet giving 36 answers in reply to points raised by politicians and to allegations made against hunting in the media and the press. Download the leaflet here.