9 May 2022
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has awarded Patricia Turner, WVA’s immediate past president, with the AVMA Animal Welfare Award 2022. The AVMA recognized Patricia Turner “to honour her decades dedicated to improving farm and laboratory animal welfare through teaching, training, service, research, advocacy and policy development.” Dr Turner has expressed her deep honour to […]
5 May 2022
The 37th World Veterinary Association Congress (WVAC2022) was held from the 29th to the 31st of March, 2022 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The congress was held as a hybrid event accomodating both in-person and virtual participation. The three congress days were packed with interesting lectures by more than 70 expert speakers, delivering 6 […]
4 May 2022
Yvonne is a practising lawyer from Spain that is currently doing a Master’s degree in Animal Law and Society at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona with a special focus on animals, ethology, nutrition and animal welfare. Yvonne also holds Master’s Degree in Law Practice and International Law. Yvonne will support the WVA Secretariat in implanting the WVA tasks and projects. The […]
2 May 2022
On Saturday, 30th April, the WVA celebrated the World Veterinary Day with the theme “Strengthening Veterinary Resilience”. For this occasion, WVA President, Dr Rafael Laguens, prepared a short video message to congratulate and highlight the important role veterinarians play worldwide to promote the health and welfare of animals and people around the world nevertheless the […]
29 Apr 2022
Today, 30 April 2022, we celebrate World Veterinary Day with the theme "Strengthening Veterinary Resilience".
20 Apr 2022
The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) has announced that Dr Patricia V. Turner is this year's winner of the Harry C. Rowsell Award for Outstanding Service to the CCAC.
4 Apr 2022
The World Veterinary Association (WVA) is delighted to welcome the new WVA President, Dr Rafael Laguens. Dr Laguens took office on March 30th, 2022 and gave his interview, which you can watch here.
30 Mar 2022
The World Veterinary Association (WVA) and Ceva Santé Animale are honoured and delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 Global Animal Welfare Awards.
4 Mar 2022
The website 'Vets for Ukraine' has been launched to provide information and support for Ukrainian veterinarians, people and animals.
3 Mar 2022
Today, on March 3, we celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s animals and plants on World Wildlife Day 2022.
