They Call Him Dr. Cruel

[donsu]

http://counterpunch.com/rosenberg08302007.html


Bush's Vet Leaves Post to Spend More Time with Industry


Leaving a government job for the private sector used to mean an end to pressure, accountability and visibility. But not for former Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) administrator, Dr. W. Ron DeHaven, the Department of Agriculture's top veterinarian.

As head of the $1.9 billion, 8,300-employee agency responsible for administering the Animal Welfare Act, Dr. DeHaven's three year tenure was rocked with charges of cruelty to downer cattle, inhumane transport of livestock and refusal to extend humane slaughter to birds and rabbits. Its "wildlife damage management activities"--poisoning of millions of blackbirds, starlings, foxes and coyotes--were said to be nothing more than free government service to private ranchers and farmers.

And as the new executive vice president of the 75,000 member American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), Dr. DeHaven joins an organization that already supports animal research, confinement farming and pregnant mare urine collection and just refused to oppose foie gras for the fourth year in a row. He should fit in just fine.
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You did know about the pregnant mare urine collection didn't you?

america, a country that tortures

[flvegan]

1. APHIS is a huge joke

Has been for a long time.