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Recognizing the human-animal bond is fundamental to the practice of veterinary medicine, the Committee on the Human-Animal Bond assists the profession in maintaining, fostering, and promoting human-animal relationships. The Committee investigates and interprets the positive and negative impacts of the human-animal bond on veterinary medicine and serves as the principal source of related definitions, information and recommendations for the AVMA.
Consistent with the AVMA's Strategic Plan, the CHAB:
- Environmentally scans for human-animal bond-related issues of importance to the veterinary profession and the public it serves;
- Integrates an understanding of the importance of the human-animal bond to the One Health concept;
- Encourages study of the human-animal bond and its effects in veterinary medical education;
- Identifies specific areas in which AVMA needs to call upon its resources, influence, and alliances to facilitate needed actions. Such actions might include (but not be limited to) research, public relations efforts, and legislative and regulatory activities;
- Engages in education and outreach activities that encourage establishment of positive human-animal relationships and promote the benefits of such relationships for animals and people.
The Committee has 8 members representing: public health, small animal clinical practice, colleges of veterinary medicine, private clinical practice—predominantly equine, private food animal clinical practice, veterinary ethology, zoo/aquatic/wildlife medicine, and the Student AVMA.
Appointments are made by the AVMA Executive Board, except the Student AVMA appoints its representative to a one-year, renewable term.
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