PRESIDENT’S Statement  —  September 2024

Looking forward to seeing everyone next month for our September meeting. Our CE will be presented by Aggie Dental! Dr. Lommer has been a pillar in the bay area veterinary world for a long time and I am looking forward to her presentation. We will also have Epicure Pharma as a cosponsor. So, we can learn more about Compounded GS-441524 for FIP. This should be a great meeting. Don’t miss it!

Another meeting you should be attending is the San Francisco Commission of Animal Control and Welfare on the second Thursday of every month. These are easy to check out. You could come all the way to city hall and attend in person and make your views known. Or, you can sit at home and listen online while you cook dinner or pet your cat. You can call in and make a statement if you are motivated to do so. Lastly, you can just review past meetings and keep up to date on the politics of local animal issues. I have held the mandated DVM seat for nearly a decade now. It is time for one of my colleagues to step up and take over. I know most of you have never attended a meeting, So, in the remainder of my president’s letter I’d like to review some of the issues discussed at commission meetings in the last year. I’ll skip the coyote stuff since I covered it last time but given recent events you all know I predicted things will get worse before they get worse. …